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Are new Klout connected social networks a dilution?

By + on August 10, 2011 in corporate communications, public relations, social media, Social Networks

Klout has today added five new networks that you can connect to your Klout account to improve your Klout score. The five new social networks are Instagram, Tumblr, Blogger, Last.fm and Flickr. Coming soon are Facebook pages, Quora, Yelp, Posterous and WordPress.com.   On the face of it this is a good thing, but I’m [...]

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Social media Top Trumps infographic

Social media Top Trumps infographic

By + on August 5, 2011 in Infographic, social media, Social Networks

My friends at Freestyle Interactive have created this brilliant social media Top Trumps. It rates some of the leading social media and social network platforms in traditional Top Trumps style with scores for active users, world reach, usability and cutting edge. Facebook is top trump for active users, while Google+ wins for cutting edge. For [...]

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The real social network experts are elephants

By + on July 28, 2011 in Social Networks

We’re recently back from an unforgettable three weeks in Sri Lanka where we were lucky enough to see wild Asian elephants close-up in their natural habitat. That’s why I was fascinated to see (via the Daily Mail!) some new research that shows that elephants have larger social networks of ‘friends’ than scientists previously thought. Previous [...]

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Some Comms Awards – last chance to enter

By + on July 18, 2011 in Awards, Self Promotion, social media, Social Networks

This year I’ve again got the honour of being one of the judges in the second annual Some Comms Awards. There are 19 different categories to enter, including a new one – the Mark Hanson Award, in honour of our colleague Mark Hanson to recognise the brightest and most promising social media communicator under 30 [...]

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Social business consultants – the Emperor’s new clothes

By + on April 4, 2011 in Business, corporate communications, Marketing, public relations, Reputation Management, social media, Social Networks

Is social business the new badge for the social media expert? Judging by some of the events I’ve attended and an increasing number of blog posts I’ve read recently it could well be. Let’s start off with the fact that it’s yet another ‘social’ term that’s been stolen by those who appear to think the [...]

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Social PR 2011

By + on February 20, 2011 in Measurement and Evaluation, public relations, social media, Social Networks

It’s not often I get the luxury of being able to attend a conference that I’m not speaking at, so I’m looking forward to attending the Social PR 2011 conference on February 28. Not only will it be good to catch up with great speakers such as Philip Sheldrake and Michael Nutley (editor in chief [...]

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Can Twitter improve equality in the workplace?

By + on August 27, 2010 in Business, social media, Social Networks

A line in Amelia Torode’s latest blog post got me thinking about how social media and social networks could have an important role to play in improving equality in the workplace. Despite a raft of legislation the UK’s employment landscape is far from equal and the gap between pay and opportunities between men and women [...]

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The ultimate social media CV?

By + on May 2, 2010 in public relations, social media, Social Networks, Video, Word of Mouth

Three Auburn University students have created ‘Operation Hug Taylor Swift’ which I think is one of the best social media ‘campaigns’ I’ve seen. Why? It had a specific objective and it achieved it. Michael Wekall, Ryan Leander and Matthew Mahaffey had a simple mission "Do whatever it takes to wrap our arms around Taylor Swift." [...]

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Labour iPhone app boosts voter contact

By + on April 28, 2010 in Business, Politics, Self Promotion, social media, Social Networks

It looks like all reporting of new media innovation in the election campaign by the MSM is now being seen through the same yellow prism of all their other reporting i.e. look for things that make the Liberal Democrats look good/bad and get it in the paper. In the last week we’ve seen breathless reporting [...]

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Social media and YouTube to get you voting

By + on April 20, 2010 in Government, Politics, social media, Social Networks, Video

Iain Dale and Total Politics magazine have released a cracking YouTube video of Bucks Fizz’s Eurovison winner ‘Making Your Mind Up’ to encourage people to vote. It features a host of famous political figures and celebrities including Alastair Campbell, Ann Widdicombe, Nigel Farage, Chris Mullin, Phil Willis, Peter Tatchell, Lynne Featherstone, all-party band MP4 and [...]

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