Online Privacy In Social Media – It Doesn’t Exist

We used to live in a world where everything was private…photos of loved ones, where we got drunk, where we ate and what we thought about before going to bed. That has all changed recently and privacy has basically been thrown out the window. Online privacy is not complicated, it’s not buried in any complicated [...]

Social media analytics – 2 new tools

We look at two of the latest social media analytics tools on the market, coming from Viral Heat and ShareThis. The great thing is that both of these are free and offer some of the most in-depth reporting I’ve seen from free tools on the market. Try them out and let us know what you think!

Would anyone notice if you left Twitter?

We’re all spending more time on social networks, creating content that engages our community. But would anyone notice if you left? Leo Laporte asked this question on his blog earlier this week, and we look at the issue and the implications for the way we use our social networks.

Free Social Media Badges, Widgets And Icons For Your Blog Or Website

New website or blog owners can often be stuck for nice design elements for their new site so I decided to put together a post with resources and sites where you can find free buttons as well as a host of widgets and buttons that the major social networks themselves provide…

Social Media Burnout – How Often Do We Need A Break?

We work with over 20 other agencies on the range of clients that we have. They are often PR agencies, marketing agencies, web development agencies or Ad agencies. One of the most common questions they’ll ask me is how do we monitor social media? How do we spot that stray potentially dangerous comment that somebody [...]

The New Digg – Somewhere Between Twitter And The Old Digg

One of the most popular social news sites is Digg and I have been playing around with the new version for the last couple of weeks to see if the much talked about Version 4 release that is coming soon is as good as all the hype suggests…

Social media search tips

A selection of search tips and tools to help you get the most out of your search in social media and specific social networks. I hope you find these useful and please share some of your own!

A Closer Look At Zynga – The Ugly Sister Of The Social Media World

The rise of social gaming has been immense over the last couple of years and even though hundreds of millions of people play them and they form the cornerstone of sites like Facebook the creators of some of the biggest games, Zynga, often get little or no press. In a world obsessed with Facebook and Twitter we look at one of the biggest revenue stories of social media, the social gaming site Zynga in more detail…

Could social media mean the end of websites?

There is a constant battle going on between pushing your social content or your website but recently there have been some interesting developments that hint towards companies seriously prioritising their Facebook or social presence over a traditional website. There are huge implications here and we are only at the start of this, but it’s a fascinating concept, which we explore here.

25 Social Media Resources And Tools That You May Not Know

We all see so many different sites in a day that it can end up being a struggle to keep track of all the best resources. With that in mind I wanted to gather 50 of the best social media resources, websites and tools in to one handy list. You might know some of the stuff on the list but hopefully you’ll pick up a little gem or two along the way as well…