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A cocktail of advertising, social media, and technology
A cocktail of advertising, social media, and technology
Who do you talk to on Twitter most often? Who are your closest friends on Twitter? What does your Twitter network look like?
I just discovered this cool visualisation of my twitter network driven by the Mailana social network analysis system. According to Mailana, my Twitter BBFs are @WOMarketing, @hippowill, @PBizzle and @raxlakhani

Quite interesting to see how my network is interconnected
18/12/2009 - 4:24 pm
Tags: Customer service 2.0, Easyjet, Travel 2.0, Twitter
Posted in Social Media | 3 Comments
I had a bit of an epic journey attempting to travel back to Lyon for the festive season today. I missed my 5AM train to Gatwick, jumped on a taxi and arrived at the airport only to be informed that my Easyjet flight was delayed. Armed with a good book and a very large cup [...]
11/11/2009 - 9:22 am
Tags: McDonald's Flavourhood Campaign, Socialisation of TV Advertising, Twitter, x-factor trending on Twitter
Posted in Advertising and Communication, Social Media | 3 Comments
TV is becoming increasingly social. As Neil points out, Twitter went into complete overdrive over the X-Factor last Sunday following Lucie Jones’ shock eviction, with 8 out of the top 10 Twitter trending topics being X-Factor related*.
I got rid of my TV when I moved in my flat last year; my flat is on [...]
15/10/2009 - 6:13 pm
Tags: Blogging, Hayley Dunlop, Matteo Starri, Nicolas Grouiller, The changing face of social media, Twitter
Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments
Funny things often happen in Twitterland… Today’s randomness definitely got me LOLing away behind my screen…
Back in the old days, bloggers used to link back to one another other as a sign of appreciation, and an effective way of sharing content. Linking back also helped increase our Page Rank and Technorati authority; we (bloggers) call [...]
12/10/2009 - 8:36 am
Tags: #havanatreasurehunt, Havana, Havana Cultura, Twitter, Twitter Treasure Hunt
Posted in Digital PR Campaigns | 2 Comments
Last week’s London Bloggers meet up was sponsored by Havana who managed spice our lives up by bringing a piece of Cuba to London. Thanks again guys for the delicious Mojitos and the lovely night!
Havana an exciting piece of news they’d like to share with you hence the blog post…
Havana Cultura, a global [...]
25/09/2009 - 1:33 pm
Tags: CoTweet, Topsy, Twitter, Twitter Search Results for Google, Twitter Tools, UberTwitter
Posted in Digital PR Tips, Social Networking - Tools & News | 5 Comments
Here’s my selection of top Twitter tools for September 2009; in no particular order:
1) CoTweet: A fantastic service for managing multiple Twitter accounts, ‘CoTweet is a platform that helps companies reach and engage customers using Twitter’ and also lets you monitor trends for each account
2) UberTwitter: the must have app for your Blackberry, UberTwitter easily [...]
24/07/2009 - 2:40 pm
Tags: music, Nisha Lakhani, Rax Lakhani, Twitgigs, Twitter
Posted in Social Media Events | 2 Comments
Since the explosion of micro-blogging service Twitter last year, Twitter-powered events have been mushrooming across London; think Twestival, The Shoreditch Twit, Aperitweat or Twitcamp. Whether you want to network, share your social media knowledge with other Tweeps or simply enjoy a drink or two, there’s something for everyone!
Enters Twitgigs, London’s first ever social media event [...]
26/04/2009 - 10:31 am
Tags: Add new tag, Ashton Kutcher, Celebrities on Twitter, Demi Moore, M VERY, Old media vs. New media, Susan Boyle, Twitter
Posted in Social Networking - Tools & News | 3 Comments
The Internet has not seen anything quite like Susan Boyle, whose online popularity is headed straight to the history books (figures correct at time of writing)
- More than 100 million views on YouTube
- 1,651, 232 fans on Facebook
- Countless Tweets and Diggs
To media observers, the speed and scope of Susan Boyle’s online presence is a [...]
08/04/2009 - 9:45 pm
Tags: Celebs, Celebs on Twitter, LiLo, Lily Allen, Perez Hilton, Sam Ronson, Twitter, Twitter Celebrities
Posted in Social Media | 2 Comments
Everybody is talking about Twitter at the moment, and I couldn’t help noticing in tonight’s London Paper, yet again another article about the Sam Ronson – Lindsay Lohan break up and their arguments over Twitter.
Finding celebrities is relatively easy if you are inquisitive by nature. The quick option is to follow a famous celeb blogger [...]
02/03/2009 - 11:02 am
Tags: Skittles, Twitter
Posted in Web & Technology | 1 Comment
I am loving Skittles for doing this on a Monday morning – it really did brighten up my day! Very brave of you guys! Enjoy the SEO love from the rest of the blogosphere!
I heart Skittles for reminding me of my childhood and also changing their homepage yay!
UPDATE: Following my over-excited blog post about the [...]
01/03/2009 - 12:58 pm
Tags: Twitter, Twitter SMS alerts, Wadja
Posted in Web & Technology | 7 Comments
Last Friday, a friendly PR dropped me an email to inform me that Wadja.com, the mobile web, media and messaging service, will power Twe2 free Twitter SMS alerts, allowing users to receive @replies and DMs to Twitter users both in the UK and worldwide.
Last year free text message updates from Twitter were stopped in [...]
24/03/2009 - 10:31 am
Wow..great!! I’m your 1st best friend on twitter…I tried too and you are my 3th best friend. My twitter link on your blog is wrong anyway
…It’s a nice network analysis system, and how you say is very interesting give a look to how network is interconnected.
ciao e a presto
24/03/2009 - 6:20 pm
Mine isn’t working yet, but apparently I get a tweet when it’s ready! How weird!
L
25/03/2009 - 8:38 am
Awwww….. thanks!