Anna Martin Media

16/07/2025

Looking to come back from a summer break with a bang?!💥

The next Surrey Social is taking place 10am-12pm on Friday 12 September at the Coppa Club on the High Street in Guildford.

There’s something so invigorating about being in a room with other business owners. There’s an energy and connection which sparks around the room ✨

Not only is it a great opportunity to meet others but could lead to exciting new collaboration opportunities. A couple of businesses who met at the first Surrey Social and went on to work together at a business retreat.

Professional photographs will be taken by Nicola Light Photography and distributed after the event for you to use.

Do book your ticket if you fancy joining us for a chance to chat, socialise and connect with other Surrey biz owners:
https://annamartinmedia.co.uk/the-surrey-social/

16/06/2025

‘Will you know anyone going to Atomicon?’ The answer: yes and no…

It was such a pleasure to get to meet those I’ve only known virtually, in the actual flesh! Also listening to those I’ve long admired share their wisdom on stage. What a treat.

All hosted at the gorgeous The Glasshouse International Centre for Music in Newcastle. Everything if so super inclusive and accessible, it honestly doesn’t matter if you come along not knowing anyone. You’ll instantly feel at home.

Andrew & Pete do a great job pre Atomicon of letting everyone get to know each other: There’s a Facebook group where you can ask questions and info is shared. Frequent email updates. An all singing and dancing app. There’s an excellent big online networking week, etc.

Half the tickets for Atomicon 2026 have sold already and are currently 70% off until Friday!

Make sure you don’t miss out next year! Attend in person or virtually. Book your ticket - affiliate link in comments section below 🎟️

21/05/2025

We’re lucky to have Nicola Light Photography on hand to beautifully capture the next Surrey Social in June!

Such a brilliant group of creatives and business owners have already booked to come: copywriter, PR expert, website designer, midlife coach, accountant, luxury travel consultant, art teachers, book keeper, parenting coach, branding expert and even a Christmas blogger!

🛎️ Details:
⏰ 10am-12pm
🗓️ Tuesday 3 June
📍 Coppa Club, Guildford
💰 £8.50 (includes ☕️ & 🥐)

🎟️ Tickets are selling fast so make sure you book your ticket if you’d like to come along.

Book via the link in the comments below.

Hope you can make it! 🤗

Anna xx

15/05/2025

Hi 👋 A little (re)introduction! I’m here to help you with your Instagram marketing…

Email if you’d like to chat about how I can best help you with your Instagram goals: [email protected]

07/05/2025

Don’t just take my word for it! The Surrey Social was fab and here’s what some of the lovely attendees thought of the inaugural event in March!

Whether you’re a freelancer, local business owner or creative, come along and meet some other great people in the Surrey business community!

🛎️ Details:

⏰ 10am-12pm
🗓️ Tuesday 3 June
📍 Coppa Club, Guildford
💰 £8.50 (includes ☕️ & 🥐)

📸 As an added bonus, the lovely Nicola Light Photography will be taking photos which you will have access to afterwards.

🎟️ Tickets are selling fast for the next Surrey Social in June, so make sure you book your ticket if you’d like to come along.

Book now: https://annamartinmedia.co.uk/the-surrey-social/

Looking forward to it ! 🤗

Anna xx

23/04/2025

Edits - the free video creation/editing app from Instagram has just launched.

Here are the initial pros and cons so far…

PROS:

❤️ Loving the Ideas tab which has a great new feature - stickies (virtual post it notes) which you can use to write notes to yourself and they can be added to reels you save with reminders etc!

❤️ Projects tab - keeps drafts of reels even after posting. Great if you want to re-edit and repurpose

❤️ Great new range of fonts to add to videos created

❤️ Enhanced video editing in Timeline compared to the native Instagram reels editor

❤️ Inspiration tab - discover trending audio and reels (save and add stickies)

❤️ Saved reels from your Instagram are imported and found in the Ideas tab

❤️ Cutout AI feature is super handy to make more attention grabbing reels (I’ve used it on this reel - it exports the video of me and overlays)

❤️ It’s currently free (although I don’t see them charging)

❤️ You can export videos created directly into Instagram reels or save to camera roll without a watermark

CONS:

🤨 Green screen feature will be great but not currently working (sure it’s just a glitch)

🤨 No templates - why not? Missing a trick

🤨 No scheduling - although can export to Instagram and schedule from there

🤨 Can’t currently see that you can toggle between different accounts in Edits, like you can in Instagram

🤨 Work in progress - new features will be rolling out later this year, including new transition options and new movie AI generation tools

I think I’ll hold onto my InShot account for a while longer but will definitely be using Edits and am keen to see how useful it is as it develops further.

