Category : Blogging

Keeping Up Your Virtual Appearances

Niall Harbison Blogging, Facebook, Social Media, Twitter October 24, 2009 2 Comments

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…

Comparing Social Tools To Real Life Situations

Niall Harbison Blogging, Facebook, Social Media, Twitter October 23, 2009 No Comments

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 [...]

Social Media Arrogance Towards Newbies

Niall Harbison Blogging, Facebook, Technology, Twitter October 13, 2009 1 Comment

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 [...]

Is Social Media More Addictive Than Cocaine?

Niall Harbison Blogging, Facebook, Social Media, Twitter 3 Comments

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 [...]

Seeking New Writer For The Blog

Niall Harbison Blogging, SZ News October 12, 2009 No Comments

Are you slightly geeky? Do you keep up with all the latest trends and live and breath social media? We are looking for somebody that considers themselves to be 100% geek (like ourselves) and has writing skills and wants to share all their thoughts with the world here on the blog. It would be a [...]

5 Surefire Ways To Build Community On Your Blog

Niall Harbison Blogging October 11, 2009 3 Comments

There are many different ways to build your blog traffic and you can find countless great articles online that will guide you through the basics (like here and here) but one of the best ways is to build a community around your blog and have some regular readers and contributors (in the comments etc) helping [...]

Making Friends Online – Don’t Go Home Alone

Niall Harbison Blogging, Facebook, Social Media October 10, 2009 2 Comments

We are going to talk about online relationships and how you should build them in this post and to demonstrate the point we are using the timeless example of a guy trying to chat up a girl in a bar. In the real world the guy often gets it wrong by waiting until the end [...]

How A Butcher Could Increase Sales Using Social Media

Niall Harbison Blogging, Brands, Facebook, Social Media, Twitter October 8, 2009 4 Comments

I often give talks about social media and rather than confuse people with buzz words and fancy industry lingo I like to give a simple case study using a profession that could not be more removed from the online world to show just how easy it is to implement and how much of a winner [...]

Bloggers Share Their Advice On How To Blog

Lauren Fisher Blogging, Social Media October 7, 2009 7 Comments

We often get asked what our top tips are for running a good blog, especially by people who are just starting out and want advice on how to write good posts, what they should be writing out and how to make sure people want to come back again and again. We thought we’d throw it [...]

ProBlogger.Com Launches – A Paid Community For Bloggers

Niall Harbison Blogging October 1, 2009 No Comments

Today saw Darren Rowse launch a very interesting concept, Problogger.com, which is essentially a paid forum for bloggers to communicate, collaborate and improve their blogs together. There are of course 100s of similar forums and resources for budding bloggers on the web but this one differs slightly in that it charges you $1.95 per month [...]

Top 25 Social Food Websites

Niall Harbison Blogging, Brands, Technology, Video 11 Comments

People used to use cooking books and recipe cards passed down through the generations for all their cooking needs but that has all changed with the emergence of the internet and in particular social media in the last couple of years. Sharing recipes, photos and cooking videos is now common place online and users are [...]

The Social Media Numbers Game

Niall Harbison Blogging, Facebook, Twitter September 30, 2009 No Comments

So I have about 2100 friends on Facebook which recently I have been thinking is a little too much to manage. Now the reason I have that many friends is not because I have lots of friends in real life (I don’t) but because I cook on a reasonably popular cooking website and have appeared [...]

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