If you came to Reach Further’s workshop on Viral Videos last week, led by Delia Macnamara of imagine dpm, you’ll know that there are a LOT of videos out on the web and it takes expertise and luck to make a video a viral success. According to a study reported on today
Email marketing is an effective way to for a business to build a relationship with their customers and potential customers. It is a flexible and powerful form of direct marketing or online marketing which enables a business to send customised and personal messages to a targeted set of customers. It
Some of the more interesting blog posts and articles I’ve bookmarked recently include: Social media The Official Guide to Twitter “Twitter 101 for Business” (from Twitter) Twitter’s own take on how to use it for business: what kinds of things businesses are using Twitter for as part of their social
Recently I have been reflecting on reflection… At the moment I am tutoring both a How to Blog course and a couple of Online Tutoring courses. In both of the contexts covered by these online courses, although in very different ways, reflection is key. In the case of a blog,
In order to get out information from Iran about the aftermath of the recent disputed elections, blogs and Twitter have been vital. Iran has one of the highest numbers of bloggers per head of any country in the world, and the social web is proving that it is impossible to
There’s a new service from Google called Subscribed Links. http://www.google.com/coop/subscribedlinks/ It enables you to create custom search results that you can add to your Google search pages. Users can display links to services for their customers, as well as providing news and status information updated in near-real-time, answering of questions,
According to a Harvard study of 300,000 users, reported by the BBC (among others) today, just 10% of Twitter users generate more than 90% of the content. I can believe it – we all know that some people tweet not only several times a day but several times an hour.
Let’s hear it for the women who are learning to conquer the web… Today (24th March) is Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging organised by Suw Charman-Anderson to draw attention to women excelling in technology. The FindingAda website explains: ” Women’s contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom
We had a great seminar last week when two groups of local businesspeople discovered the power of Twitter. Here are some of the top tips on and opinions about using Twitter garnered from the best possible source – Twitter users themselves. Thanks to everyone credited. You can’t control the conversation
In an article in the most recent issue of The Biologist, reported by the BBC among others, Dr Aric Sigman writes about the biological implicatons of social networking. He looks at certain aspects of online interaction, mostly physical and concludes that there is substantial evidence to suggest that there are