This interesting survey landed in our inbox a couple of days ago from sysomosos where they have analyzed 1.2 billion tweets to see if any particular patterns emerge around @ replies and Retweets. This Twitter survery is interesting because it shows that nearly 3 quarters of tweets go pretty much unanswered and I personally didn’t [...]
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Catching up with community managers to find out what they love and hate about their job, and what advice they give to others in their job. Some great advice in what’s still a relatively new area.
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There are some friends that you engage with more than others on Facebook, chances are that it is a core small group of about 10 people that you have the most interaction with. Today’s tip fro @slkav shows you how to select which friends you want to have appear on your profile every single time [...]
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Since it came on the scene over a month ago it is clear that there are some pretty innovative ways in which Facebook places could be used especially given the huge reach Facebook has as a platform. Although not released yet in countries all over the world there are already some pretty innovative ways in which Facebook places is being used…
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I’m fascinated with Groupon at the moment and as much as there’s big buzz around their coupons and the brands they work with, at the heart of it all is a fantastic business that many others can learn from. I look at a few of the lessons businesses can take from Groupon to build a successful online business.
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I don’t often have a rant here on the blog but today I feel like having one. It’s directed at some of the biggest companies in the world who choose to base their businesses here in Ireland including Apple, Facebook and Google. As many of you will know Ireland is a hub for some of [...]
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In the latest of our social media tips the lovely Sarah who does a lot of our Facebook design work for clients shows you all how to add FBML to your own Facebook page. For those of you not familiar with FBML it is the mark up language that Facebook uses and is a key [...]
Read More …We had a lot of fun making this video for one of our clients, Worky. To be honest we have been looking for a reason to use Morph suits ever since we first saw them 
Check is out and see what you think about this slightly different video that we created…
A site that we have raved about here on the site in the past is Getglue which is a check in service with a difference, it focuses on entertainment. The site has just launched a new series of partnerships and stickers with a large range of TV shows and has posted some stunning growth figures…
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A brilliant interactive ad on Spotify, courtesy of Sony Music. This had me hooked for way too long and it’s another great example of a brand using social platforms to revamp their advertising. Warning – clicking on this post will instantly play the sound!
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We thought it was time to wheel Miguel our resident Spanish speaker here at Simply Zesty out to do a social media video tip. It had to be something to do with Spanish and he came up with the idea of how to switch between the different languages on Facebook. You may remember that last [...]
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I’ve been involved in a couple of start ups where the main channel that we used for marketing was social media and with that in mind I wanted to share 10 tips that I have picked up during that experience. Marketing a small business from scratch is tough and social media can certainly help but there are also some pitfalls…
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