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10 tips for coping with social media →
Posted by the lovely digital-diva:
How we deal with social media and information overload in our busy lives has always been an interest of mine. I’ve blogged before about Soren Gordhamer’s excellent Wisdom 2.0 book and the Pomodoro Technique.
Over on Tricycle.com, Lori Deschene (founder of @TinyBuddha on Twitter and…
October 2010
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Social Buying Websites like Groupon gain in... →
digital-diva:
This week I made my first purchase with Groupon. I have liked the look of some of the offers and knew it would only be a matter of time before I made a foray into the world of social buying.
Social buying websites (also known as collective or group buying websites) have become increasingly…
September 2010
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“Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and...”
– Sylvia Plath (via copyqueen)
August 2010
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The Future of Public Relations and Social Media →
mashable:
This series is supported by Gist. Gist provides a full view of the contacts in your professional network by creating a rich business…
Interesting read, especially if you’re a PRO ;-)
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July 2010
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P&G begins selling beauty products through... →
Max Factor has become the first Procter & Gamble brand to sell directly to consumers via Facebook as the FMCG giant experiments with ecommerce initiatives.
P&G has launched an Amazon-powered application on the social network which lets people comment on and ‘like’ Max Factor products, as well as purchase them.
The move is the first time P&G has let UK consumers buy any of its brands...
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Foursquare in talks with search engines? →
Foursquare’s Co-founder Dennis Crowley claims the company is in talks with major companies in the search space, including giants such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.
(via wlemag)
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Domino's on Foursquare →
Foursquare is a location based social network. Users check in on their current position and friends can see your current location.
Domino’s Pizza claims that its mobile program via Foursquare has contributed to a 28.6 percent increase to the online profit across Britain. In its earnings… http://blog.bizzsms.com/post/827673231
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June 2010
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“When Google makes small changes, users’ behaviour can change enormously. The...”
– ‘Google, Caffeine and the future of search’, Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor, Daily Telegraph.
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May 2010
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That’s the power of mum
A flock of disgruntled mothers + a school playground = a powerful LOCAL voice (teachers beware!)
A flock of disgruntled mothers + social media = a powerful GLOBAL voice (brands, look out!)
Mums are all over social media like a rash and once united have much to say on pretty much anything and everything to do with themselves and their little nippers.
From a proactive PR point of view, mums can...
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If UK web users become more cautious online, what...
Findings from Ofcom’s Media Literacy report were revealed yesterday, with both New Media Age and Media Guardian leading the story with the fact that UK users are growing more cautious online and are wary of revealing too much. The key find was that 80% of adults are more likely to only allow friends or family to see their social network profile, compared to 48% in 2007. Upon reading this, two...
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My Twitter feed →
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My LinkedIn profile →
“Social media put the quotation marks around ‘Friend’”
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Damien Basile, @db
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Link to Mashable's social media news section →
…from where I consider to be ‘the don’ of all digital information.
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“It’s hard to shake the notion half the [drug] users aren’t trying to...”
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Charlie Brooker, The Guardian, 22nd March 2010
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February 2010
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Is Google in need of reputation management?
As reported in the Times Online, a Harvard law student is not only suing Google for breaching email privacy with its social network, Buzz, but is effectively damaging the online giant’s reputation in the process. Uh-oh Google!
Annoyed users of the email service have been posting (and ranting) on Google’s forum, so much so that Google employees are having to intervene, one of which stated ‘we...
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Fancy dipping your toe in social media? Woah...
Social Media Week (#smw) is in full swing and some interesting and insightful blog posts have appeared on its site. One of these is by Dani Klein (@YeahThatsKosher) – a guest blogger who has taken snippets of information and video content from PR professionals in order to understand their role within social media, all of which is aggregated under the #SMPR tag (for those who want to follow the...
January 2010
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