Last week we were lucky enough to have a story featured on a couple of big sites and it generated over 800 Re tweets so we decided to have a closer look and see if there was any interesting data within the analytics of the tweets and see if we could extract any interesting patterns. What we also noticed was that because there was so much data we got to see what apps people were using to access Twitter and just how long the story was popular on the site itself. Have a look and see what 800 Re tweets does for you on Twitter…
On Wednesday we were featured on Techcrunch and we just wanted to share some of the traffic stats so as we could give some perspective into the amount of traffic you can expect from one of the biggest blogs in the world. The important thing to do is not just accept the spike of traffic but try to optimize your site so as you can catch RSS readers, new Facebook fans or whatever other goal is best for you. You won’t get covered that often so make sure you get it right when you do.
Today we are announcing Winter Camp which is all about “The Future Of Social Media” and will have top Irish and international speakers. We wanted to create an event that would help brands and companies look into the future and see how industry experts see the market moving and how we should all be positioning ourselves.
The conference will cover the future of the social media landscape and how audience behaviours are changing ; the future of search and the future of Facebook ; brands of the future, looking at how businesses will change to utilise social network tools and how digital communication is affecting the physical structure of businesses ; the future of mobile, looking at the future of handsets and mobile devices and how the consumption of content will change.
We are also releasing 10 early bird tickets for the conference today which will be sold on a first come first served basis, check out the post for more info…
You probably want to grow the readership on your blog, the majority of people do. There are a lot of different ways to do this including SEO, writing great content, building community and using social media but one that most people overlook is guest blogging. So the idea is simple…you write posts for other blogs that are in your niche and expose your writing and ideas to a whole new audience. You can create the best blog content in the world but if people don’t get to read that content it can become frustrating. You can see how we post guest articles on other sites like Lauren writing on Mashable and me writing on Rotorblog, these are both well established successful blogs in our own niche with substantial traffic.
So how do you get started? Well just like writing great content for our own blog it is hard work. Here are our list of tips for guest blogging and how you should go about it…
We all know just how important it is for businesses to protect their identity online and one of the most effective ways of doing that is controlling what people find when they search for your company or even for you as a person. You may not always be able to control it 100% (as you can see from this search negative results will always appear in some format) but there are some good practices that you can put in place so as people get a good first impression when they search for you on Google. Here are our 5 tips for controlling your image online…
There’s a popular phrase that’s been doing the rounds in internet and marketing circles that ‘Content is King’. Content is not King. The phrase has been troubling me for some time because it’s far too simplistic in its ideology.
Suggesting that ‘content is king’ is suggesting that a website with good content will solve all your problems. What it overlooks is the need for good distribution – essentially communication – of the content you produce. There’s no point in having good content if no-one’s consuming it. It simplifies the fact that anyone producing good content actually has to work hard to make people find it and that the content alone is not going to bring people to your website. Other than with a bit of good SEO. You need to create a community on your website,
You wouldn’t let your shop or business premises get into a state like the picture above would you? You wouldn’t let the paint peel off the walls and not wash the floors or take out the rubbish for a couple of months. Appearance and perception is everything in the real world and it will affect how much you sell. People don’t like shabby shops with empty shelves. Guess what? The same principles apply online. Consumers and potential business partners form an opinion within a couple of seconds when checking you out online. Keep reading to find out some of the biggest mistakes I see businesses making online…
I was at a conference yesterday trying to explain to people why they should be spending their time online and one of the biggest factors that came across was the fear of the unknown about these fancy tools we all use online. I tried to explain that the tools we use very much mirror real [...]
I catch myself getting more and more judgemental at people who come online for the first time and I think it is something that we are all guilty of in our little online communities. I hear a lot of us saying things like…
Just be yourself and join in the conversation
You don’t need to be taught [...]
During the boom years the drug of choice among the middle classes was cocaine. It is highly addictive, readily available and best of all for those using it…Very cheap. You could get a massive high for next to nothing. Remind you of anything we are all hooked on today?
You are addicted
The comparison may be stark [...]
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