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Second screen
My enjoyment of certain TV programmes goes up by adding twitter, and I’m not alone. According to econsultancy around 40% of smart phone owners and tablet owners use their devices during a TV...
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Social Media is Bullshit
Social Media is Bullshit BJ Mendelson It’s rare that I find myself challenged by a book, agreeing with much of what it says and laughing out loud on my morning commute; this is that book. BJ...
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In Praise of Jane Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is one of Britain’s favourite writers. She has been one of my favourite writers for many years, even before Colin Firth took a swim. Jane Austen...
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The Week I was Europe
For the last week I’ve been running the @I_am_Europe twitter account. Just for fun. I choose to tweet about Digital Europe, and came up with a few themes to focus on across the week. There was a...
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3 Twitter Basics
A question came up on another forum about using twitter, so I decided to put together a short guide to help people get started. Twitter is a micro-blogging service available online or via various apps....
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3 More Twitter Basics
Last week I wrote about 3 Twitter Basics, this week I want to take a look at some slightly more advanced ways to get going with Twitter. I’ll cover what content to think about in your tweets, when to...
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Twitter Basics; Tools
There are lots of tools for using twitter, some for tweeting and scheduling tweets, some add greatly to existing twitter functionality, others help you manage your followers, and some focus on data...
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Twitter Basics: Companies on Twitter
I’ve written about some of the basics of using twitter in earlier posts, now I want to take a look at how companies are using twitter for a business purpose. I want to focus on companies getting it...
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Twitter Basics; fakers, trolls, hackers and scams
As with any other community on or offline Twitter has its share of malevolent members. Some are merely irritating, some are more distressing and some pose a danger to your reputation. In this post I’m...
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Twitter Basics; The whole series
I’ve been writing a series of blog posts on twitter basics, and figured I’d do the smart thing and compile them into one easy post, complete with dodgy drawings. If you’d like the whole series in one...
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Repeated Social Media Fails
In a month where a “beach body ready” campaign hit the news in the UK with people taking to twitter to protest, an ANZAC campaign went wrong in Australia and Baltimore erupted over every media outlet,...
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Just Stop it #6; Twitter Auto DMs
Auto DM’s on Twitter. I am not alone in this; The majority of automated direct messages on Twitter just irritate your follower base, poorly used marketing tactic. — Everette Taylor (@Everette) June 6,...
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Just Stop Putting Public Content Behind a Paywall
Newspapers are struggling to make money online, so paywalls make sense I get it. But if your whole story is about a couple of tweets then that story does not belong behind a paywall. Here’s what...
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Social Media Fails (again)
We’re all on social media all the time, and the social media platforms are stretching into new areas of our lives – Facebook now has an “at work” option called Workplace. So how good are we at using...
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