I’d love to know if you’ve tried it yet and what you think of it!

12/03/2025

Hello 👋 I’m Anna and I’m a professionally trained social media manager, specialising in Instagram.

There are several ways I can help you succeed with your Instagram marketing goals:

⭐️A fresh pair of eyes on your account (an audit)

⭐️ Clarity on content, actions and direction (a strategy)

⭐️ Helping you with aspects of Instagram you would like to gain confidence in (bespoke 1:1 training / Power Hour / VIP Day)

I work virtually so I can help you wherever you are based!

Do drop me a DM if you’d like to chat about how I can best support you... 🤗

Ps. I’m not often on Facebook, so find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annamartinmedia/profilecard/?igsh=MXRmdmxmbHI3d3Q1dg==

08/03/2025

📣 Introducing The Surrey Social - tickets now on sale!

I’m so excited to launch the first ever The Surrey Social event. It’s for business owners, creatives & freelancers who would like to meet up and socialise in real life!

Details:

🗓️ When: Thursday 13 March

⏰ Time: 10am-12pm

📍Where: The Guildford Townhouse, Coppa Club

💰 Cost: £8.50

Tea/coffee and a yummy pastry included in the ticket price! ☕️ 🥐

I’ve deliberately kept it low cost to make it accessible and affordable. Everyone is welcome! 🤗

Do shout if you’ve got any questions!

🎟️ Limited tickets so do book soon if you’d like to come: https://annamartinmedia.co.uk/the-surrey-social/

The Surrey Social. Social event for founders, freelancers, creatives and business owners. The first event is being held in March at the Coppa Club in Guildford. Don't miss out - book your ticket now!

06/07/2023

THREADS! 🧵 Everything you need to know…

🧵 Less than 24 after launching, the new Threads App has had over 30 million join

🧵 You’ll need an Instagram account to access Threads - it’s very easy to import your Bio and Following if you want to - or you can customise

🧵 Pitching itself as a friendly alternative to Twitter, it is for ‘sharing text updates and joining conversations… to enable positive, productive conversations’

🧵 Currently you can write up to 500 characters, add images, links, GIFs or videos up to 5 minutes

🧵 Currently no edit button, hashtags or native ability to add GIFs. Also unlikely to see the ability to DM

🧵 Feed is currently people you follow and recommendations

🧵 It’s easy to share your Threads to Instagram as a story or a post. You can even share it to Twitter!

🧵 Not currently available in the EU due to regulatory concerns

🧵 You currently can’t delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram account, although you can deactivate it

🧵 New features likely to be rolled out soon. They know they’ve got work to do but were likely keen to strike whilst the blue bird app is in meltdown mode

So should you join the frenzy?! I’d advise to think carefully where your target audience are likely to be found. If it’s not currently on Twitter then it’s unlikely to be on Threads.

Also think about your resources too. It’s far better to do one or a few social media platforms well than burnout by spreading yourself too thin.

I’ll report back once Threads has been around a bit longer and give you my updated thoughts.

I’d love to know if you’ve been tempted to join already…

08/06/2023

So is it worth getting Meta Verified (a blue tick) on Instagram?!

PROS:

➡️ BUILDS TRUST - the verified badge shows users that you’re a real person

➡️ ACCOUNT SECURITY - your account should be better protected as less chance of impersonation with proactive identity monitoring

➡️ SUPPORT AVAILABLE - answers from a real person if you have issues (tbc!!)

CONS:

➡️ COST - it’ll cost you £11.99 per month

➡️ EXCLUDES BUSINESS ACCOUNTS - currently business accounts aren’t eligible (although it appears some business accounts with faces in profile pic and first & last name in user field have been offered verification)

➡️ LOSS OF PRIVACY - you have to display your first and surname (to match govt docs) in your account name

➡️ SHARING PERSONAL INFO - to get verified you have to provide Meta with a photo of a government issued document, eg. passport or driving licence, which not everyone will be comfortable doing

➡️ FIXED USER NAME - you can’t change your user name once verified (you’d have to cancel your subscription and go through verification process again if you wanted to change it)

It takes up to 48 hours from applying to get verified (mine took full 48 hours).

There’s a wider debate to be had about whether or not we should have to pay for these benefits when Meta already harvests and monetises our data, but for me it was worth getting verified as Instagram is literally my business!

I’d love to hear your thoughts on whether or not verification is worth it…