Posts tagged Social Media
Bad PR, dating geeks and another night out with bloggers…
Oct 1st
Here’s a collection of PR pitches that landed in my inbox recently – some good, some, err, not so good!
PR pitch #1: Twitter = Talking in public
Tim from Olgivy, sent me an email yesterday asking me to blog about an ad campaign for a technology giant. I love advertising so technically it should have been something I would have been happy to blog about… and the ads also looked good.
Such a shame his pitch was the worst piece of PR I have ever seen! I hated the tone of voice in his email (sounded like he couldn’t be bothered), and More >
Blog08 submission – a YouTube poem
Sep 29th
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 >
What kind of Twitter user are you?
Sep 19th
Ever wondered what kind of Twitter user you are? The Twitter Friend Follower ratio tool has the answer
And I am apparently a solid Twitter community member. Sounds good to me!
Sylwia has a great post on Twitter ratio and restrictions right here
The New Facebook is not that bad after all…
Sep 18th
Facebook caused a lot of controversy within its community when it launched the New Facebook earlier last month, with angry users going as far as creating ‘I hate the New Facebook‘ groups. It took me a little while getting used the New Facebook, but I am now officially hooked! I will go as far as saying that my Facebook usage has increased in recent weeks because of the layout update!
Remember the days when, as soon you logged on, you had countless number of invites to become a werewolf / vampire, or asked to Superpoke someone? Developers turned Facebook into a cluttered More >
Brands, Social Media and Consumer Buyer Behaviour
Sep 15th
Colourscape Music Festival – Clapham Common
Originally uploaded by Life in LDN
There are no secrets. The networked market knows more than companies do about their own products. And whether the news is good or bad, they tell everyone.
The Cluetrain Manifesto
Every day people are having conversations online.
Forming around passions and interests, millions of blogs and hundreds of social networks, message boards, wikis and media-sharing sites (Flickr, Youtube, Picasa etc) are discussing a vast array of subjects.
As audiences seize control, attention and influence shifts outside of a brand’s immediate control. Companies need to recognise that people are engaging with brands with or without More >
Best practices in Social Media: forging relationships
Sep 9th
My friend Sylwia tagged me last week in a very interesting discussion meme about the best social media practices.
The social media space is evolving quickly, and each community has its own unwritten set of rules, but these rules can only be learnt if you become part of the community. Think for instance about Plurk vs. Twitter - although they may look similar, the interactions on each of these sites are very different indeed… No wonder why traditional marketers don’t get it!
Gavin Heaton cleverly summed up some of the answers going around the blogosphere:
- Mitch Joel - Consistency
- Jason Falls - Embrace your audience
- Kipp Bodnar - Listen and add value
- Chris Brogan – Listen
- Kristie Wells More >
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