Should you buy social media followers?
Share Can you buy friendship? It’s an interesting question and one even more relevant today as friendships now exist online as well as in the real world I recently got into a (mini)debate about this subject over on LinkedIn, where…
Am I just too polite to use Evernote Hello?
ShareRecently Evernote launched a series of new apps - Evernote Clearly (a plugin for viewing the text from web pages - great for cluttered sites) Evernote Food (for those fetishists who like taking snaps of meals) Evernote Peek (for learning)…
How journalists can follow the story/find contacts online
A few notes/ideas of using online resources for journalism from a recent 30 minute workshop with 2nd year Online Journalism students
Facebook: groups V fan pages
ShareI am currently working with several companies to develop their online marketing via Twitter, Facebook etc. A new client currently has a profile, which they actively use, and a Group. However, I wonder if this is the most effective way…
6 tips for good blogging (and social networking)
ShareRecently I began writing a blog and looking after the social interaction for a music venue. Here are a few things I have learnt along the way (NOTE: this is a work in progress and will be updated – feel…
Photographers v Police 1-1 (after 1st leg)
SharePhotographers are not a happy bunch. If they’re not having their pictures used online without getting credit or being replaced in the festival photo pit by young bloggers waving iPhones, they’re being persecuted by the police and accused of being…
Do they want you, or your contacts? (updated)
ShareWe’ve all heard the phrase – it’s not what you know, but who you know. But: if your job involves promotion/marketing – where do you draw the line between your friends, and your contacts? In this social-networking world we find we…
iPhone Apps: RSS READERS
ShareContinuing in my series of posts about my favourite apps, I move onto … RSS READERS I currently run 2 RSS readers on my phone. I struggled to find one that could accommodate forwarding to 2 different Twitter accounts. iNEWS…
