Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-19

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Tip Tours – A Social Media Experiment

Jul 18, 10 Tip Tours – A Social Media Experiment

Every week, for the next 100 weeks I will be going to a new, inspiring location where I will use AudioBoo to record an interview with the accomplished author Joe St Clair. Joe will be describing not only the scenery and the surroundings but also why he chose each unique location to demonstrate a connection with one of the inspiring tips drawn from his best-selling book “100 Tips for Total Life Fulfilmentâ€.

This is part of a comprehensive social media experiment in which I choose to combine the strengths of different Social Networking sites, each offering specific benefits and reaching entirely different audiences, namely AudioBoo, Flickr, SuperBlog, FaceBook and Twitter, the resulting

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Riding the Social Media Surfboard

Mar 21, 10 Riding the Social Media Surfboard

The media loves a good story, particularly when comparing what is ‘currently ‘hot’ and what is ‘not’. Take the phenomenon of social networking for example. First it was ‘Facebook’ and ‘MySpace’ that was hot news and then it was ‘YouTube’ followed by hordes of others. Now it is the simple concept of ‘Twitter’ that is suddenly everywhere. Such is the media frenzy about Twitter that recently we have started seeing reports that ‘blogging is dead’. Apparently, we all now prefer ‘tweeting’ instead.

Blogging growing faster than twitter.

The reality of course is that the true facts are getting lost amid the media hype. Yes, social networking is now de rigueur for the aspiring business or

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

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When Gordon Browns Cheque Bounced

Dec 18, 09 When Gordon Browns Cheque Bounced

Yes – it’s that time of year again when our minds turn to Christmas presents because despite the doom and gloom of the recession we still like to dig deep to give our loved one’s a nice present on Christmas morning. It’s no different for Gordon Brown of course, except he has to dig a little deeper than the rest of us. The banks will want some money to pay for their Christmas bonuses and the Army would like some more helicopters, the hospitals could always do with a little extra at Christmas, particularly if Jordan needs another boob job, and the police could always do with a few more festive speed cameras. Sorry Gordon – it’s time to get the cheque book out again!

Hold on a minute though…maybe that’s not such a good idea…

What if the cheque bounces?

Yes, it’s a little embarrassing, but then it won’t be the first time our beloved PM has had one of his cheques bounced! And if you check on Twitter, FaceBook, and trawl the

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Social Networking for charities and fundraisers

Aug 23, 09 Social Networking for charities and fundraisers

In August I was invited by Paul Sage of Click4Causes to give a presentation in Milton Keynes to demonstrate the power of Social Media and Social Networking, and how these could be used to engage with their audiences to raise awareness of, and increase contributions to their causes.

Paul Sage began the seminar with some very sound advice on the importance of choosing the right words to ensure our messages elicit the desired response. In Pauls words:

“Gone are the days when we sell AT people. The time has come for us to engage with our audience on a more personal level. The tools that will allow us to do that are now here, and these are called Social Media and they

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