SOCIAL MEDIA – BRINGING TOGETHER COMMUNITIES

August 9, 2011

Inspired by the events of the last few days, and the role of social media in bringing together communities, I have written an article for the Orpington Community’s website, which you can read here. I look forward to seeing how social media communications can help to bring a positive outcome in the wake of the wrong-doings […]

Read the whole thing →

SOCIAL MEDIA – WHAT ROI?

July 26, 2011

Great little video from Erik Qualman at Socialnomics, neatly summing up why businesses should take social media seriously as part of their marketing strategy…

Read the whole thing →

NEXT GENERATION MEDIA

July 21, 2011

Although the social media landscape is constantly evolving, from time to time I stumble across new jaw-dropping material which really hammers home the message about the power of social media. Here’s one of those slideshows, fascinating stuff from Aegis Media, via we are social…Enjoy! Next Generation Media Quarterly July 2011 View more presentations from Dan Calladine

Read the whole thing →

MAKING CONNECTIONS – KIMTAGS & QR CODES

July 14, 2011

I’ve been discovering ways to make connecting with people easier, through a connection hub called ‘kimtag’ and the use of QR codes… Kimtags Imagine a situation, such as a business or networking event, where lots people are asking for your online details; your website(s), email address, Facebook address, Twitter identity, phone number and so on. Kimtag is […]

Read the whole thing →

TOP WAYS YOUR BUSINESS CAN USE SOCIAL MEDIA

July 6, 2011

With social media at a particularly dynamic stage, and with new tools merging by the day, how can your business best make use of the available technology to engage with customers, build its reputation and help to drive your performance? For some, the social media journey has not yet started (NB: business owners take note if you […]

Read the whole thing →

DIGITAL BUSINESS BRITAIN

June 26, 2011

Attending a local business ‘expo’ last week I was delighted to chat with Penny Power of Ecademy, who was giving a keynote talk at the event. I was very impressed with the efforts that Ecademy and its Digital School are currently making, in partnership with BIS (the Government Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) and Alterian to promote […]

Read the whole thing →

THE WORLD IS TURNING FACEBOOK BLUE

June 26, 2011

Against the backdrop of the media’s current obsession with the apparent ‘demise’ of Facebook, following a traffic drop in the US, the latest ‘world map of social networks’ has been published by Vincenzo Cosenza. This has been collated from traffic data from Alexa and Google Trends for Websites.   Points worthy of note here include: Facebook is now the […]

Read the whole thing →

YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG

June 14, 2011

Among the topics about which I am frequently asked is the age profile of social media users. Despite rapid growth in the internet usage and social media activity of older people, perceptions continue to dominate that it’s a young people’s activity, for those looking to ‘get down there with the kids’, or risk the abandonment of privacy on joining Facebook. Quite the […]

Read the whole thing →

TOP SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

June 8, 2011

The recent Techcrunch Disrupt conference in New York highlighted some dynamic social media and technological trends in the US, already arriving over here or en route to us very soon. The most notable include: The Social Media Revolution – it is said that social media has only made 1% of its potential impact to date. Arianna Huffington […]

Read the whole thing →

THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

May 24, 2011

According to the latest Experian figures published on April’s web usage, You Tube is the UK’s fastest growing social media network for the second consecutive month, now accounting for around 20% of UK internet visits. Whilst Facebook remains the most popular, its share of visits declined slightly to around 54%. Twitter, in third place, is currently running at […]

Read the whole thing →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →