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Overheard on Social Media 12-8-2011 {Funny}

Fridays are for fun, and an ideal time for me to share some of the hilarious, ridiculous and spectularly stupid things I have “overheard” while browsing the social web.  Enjoy and share!   Facebook: Following on from a post warning users that their friends’ phone numbers are now visible on their profiles…. – “My guess [...]

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How to Throw a Geek Party

Looking for the perfect party supplies for that special geek or social media junkie in your life?  Here are some great resources.

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5 Obvious Social Media Mistakes

I spend a lot of time reviewing clients’ social media campaigns and advising them on ways to improve. Here are the top five most common mistakes that I see:

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Can Twitter Keep Business Clients?

Twitter are considering offering businesses ‘pages’ similar to Facebook. It’s an idea that I like in theory, but there are two major problems.

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Twitter Alerts Reviews – TwitterAlerts.net

Looking for a service to send you Twitter alerts TwitterAlerts.net Twitter Alerts for Campaigns any of the Twitter alert services below) Twitter Alert Tools When it comes to getting Twitter alerts, there are four main services: Twitter Alerts TwitterAlerts.net

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Do You Want to Attract Tramps or Trumps?

Imagine for one moment that you own a Mercedes dealership. You have a shiny, contemporary showroom filled with slinky, sexy supercars, gleaming chrome and that intoxicating smell of leather. There’s only one problem: no customers. Would you pay a marketing agency to bring you tramps or Trumps? Suprisingly, most business owners are still paying to attract tramps.

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Is this the start of a new wave of Cyber Terrorism?

The online community was shocked this week when the micro-blogging platform, Twitter, was hacked by a group calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army.  Early visitors after the attack saw a graphic of the Iranian flag super imposed with Arabic writing, along with a strangely polite message in English, before Twitter suspended all services. This kind [...]

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Do you really need a blog? Maybe not.

It’s a question that I get asked frequently during consultations with new clients:  “Do I need a blog?”   May answer for the majority of clients, was always “Yes.”   As a writer, I may be a little biased, but I also knew the power of a good blog for both attracting traffic and interacting with site [...]

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Good Author Gone Bad

I am one of those people who believes that vindictive behaviour is never ok, even in defense.  Some people admire that as grace; others deride it as being a doormat.  Alice Hoffman is in the latter camp. As a writer you have to expect bad reviews.  You don’t have to like them; you can rant [...]

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Twitter in the Classroom

I am currently in the middle of putting together some education packages for teachers about the internet and social media, and how they relate to modern education, so this video is particularly interesting to me. The video covers all of the positive aspects of harnessing Twitter to encourage classroom participation, so I won’t reiterate them [...]

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