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    A few social, search and mobile trends for 2012

      I am not usually a big fan of prediction posts, particularly when it comes to social, but recently spotted a handful of predictions by industry experts worth mentioning.   Without further ado, here are a handful interesting social, search and mobile trends for 2012. These 3 disciplines are inextricably interlinked, yet too often siloed, so I figured I would sum them all up in one...
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    It's that time of the year again. What are you New Year's...

      Photo via Dear blog, It is that time of the year where I should publish my New Year's Resolutions for all to see. Wish me luck, and thanks James for inspiring me! Resolution #1: blog more  I've been suffering from blogger's fatigue on and off since I started blogging back in 2006, which has sadly impacted on the quality of the content on this blog. I recently spotted a tremendous post by Mack ...
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    Blogfest 2011 - Topshop's smart Tumblr strategy

    Here is at long last, my first entry for the Bathroom Blogfest 2011 on how Topshop uses to Tumblr to 'climb out'. I do promise I'll put up a bathroom related post tomorrow for fun though! Here we go! Brands have embraced social media as a means to 'climb out' and 'hang out' with their fans on social networks. Some brands do it well, others have had their fails...  I've been in working in the social industry for a ...
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    Using social content to drive sales through search

    There’s a very wrong assumption floating around the heads of many CMO’s and small business owners alike, that having a Facebook page and Twitter profile is enough, because social media is this new and wonderful thing which is going ‘to do wonders’ for your brand. I am sure we’ve all had clients who have asked for thousands of fans and followers, as quickly as possible without any content, or budget to create conte...
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Posts tagged London Bloggers Meet Up

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July #LBM at the Talk Talk Customer Experience Centre

Jul 15th

Posted by Lolly in Social Media Events

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Thanks again to Andy Bargery for organising an awesome London Bloggers Meet Up last night, held at the brand new Talk Talk Experience Centre on Broadwick Street.

The Talk Talk Experience Centre, located in the heart of Soho is a convenient ‘Internet Centre’ for both Talk Talk customers and non-customers. How cool is that? Anyone can pop into the centre to use the net or recharge their phones.

If you’re a Talk Talk customer, you can make the most of their private lounge, or even book a meeting room for your client meetings; pretty awesome if you’re self-employed!

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LBM sponsored by Symantec

Dec 2nd

Posted by Lolly in Social Media Events

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Last night’s London Bloggers Meet Up was sponsored by Symantec who bought us all a few drinks and donated a few anti-viruses. Nice!

I’ve always had Norton installed on my machine, and it is simply the best software on the market in my humble experience. I made the huge mistake of switching to Kapersky last year (my bank were offering the software for free), and my computer ended up being infected by countless nasty viruses. I had to reset my computer to factory settings to get rid of them – quite radical if you ask me!

I recently purchased a shiny new More >

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SEO for blogs

Oct 8th

Posted by Lolly in SEO 101

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SEO Queen Judith Lewis gave a short presentation about SEO for blogs at the London Bloggers Meet up earlier this week. If you self-host your blog, SEO is something you’ll need to get to grips with Here are her slides:

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Starbucks UK news

Sep 3rd

Posted by Lolly in Digital PR Campaigns

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Love them or loathe them, Starbucks are an iconic brand. Nothing beats the Starbucks experience whilst blogging away on a Saturday afternoon.

Anyhow, the bottom line is that Starbucks sponsored last month’s London Blogger’s meet up, and I just thought I would drop a quick line about their latest UK initiatives.

Starbucks recently launched an instant coffee product called  VIA Ready Brew (VIA = road in Italian in case you were wondering).  Being French and all, I am not a big fan of instant coffee (hmmm Italian espresso anyone?;) but I have to say that VIA Ready brew tasted quite nice and a lovely More >

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Blog08 submission – a YouTube poem

Sep 29th

Posted by Lolly in Blog Till you Drop!

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Blog08 have kindly donated a ticket for one lucky blogger to attend the conference in Amsterdam on October 24th. Members of the London Bloggers Meet Up group were asked to answer the following question – I am a blogger and I deserve to win the free ticket to Blog08 because…?

Here’s my submission – enjoy!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDwsx36KbjQ]

NB: Andy, just to let you know, LondonBloggers.net won’t let me leave a comment – I hope you pick up my pingbacks

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Bloggers Meet Up tomorrow night – thanks again to Andy for putting together such a fab event, organising fab competitions, More >

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