You may have noticed a trend of more and more people sharing food photos on Twitter and although they make great compelling content I have always thought that they could be a lot more useful and now thanks to a great app called foodspotting they might just be. Foodspotting lets you share photos and pulls in your location so as all those photos you share through the app can now be turned in to something useful and act as a virtual restaurant guide in your pocket as you walk around new cities…
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We don’t often blog about clients as we just like to keep the blog about social media tips and news from the online world but a combination of a busy couple of days and the burning desire to tell you about something really cool led to this [...]
Manchester United are a club in crisis as their debts spiral out of control but there is some good news on the horizon as one of the companies behind Obama’s rise to the white house, Blue Cube Digitial are getting involved with the Manchester United fans and using social media to try and rally the fans and raise money. With a fan base of over 300 million the similarities between this campaign and that of Obama are striking…
Over the last 6 months I have seen a massive amount of new business blogs appear as companies seek to capitalize on all the benefits that go along with having a blog attached to their site. The one downside is that many people make the same mistakes all bloggers make when they start out and most businesses give up after a couple of months when they see no traction or pick up in sales. I wanted to look at some simple tips and tricks that can help you improve your business blog…
Richard Dawkins’ recent online battle that was sparked on his forum provides an interesting look into the way in which we function online and the importance of our online communities
One of the most noisy elements of Facebook has always been the application notifications but the good news for users who don’t want that extra noise is that Facebook is going to be removing app notifications from today onwards. This is a move that is sure to upset developers but Facebook will be looking to offer other ways of contacting users including email…
There are lots of videos being produced to try and explain what social media is but this one really does get all the key facts in to under 2 minutes of footage. You are not going to learn anything amazingly new from this video if you have been using social media for a couple of years but it really is a good example of something that you could show people (upper management for example) within your company if you wanted to try and get them to start using social media. Short and snappy video with all the key facts and numbers well summed up…
Never forget that one of the massive benefits of social media is that you get to have fun. You get to take your branding and identify to completely new levels and engage with your users in a real way that gets them talking about you and, most importantly, remembering you.
I am using an Irish example in this post but for those of you reading this in other parts of the world you will be able to apply your country, small village or city to this post with the same logic. Our business is based in Ireland. As I am sure you know Ireland is [...]
There’s a brand new photography blog in Ireland, and it’s none other than our very own Sarah Kavanagh’s!











