Is it social media blasphemy to suggest that Facebook may not be an appropriate way to invest your company’s time in establishing a fan community? It seems to be perceived wisdom in many social media circles that getting a brand into social media means opening a Facebook fan page or
One of the handiest tools to use in a social media campaign is Namechk. This is a simple way to check to see if your desired username is still available at more than 80 popular Social Networking and Social Bookmarking websites. Online marketing using social media is more effective if
What is it? Delicious (http://delicious.com) or del.icio.us is a social bookmarking service that allows users to save their favourite websites as bookmarks and share them with other people. What is Social Bookmarking? Bookmarking is a way of storing and sharing websites that you found useful or interesting. In the past,
Many companies are moving their marketing budgets away from direct marketing and into social media. A survey by Brand Republic of over 1000 marketers around the world found that 66% of respondents were to invest in social media and 40% said that the funding would come by cutting the direct
Steve Wheeler prompted quite a lot of comment recently when he posted a “rant” about whether or not Facebook is worthwhile. “It’s just possible that the guy who cut you up on the way home yesterday (you know, the one you exchanged angry words with from the safety of your
Marshall Sponder wrote on Social Media Today about his 7 predictions for social media in 2010. One of his predictions was about the explosive growth in social media training. Competition in the Social Media training and enablement space is going to get fierce and Red Hot – as everyone wants
Whether or not you like either of the two songs that have been battling out for the Christmas number 1 spot this week – and whether or not you watch the programme X-Factor, you probably haven’t been able to miss the media coverage of the story. It seems to have
First save the background of your choice to somewhere on your computer’s hard disk Login to Twitter Click “Settings” towards the top right Under [Yourname] Settings click “Design” Here you can select one of Twitter’s own themes, then add your own background image, and if you’re feeling really creative, you
One of your first tasks when setting up a new business or embarking on a freelance career is to get a website. Every company must re-evaluate its web presence on a regular basis, so there’s always a need for a new website. A static website does not suffice any more
You can see tags working in any social network site or social bookmarking site of your choice. They are basically keywords or key phrases, sometimes abbreviated for ease of use. For example, conferences often have tags so that you can follow the discussion online. Sometimes the conversation in blogs and