Tip Tours – A Social Media Experiment

Posted by Ian McKendrick in Featured, Social Media | 1 comment

Jul 18, 10

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 Fulfilment”.

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

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27

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• Can anyone tell me what this is? First to tell me get's a special prize! http://twitpic.com/1yrt0c #
• Lol @Emma_Fryer am with Just Great Wine and demonstrating using Twitter for wine lovers, would appreciate a RT of previous tweet please! x in reply to Emma_Fryer #
• As a special treat I'm about to try Chateau Cabezac Cuvee Arthur 2005-any good? Feedback please! http://twitpic.com/1yrcnv #
• Another great tip this week from Joe St Clair – Learn to Love Change: http://bit.ly/dCyvKa #
• Don't worry if you missed the #bhub show this morning – You can download the podcast here! http://cot.ag/dAuLuT #
• Our very own @larrylloyd on #bhub now telling us how to keep our data safe – Great advice too! http://cot.ag/cFkcuQ #
• Interview with John Morter – Rage Against the Machine FaceBook campaign now on #bhub here: http://cot.ag/cFkcuQ #
• Thanks @BobGarbett that would be great! I'll tweet #bhub podcast address after the show in reply to BobGarbett #
• Now learning about sustainability leadership from Craig Bennett of Cambridge University on #bhub http://cot.ag/cFkcuQ #
• No problem @BobGarbett was great to have you on #bhub show, a great interview, thank you! #
• How to write compelling blog content @rorygear tells us all we need to know – Listen Live here: http://cot.ag/cFkcuQ #
• Mr @bobgarbett now telling us on #bhub about O4RB and how it's helping their members to work together to win new business #
• Can't believe @businesshubmark is trying to sell vuvuzela's to our fans outside the #bhub studio http://cot.ag/cFkcuQ what next? #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-18

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• audioBoo: Interview with Adrian Wright of Secoda Risk Management on Governance Risk and Cimpliance Three Pearls of … http://boo.fm/b116096 #
• audioBoo: Interview with Adrian Wright of Secoda Risk Management on tips on Governance, Risk and Compliance for you… http://boo.fm/b116090 #
• Amazing detail in the marble fireplace at The Royal Institution in London where Net Focus Working Group met today http://twitpic.com/1fc5qs #
• I don't understand. Why should I need to expidite my own order with you @genwi aren't you supposed to be doing that for me? in reply to genwi #
• Twitter unveils plans for commercial advertising by promoting tweets: http://cot.ag/cs0oXb #
• How much longer do we have to wait for our iPhone App to be published @genwi We paid for submission in Fedruary and we're still waiting #
• Cracking insightful interviews with many big names on #bhub show yesterday: http://cot.ag/didalD Please RT – Thanks! #
• RT @Emma_Fryer: @PhilBegnett I bet @ianmckendrick can fix it /Yes I did – And remember to backup often! in reply to PhilBegnett #
• Competition rules to win the Scott RXI 400 Internet Radio are here: http://cot.ag/aYDMRD #
• Thanks everyone for your feedback on #bhub show this morning! Podcast is here: http://cot.ag/didalD Please RT – Thanks! #
• Thanks everyone for your feedback on #bhub show this morning! Podcast is here: http://cot.ag/didalD Please RT – Thanks! #
• LOL! You get ten-out-of-ten for effort @StarRadioMark Maybe we ought to run a #bhub freebies leader board! #
• Glad you like #bhub show this morning @macuseruk Join our community and you could be in our next show! http://cot.ag/cFkcuQ It's free! in reply to macuseruk #
• Glad you liked the #bhub show this morning! @InvestigateUK You can download the podcast here: http://cot.ag/didalD #
• We had great fun on the show again thins morning! You can download the #BHUB show podcast here: http://cot.ag/didalD #
• Next on #bhub Gareth Jones, Cisco Consumer Group talking about Lifecasting: http://cot.ag/cMh18B #
• Ed Gibson, Chief Cyber Security Officer for Microsoft on #BHUB next explaining what they're doing to protect businesses http://cot.ag/dyXKMW #
• Phil Popham MD of Landrover explaining how they increased car sales during a recession: http://cot.ag/dyXKMW #
• It's the #BHUB competition time! http://cot.ag/aYDMRD can you find the Easter Egg? #
• Ex Acorn computers Mel Pullen http://cot.ag/czEOzL talking about Scrum IT next on #BHUB apprenticeships for software developers #
• Coming up next on #BHUB Keith Benwell http://cot.ag/clQZwT giving more MLM hints and tips listen here: http://cot.ag/dyXKMW #
• Thanks @mosquitomax Jilly was great on the show this morning, have you signed up to #BHUB yet? http://cot.ag/bJF1fr It's free! in reply to mosquitomax #
• Coming up on #BHUB Peter Ragg http://cot.ag/aVFsVo Giving the Gen on MLM and Network Marketing: http://cot.ag/dyXKMW #
• Can't believe @starradiomark is trying to impress Jilly Goolden with his "Drilled Chicken" recipe on #bhub Fail! http://cot.ag/dyXKMW #
• Just waiting for news to finish. Am nervous, my hero Jilly Goolden is on #bhub : http://cot.ag/dyXKMW #
• Thanks @Lindsay_Abbott Only 5 minutes to go to start of #bhub lots of big names on the show this morning!: http://cot.ag/dyXKMW in reply to Lindsay_Abbott #
• 10 mins to go to #BHUB Special guest on the show is Jilly Goolden, ex BBC2 Food and Drink Presenter: http://cot.ag/dyXKMW #

