After the second leaders debate, I’m still left wondering whether these unprecedented media events are good or bad for UK democracy.
But is the real debate happening in social media ?
Archive for the 'Social Media Marketing' Category
We are One! Happy Birthday to us!
April 19th, 2010Category: Home, News, Online PR, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Training
It’s Friend’s 1st birthday today and we are celebrating!
It’s been full of the thrills and spills you’d expect from starting a business specialising in a relatively ‘niche’ area like social media and in the middle of a recession!
But life, and business, are about taking risks – and the risk paid off!
While introducing myself as the presenter of a social media training course, one of the attendees mused that he was expecting someone “considerably younger” than me to be doing the training!
Now its true, I’m no spring chicken and time hasn’t been particularly kind to my face, but age does not preclude a person from understanding social media.
Or even participating in social networking, as I’m about to prove.
UK Election 2010 – Social media success is about substance, not style
March 4th, 2010Category: Home, Online content, Online PR, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy
This week saw the launch of a number of social media initiatives by the two main parties.
But, like a lot of UK politics, is it just style over substance?
In the run up to the general election, are the political parties creating true social media engagement with online citizens to achieve real social media success?
According to web monitoring company, Compete, traffic to the micro-blogging website Twitter has flat-lined, suggesting its world dominance may not be so assured.
Today, many are blaming the lack of salt grit for bringing the economy to a standstill, leaving many workers snowed in and unable to work.
But is it really the lack of salt grit that’s to blame?
Social media predictions for 2010 are popping up every couple of seconds at the moment.
We’ve carried out a comprehensive review and have identified six of the most likely predictions, and outline how you can stay ahead in social media in the coming year.
In this blog report I look back on 2009 and identify some key trends for social media in 2010, outlining how you can implement them to achieve your goals in the coming year.
It’s easy to see how search engine optimisation (SEO) could affect the ancient art of grabbing readers attention, but will it really lead to the death of the creative headline?
I was doing my usual catch up on blogs over the weekend and I was amazed at how many social media commentators rarely mentioned any other marketing channel.
We’ve got a good few years of working in social media under our belts – do we still think social media is the be-all and end-all?
