Don’t bad mouth people on Facebook and Twitter hints and tips

Posted by admin on Feb 11, 2011 in All Blog Posts, Social Media Tips / Tricks | 5,389 comments

Over the last few weeks there seems to have been a slew of lawsuits filed in the U.S. against Facebook and Twitter users who have essentially bad-mouthed others on the social networks. Now we’re not saying you can’t say anything negative on Twitter or Facebook, lord knows PLENTY of people do, we’re talking personally attacking someone. Over the...

Twitter is the new word of mouth marketing tool

Posted by admin on Dec 1, 2010 in All Blog Posts, Social Media Tips / Tricks | 5,740 comments

We were recently chatting to a client who was confused about Twitter. Why did his company need it, what good was it, what was all this “tweetering” [sic] actually about. We explained to him that Twitter is the new word of mouth, but rather than being a fleeting conversation that occurs and then is swept up by the cosmos, Twitter word of mouth ...

How do I get a letter to someone?

Posted by admin on Nov 13, 2010 in All Blog Posts, Social Media Tips / Tricks | 5,114 comments

I popped this short post on my personal blog and it got a few comments so I thought I’d add it here also. Whilst watching a recent episode of a TV series, the lead character – a teacher – broached the thank you note with students. She passed out letter-headed paper and gave them the assignment “write a thank you note“. The blank...

Over Tweeting will lose you click through traffic

Posted by admin on Oct 29, 2010 in All Blog Posts, Social Media Tips / Tricks | 4,551 comments

You know when you’re on Twitter, everything is going great and then someone goes and ruins the tweet stream by posting a dozen mindless links in a row. The idea is of course you will click these links that will inevitably take you to their website, problem is your personal annoyance at the tweet spam will just see most people shaking their heads. You can...

Everyone is a Social Media Specialist

Posted by admin on Oct 15, 2010 in All Blog Posts, Social Media Tips / Tricks | 4,928 comments

We were in negotiations recently with a possible client, this guy barely knew how to turn on a PC and had no clue about Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and the other social media prospects out there for his business. We pitched a small package (toes in first with some people), he seemed interested and he said he’d get back to us. A week later we hear back and...

Miso – Social Media for Pop Culture Junkies

Posted by admin on Aug 17, 2010 in All Blog Posts, Our Blog, Social Media Tips / Tricks | 4,509 comments

So you like watching TV and movies and the thought of combining it with your social media use gets you more than just a little bit excited? If so and you haven’t heard of Miso yet, be prepared to add a new social media tool to your toolbox. Miso has been around for a while, but with it’s introduction this week on the Android platform, it looks like...

Hot Social Media Google Searches in Australia This Month

Posted by admin on Aug 4, 2010 in All Blog Posts, Our Blog, Social Media Tips / Tricks | 4,152 comments

Today I thought it might be interesting to have a look at some Google Insights and see what Australian’s were searching for in regards to Social Networks and Online Communities. For those of you who don’t know how to use Google Insights, you should check out Google’s Insights for Search page. Basically, in Insights, you can delve around and see...

Microblog connections – How to join Twitter and Facebook together

Posted by admin on Jun 3, 2010 in All Blog Posts, Social Media Tips / Tricks |
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