Facebook is NOT, by it’s very nature and model, a private platform. That was never the idea behind it and if you really want to have a conversation that remains completely private you’re better off using the phone (cough, maybe not) or popping round for a coffee. Two sugars and milk? Biscuit? Rule number one [...]
Facebook Privacy Simplified
April 18, 2012 by Martin
Filed Under: Facebook Tagged With: Facebook, privacy, safety, security, social media, social network, ticker, timeline
An Honest Look at Internet Marketing [2012]
April 10, 2012 by Martin
Social media and social networking are probably taking over your business, to some extent. You are probably wondering how to do it, where to do it and how much of it to do, right? Join the club. Many businesses are wondering the same thing and, sadly, many are taking on more than they can chew [...]
Filed Under: Internet Marketing Tagged With: Facebook, Internet Marketing, social media, social networking
Social Media Content – Look No Ads
May 18, 2010 by Martin
One of the things we’ve all read and heard many times is that sticking adverts up all over the place is NOT social branding, it is not good marketing and it certainly won’t bring new traffic clickity clicking through to your website or blog. Most people, by now, know that YouTube is the 2nd most [...]
Filed Under: Social Branding Tagged With: Facebook, Social Branding, social media, social media branding, youtube
So Much To Do – Have You Got Time?
May 17, 2010 by Martin
Some years ago when I started observing the emerging trend in VAs (Virtual Assistants) I was thinking “here we go again – another ‘industry’ developing around Facebook, Twitter, Blogging, and all that goes with it…” but now I think differently. Introducing Virtual Assistants I’ve followed a few Virtual Assistants via Twitter and Facebook for a [...]
Filed Under: Social Branding Tagged With: Social Branding, social media, social media branding, social media marketing
My Social Media Experiment
May 14, 2010 by Martin
Books, blogs, videos, podcasts – wow the information out there is amazing. A fantastic supply of everything we need to know to ‘make it’ on the web. But how much of it is really helpful, genuine and useful? How much of it is just regurgitated crap that is completely out of date? Don’t get me [...]
Filed Under: Random Thoughts Tagged With: Chris Brogan, Facebook, Gary Varnerchuk, Social Branding, social media, social media 101, social media experiment, Twitter
Social Media – By The Numbers
May 7, 2010 by Martin
Still thinking Social Media is a fad? Here’s a video full of amazing facts that I found on Mitch Joel’s blog “A Fascinating Look At The Numbers Behind Social Media” Watch the video if you, like me, have a skeptic in you or if you think, for any reasoning, that the myriad of social platforms [...]
Filed Under: Social Branding Tagged With: mitch joel, Social Branding, social media, social revolution
Listening to Chris Brogan Social Media 101
April 28, 2010 by Martin
With so many authors sharing their knowledge and experiences, 17 zillion blogs about blogging and everyone and their dog sharing opinions – who should you listen to? Well, for me, Chris Brogan stands head and shoulders above most
Filed Under: Blogging, Book Reviews, Business, Internet Marketing, Social Branding Tagged With: Chris Brogan, social media, social media 101
The Year Of The Social Media Marketing Book
March 1, 2009 by Martin
In 1936 one of the best selling self-help (business and marketing) books of all time was published. It was called “How to Win Friends and Influence People” written by Dale Carnegie. 2009 looks like it’s going to be the year of the social media book. Most of these books, like Dale Carnegie’s book, refer to the [...]
Filed Under: Random Stuff Tagged With: Dale Carnegie, how to win friends and influence people, social media, social networking
If Your Face Didn’t Fit
January 1, 2009 by Martin
It took me a few years of sitting on the sidelines before I jumped into the whole “social networking” thing. After-all, I knew who my friends were (they are the ones who popped by for a coffee – and still do) and I must admit I was never ‘Mr Popular’ so what on earth would [...]
Filed Under: Random Stuff Tagged With: Facebook, fakebook, friends reunited, social media, social networks
Google vs Facebook
February 1, 2008 by Martin
What a battle this is going to be in a few years time. The mighty Google taking on the no longer ‘little’ wannabe Facebook! This really is going to be the clash of the titans. Written about previously as the battle between David and Goliath this is going to be an almighty war over who, [...]
Filed Under: Random Stuff Tagged With: Facebook, google, social media, social networking
