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
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.
Everyone loves a David and Goliath story, where the little guy takes on the big guy and wins. But when it comes to felling corporate giants, social media makes a much better weapon than a sling.
It’s been a long week in British politics and I’ve been enjoying every minute of it. Finally after all these years there is some real debate, accountability and at least a degree of action.
I’ve been watching (and waiting) in earnest to see which party would be bravest in the social media space. It’s promising but there’s a long way to go.
