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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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    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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    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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  • crystal-ball

    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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Posts tagged Plurk

Don’t you just love…

Aug 22nd

Posted by Lolly in Social Networking - Tools & News

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… The Fail Whale?  This HAS to be the icon of 2008 In fact I just wanted to make sure I had a Fail Whale on my blog as Twitter’s service seems to be improving.

Saying that, Plurk’s timeline can be used a fantastic conversational tool… 

 

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1 question, 8 answers: the social media meme

Jul 1st

Posted by Lolly in Blog Till you Drop!

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My blog friend C.B Whittemore recently tagged me in 8 more things, the social media meme with one question – what are 8 ways in which you’ve used social media?

 

1. My blog is my most important and exciting tool to date. I have not only met some wonderful people offline (Chris Brown, Reshma Anand, Organic Frog, Sandrine, Cedric, Steve, Annie Mole… apologies if I have forgotten anyone!) but blogging has also recently changed my life as I am just about to start my new role as a Social Media strategist.

2. Blogging has drastically changed my social media consumption – I created a web More >

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From what are you doing to what are they saying?

Jun 27th

Posted by Lolly in Social Networking - Tools & News

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I have just discovered that Plurk have now added a search feature allowing Plurkers to search for keywords in the Plurk-sphere. There is a little magnifying glass icon on the right hand-side corner of the timeline, click on it and you can search for whatever tickles your fancy!

 

 

 

 

I think the search engine represents a fantastic opportunity for brands [data mining] to see what people think about them, and could help with innovation, NPD or product improvements.

 

I also really liked the fact that Plurk seems to be available in different languages – this reminds me of the good old More >

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Are you Twittering, Plurking or Jaiku-ing?

Jun 22nd

Posted by Lolly in Social Networking - Tools & News

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Micro-blogging seems to be the new trendy thing to do – everyone seems to be Twittering, Plurking or Jaiku-ing… and by everyone, I mean bloggers or people with a strong interest in digital which makes me think that these applications are not quite mainstream yet, and may well never be.

 

Twitter is currently the most popular micro-blogging application out there. The graphics look good, and you can easily customise your page. Saying that, the Twitter outages are no secret to anyone and the picture of the whale being carried across the sea by small  birds when Twitter has reached maximum capacity says More >

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