I have been reading predictions for 2010 over the last few days and one thing that keeps popping up is Geo location. There is no doubt that this is one area that is going to see massive growth over the coming years but there are some very serious concerns to be addressed around privacy and how users will be giving there whereabouts out to complete strangers. I for one will not be taking part in these social networks but I do see some massive opportunities for advertisers who are able to target users based on their exact location... Read More »
On the surface, crowdsourcing has been a powerful and valuable concept, brought about by the capabilities of web 2.0 We need to ask ourselves whether it is really fair to both of those parties taking part in projects, or whether it is fundamentally flawed. There is still a way to go for crowdsourcing to function properly and produce the kind of work it is capable of doing. Read More »
We have published a couple of business guides for Facebook in the past but today we wanted to focus on the personal profile side to things and share our top 20 tips for getting more out of your profile pages. The rise of Facebook has been massive over the last year and with nearly 400 Million users it is a vitally important tool for both networking and keeping in touch with your friends. We have tried to cover as many things from how to download your Facebook photos to how to connect Facebook with popular services like Gmail and Twitter. So sit back and start reading and get ready to improve your facebook profile massively with these 20 tips... Read More »
Social media might have taken off in the last year but we have delved a little deeper and you can see the success of the services that make social media so prominent today all have their roots growing over the last decade. We created this social media time line so as we could all charter the growth of popular services such as Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and Youtube showing when they launched and when they were either bought or hit some crucial milestones. What is clear is that none of these are overnight successes and with a few exceptions most f the big services take at least a couple of years to reach critical mass and really take off. Check out our social media timeline... Read More »
Social media is a great way to find your next job. Here we've covered a range of tips to help you use completely free tools of social media to find vacancies, build relationships with potential employers and make you and your CV stand out from the crowd. Read More »
What a year 2009 has been for social media. It has swept into the conciousness of most people around the world and is starting to be embraced by brands and businesses who see it as a key way of both communicating and selling to their customers. You can see the top 50 social media stories of 2009 here but we wanted to take a look into the future and see if ze could have a look at where we are headed over the next 12 months. Predicting the future can be a tricky and foolish business that in hindsight can make you look foolish and with social mediq being one of the fastest moving industries around we are setting ourselves up for a big fall with our predicitions but it is still worth a shot...
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It has been a really long and hard first 6 months on the blog and along with starting the business it has really tired us out and we are going to be taking it easy today laying off the social media and tucking in to the turkey! We just wanted to thank every single person who bothered to take the time to stop by and comment or email us and get involved with this blog in general... Read More »
It is Christmas tomorrow and many people often ask themselves what they should do with their website or blog. We have taken a look at some of the easiest options from scheduling adverts to benefit from the sales to creating a video to send to people who email you. There is no doubt that most people are offline at this time of year but there are also plenty of your customers trying to find deals online so you should be out there engaging with them even if the engagement is automated. Read More »
I often write blog posts when I am flying to places on business or holidays and I have started to notice that these are some of my best blog posts and I wanted to have a look at some of the reasons why that was? I clearly have a more focused mind while in the air as there are very few distractions and I only have a certain amount of time to get the job at hand finished which mean that I am always going to produce better content but what else contributes to the fact that I always write better blog posts when I am high? Read More »
It has been a crazy year for social media with a massive amount of take up from the mainstream community and we have sifted through the millions of column inches here to find the best of the stories from around the web in 2009. We look at everything from movie launches to phone battles and some of the top tips and resources from around the different blogs we follow on a daily basis. Sit back and enjoy the best social media stories from 2009... Read More »
