I’ve been asked by a few local businesses to put on some kind of social media training and I’m going to test the water for such an event. If you are interested, subscribe to the newsletter opposite and I will let you know when it happens. Getting savvy social media training in Cornwall is a [...]
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Filed Under: Social media marketing Tagged With: social media cornwall, social media training
Will Google +1 Result in the End of Small Business Online?
It’s very simple. Either Google +1 will affect the search engine results or it will not. What if it does? Will the frenetic dash that Digital Media Agencies mean that they then resell their networks to Corporate big gits to help crush the small independent, just as they have on the high street? A little [...]
Filed Under: Social Media, Social media marketing Tagged With: Google +1, Social Media, Social media marketing
How a Cornish Charity is Helping in Japan
Shelterbox is a disaster relief charity which specialises in sending much needed emergency equipment to disaster zones. They have a great website detailing what they are about, go check it out. They have a donate button on their site by the way.
Filed Under: Social media marketing Tagged With: Cornwall charity
Why I dumped Friends on Facebook
At one point I had a few thousand “friends” on Facebook, most of these were business rather than personal. Not really trusting FB to keep the separation between business and personal as solid as I would like, I have set up a new FB account for this blog. I realise you can set up fan [...]
Filed Under: Social media marketing Tagged With: facebook, facebook marketing
What Mike Grehan of SES Incisive Media Should have said
Yesterday I thought I would start 2011 hitting the ground running and start blogging again. Little did I know that I would incur the wrath of the Vice President of one of the biggest publishers and conference providers of the SEO industry. When I wrote a few lines of my experience of SES London a [...]
Filed Under: SEO Conference, Social media marketing Tagged With: Incisive Media, ses london
Diggs for Sale
Maybe this post should read, “Digg for sale”. A few thoughts on what is happening on digg. First, I’m not following the current convo regarding the latest changes at digg closely as there will be a period of flux where nothing of worth really settles. Don’t get me wrong it’s a great, geeky, soap opera [...]
Filed Under: Social media marketing Tagged With: digg. digg votes for sale
Social Media Myth No. 1 “It’s about the conversation”
“Social media is all about the conversation”, I think that phrase started to rankle me around last July and I couldn’t figure out why. It’s something I have taught people in my training class for years, so it’s not like I haven’t agreed with it. Blog – people comment – you reply – they blog [...]
Filed Under: Social media marketing Tagged With: social manipulation, Social media marketing
Link Building to the Right Kind of Tunes
Music to link build to. Building links with linkbait can sometimes by a labour and time intensive process leaving you drained quicker than snakes ass in Death Valley. Here’s a selection of tunes to help ease the link building or linkbaiting process along. Still smells fresh. Nirvana, Smells like Teen Spirit This one is jammed [...]
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Do I really Need to Hire a Social Media Consultant?
Yes you do. A successful social-media campaign integrates social media into the many elements of marketing, including advertising, digital and PR. Opinion and theory are no match for experience and the best social media marketers now have more than 10 years of experience incorporating interactivity, blogs, forums, user-generated content and contests into online marketing. Adage [...]
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Pay to Get a Digg Front Page
Diggs for sale It seems you can now pay for a front page digg. Great, where do I pay. Oh wait, it’s looks like you have to be a multinational corporation with a big fat wallet. I wonder how much Paramount has paid digg for the front page? So much for people power.
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