Riding the Social Media Surfboard

Posted by Ian in Social Media | 2 comments

Mar 21, 10

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

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

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• Mark and Ian of #bhub give their Top Ten Twitter "Thou Shalt Not Do's" http://bit.ly/d8oOqI Hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it! #
• Everything you ever wanted to know about anything – in under 60 seconds! http://bit.ly/dtXrjm Please give us your ideas! #
• FaceBook Top Ten Tips from Mark and Ian of #bhub http://bit.ly/a3ekcY We so much fun making this! Hope it helps #
• Mark and Ian of #bhub Talk FaceBook http://bit.ly/a3ekcY We so much fun making this – We had no idea FaceBook could be so slippery-slidey! #
• Mark and Ian of #bhub give Top Ten Tips Part-2 for using Twitter daily to earn cool karma: http://bit.ly/9dHZM8 – Enjoy! #
• Mark and Ian give their Top Ten Tips for using Twitter for business: http://bit.ly/bBsokh #
• Can't believe @starradiomark made me get up so early for filming videos for #bhub on http://www.markandian.com http://twitpic.com/14i6qd #
• No problem @ToniHunter, here's a link to Apture Training videos on the front page of our SuperBlog training site: http://bit.ly/axPu3m in reply to ToniHunter #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17

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• RT @socialtoo New Blog Post: Per Twitter's request, we're removing auto-unfollow: http://bit.ly/86nh6Z #
• RT @broadhousehotel Burns Night, Come in from the Cold http://tinyurl.com/ya7pt4q – Haven't been to Burns night in ages, they're great fun! #
• audioBoo: Interview with Alan Phillips of 7Safe on ethical hacking, Computet forensics and eDiscovery http://boo.fm/b90910 #
• OMG where do I even begin to start ?? http://twitpic.com/y2ydi #
• The Aromatic Crispy Duck at Chef Peeking in Sawston, Cambs is to die for! http://twitpic.com/y2wco #
• RT @Lindsay_Abbott Re-vamped website/blog – what a difference!: http://bit.ly/6t05Zg – I love the way you've used the Apture plugin! #
• Welcome Bill, hope weather in Boston is better than UK! @BostonBilly Update your pic though, we need to see your face! http://bit.ly/1awxUp #
• Feel sorry for our Australian brothers and sisters for their appalling weather: http://bit.ly/5GU7xX Let's send them a snowball or two! #
• I know that baked beans can give you wind, but this exploding tin from Netto's was no joke, blew up with a bang! http://twitpic.com/xot6q #
• Already called and left a message @Emma_Fryer Am ready to try out your slick services – Everyone's been saying good things and I can't wait! #
• lol! Thanks for pointing that out @blackpigsweets The video's on http://markandian.com are only dummies for testing – proper ones soon #
• Cor blimey it's hot under these lights! http://twitpic.com/xj5xk #
• I think recording the video screen tests may have gone to @starradiomark head! http://twitpic.com/xj2q4 #
• Setting up the video cameras with @starradiomark for our first screen test at Cooks Barn for http://www.markandian.com http://twitpic.com/xiwd0 #