Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category
How can I optimise every page of my site?
Have you ever wondered how much of what you do is unnoticed?
Every day in the UK good work escapes praise. People get ignored and services get forgotten. Answers get lost and questions remain unanswered. It’s life..but it shouldn’t be, especially when it comes to your business’ website.
We’ve had loads of enquiries about getting your site [...]
Life Without Facebook
Just five months after announcing the 400 million mark “as of this morning, 500 million people…are actively using Facebook to stay connected with their friends and the people around them,” Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, said on Wednesday.
Speaking to The Guardian this week Zuckerberg talked about the future of Facebook, “If we succeed [in [...]
What I learned from a social media legend
Yesterday I attended the first day of a two day event in Doncaster called Learnpod10. The informal, podcamp (participant-driven conference) style event was intended as a space for education professionals and social media enthusiasts to “come together for a free and informal exchange of practice and ideas”.
The event was organised by Quba alum Rob Wilmot and the [...]
Step by step guide to building a Social Media strategy for your business
A presentation on creating a Social Media strategy for your own business:
- Listening: why and how (free tools)
- Defining goals: what do you want to achieve?
- Tracking success: What to track and how (free tools)
- Content strategy: create a simple content strategy for your business
- Creating platforms: How to optimise your chosen platforms
- Engaging: Best practice for engaging with your community
What is Facebook’s Open Graph?
Facebook recently announced the launch of their “Open Graph” platform. The open graph allows Facebook to connect the disparate corners of the Web that other social sites are building. “Yelp is mapping out the part of the graph that relates to small businesses. Pandora is mapping out the part of the graph that relates to [...]
Twitter launches embeddable Tweets
Yesterday Twitter launched an experimental service which allows you to embed Tweets into your website/blog
Social Media return on investment
Presentation on Social Media return on investment from Oliver Blanchard
Marketing Lady Gaga
The controversy over product placement in Gaga’s new Telephone video
Social Media Mashup at Technology for Marketing and Advertising Event
On 23rd and 24th February Technology for Marketing and Advertising ran a two day event at Earl’s Court in London. The event is aimed at professionals who are particularly interested in digital marketing. TFM&A have enjoyed phenomenal growth since its launch 10 years ago. Back in 2001 TFM was a niche technology show focusing largely [...]
How to write a great blog post
I bet that at least 90% of us are not natural ‘writers’. By natural I mean possessing the ability to quickly and effortlessly produce a fluent, well constructed article or blog that in some way resonates with and hooks our intended audience – or words to that effect!
I would put myself in the 90%. At [...]
