Twenty-seven minutes before mainstream media broke the news of Whitney Houston’s death last Saturday the story was on Twitter.
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Last Thursday was national ‘unfriend’ day on Facebook, in the US at least! Although instigated by a comic, the now annual event has gained some resonance.
I, for one, am old enough to recall the real meaning of the word “friend” and know that having any more than six “real” friends is a right pain.
I have noticed a recent increase in the number of people asking me to “Connect” via LinkedIn and have been searching for a reason.
Sadly my newfound popularity cannot be attributed to increase in wealth or influence or in deed cosmetic surgery but a recent resurgence of the business networking website.
I have recently noticed a worrying phenomenon – the less I tweet the more followers I get.
I’ll admit, my profile picture, like everyone else, is a tad flattering and taken a long time ago, but I’m pretty sure it’s not my aesthetics that is pulling in followers.
Social media Crowd Control
November 5th, 2010Category: Birmingham Post, Home, Online Reputation, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy
I’ve found a solution to a problem you probably don’t know you have yet.
Or maybe you do, if your brand has successfully built significant Facebook, Twitter and YouTube audiences and you don’t know how to keep them under control
Who own’s your company Facebook page ?
July 23rd, 2010Category: Birmingham Post, Home, Online Reputation, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy
It is often said that thanks to social media consumers now control brands.
Well in the case of a Facebook fan page this can literally be true!
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 ?
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.
With over 280,000 members, “Earthquake Haiti” is now the largest group on Facebook. Let the sceptics of social networking take note: not only are people using social media to find missing loved ones, but using it as a source of on-the-ground information.
