Monday, 6 February 2012
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Be sure your sin will find you out...
A blog post from a friend bemoaning the despicable behaviour of a national brand's employee and their subsequent response showing the power of Social Media and how to deal with justified criticism:
Part 1 - Setting the scene
Part 2 - The companies response
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Monday, 7 June 2010
The most beautiful tweet in the world...
The definition of most beautiful tweet could fall into a number of different categories: it could prove the most eloquent; the most impassioned; the best demonstration of a clever pun or metaphor; the most evocative description of a place or emotion, or perhaps prove that brevity is conducive to levity, and be the wittiest tweet ever committed to the Twittersphere.Read more about: The most beautiful tweet ever written.
Monday, 24 May 2010
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Learning a social media lesson
Nestlé has come under fire for using palm oil in its products... and has been hammered online - read more here
Monday, 26 April 2010
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Monday, 22 March 2010
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Even the Dalai Lama gets it wrong!
Some good points about poor Twitter etiquette by Toby Young for the Telegraph:
The two points Toby makes are:
- It's important to Follow as well as being Followed
- Don't use it as a tool to promote yourself
Well worth reading the whole article here.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
I've started... so I'll finish
Thanks for everyone who signed up and contributed, look forward to seeing your creations!
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Wrapping it all up...
Why? No choice!
How? Plan and try...
When? As soon as...
Watch! and learn...
Don't let it rule you! Great Blog from Tim Ferriss, author of 4 hour workweek, on 'How to use Twitter without Twitter owning you'
Don't let these guys put you off:
- Mr Fearful
- Miss Trust
- Mr Unwilling
- Miss Salesalot
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When? Advanced concepts...
Promoting without Prosletyising
Guidelines: Where you are
- Non-anonymous
- Originality
- Respect privacy
- Keep your job!
- Care
- Keep Blogging
- Money
- Networking
- Support
- Honesty
Toolbars: http://wibiya.com/
Monitor using: Google Analytics / Klout.com
Facebook: Etiquette
See how you measure up: Twitter Grader
Facebook: Etiquette
See how you measure up: Twitter Grader
Real Time viewer Feedjit
Monday, 18 January 2010
When? Having a plan...
Created by Oatmeal
Starting simply... or Simply
Have a plan... do it, do it, fail, get better, do it!
Blossoming where you are... How to Market Your Business With Facebook
Tips for Non-Profit organisations... 5 tips for Creating Non-Profit Online Communities
Short and Sweet - MicroBlogging
Oh Behave! Twitter's guide to Best Practices
TED talk by Twitter Co-Founder: youtube video
Ten Things you Need to stop Tweeting about!
Follow up... and monitor
Friday, 15 January 2010
How to make the most of Twitter
Two types of 'Software' (my view, a matter of taste!):
Computer based best of breed Tweetdeck:
See tutorial on adding pictures to Tweet using Tweetdeck.
Web Browser based simple Brizzly (not as twee as it looks!):
Web Browser based fully featured Hootsuite:
Mobile (Tweetdeck for iPhone):
Computer based best of breed Tweetdeck:
See tutorial on adding pictures to Tweet using Tweetdeck.
Web Browser based simple Brizzly (not as twee as it looks!):
Web Browser based fully featured Hootsuite:
Mobile (Tweetdeck for iPhone):
How to use Twitter
- Following
- Tweet
- @username
- Direct Message (DM)
- ReTweet (RT)
- Trends
- Hashtag (#)
- Shortened links (bit.ly)
Thursday, 14 January 2010
How does Twitter work for businesses?
From the page on Twitter giving a guide for business use.
A starting point (domestic): Twitter in plain English
What is being said about you? Twitter Search
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
How? - Networking...
- Blogroll
- Creating links
- Protocol
- Tags
Adding extras
www and e-mail links
How does Blogger work?
- Create a Google account (use your e-mail address)
- Click on My account
- Click on Blogger
- Make tea - follow nose...
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