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The Tumblr Effect

  What is it? Founded in 2007 by David Karp and bought by Yahoo earlier this year, Tumblr is partly a micro blogging site and partly a social networking site. Tumblr is one of the top 15 websites in the USA with an impressive 146.5 million blogs published on the

Fight of the Film: Instagram Video vs Vine

    Twitter’s Vine app for short viral videos was a real first as iOS apps go, but is it still first in the battle for fans against Facebook owned Instagram Video? Created by Dom Hofmann, Rus Yusupov, and Colin Kroll in June 2012, Vine was snapped up by Twitter
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How to Make the Most of Social Media at Christmas.

  Once a year, around the beginning of November, we see our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram feeds become cluttered with posts about how Christmas is coming! It seems to be common knowledge that when we see the extremely well branded Coca Cola advert embrace our television screens, Christmas is only
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How can social media be used to help you find a job?

  Applying for jobs used to mean sitting in the privacy of your own home, perfecting and printing your C.V. on posh paper, then firing it off to employers advertising in the local paper. Things have certainly progressed a little in recent years. If you haven’t already, set yourself up
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What is Socl?

Socl pronounced ‘Social’ is a social networking service and search engine operated by Microsoft. Currently in public beta, it appears similar at first glance to other social networks such as Facebook, Pininterest and Twitter.  It was initially only available to students at a handful of American Universities such as the
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What is a Google Hangout?

  Google hangout helps to make group conversations easier than ever, you can keep your chit chat going all day long! This is another great service provided by the mighty Google and its all free meaning there is no need for you to save up your pocket money but you
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What are the Webby Awards?

The Webby Awards are international awards honouring excellence on the Internet. They began in 1996 and are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). The IADAS is a very diverse organisation, made up of over 1,000 members, including leading web experts, business figures, visionaries, creative celebrities,
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Book Review: Outsmarting Social Media

  Outsmarting Social Media: Profiting in the Age of Friendship Marketing By Evan Bailyn We are big fans of Evan Bailyn’s work ever since we read his first book; Outsmarting Google – a book that will turn you from an SEO novice to SEO wizard. His style of writing is excellent,
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Book Review: Likeable Social Media

  Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an IRRESISTIBLE Brand, and be Generally Amazing on Facebook By Dave Kerpen I read Likeable Social Media a little while ago and I was rather impressed. I wasn’t too sure what to expect, but I feel for any beginners to marketing
five changes to make for social media results

Five Changes to Make for Social Media Results

There are five changes to make for social media results; set goals, refresh your content, advertise your social media accounts, personalise your accounts and fix your hooks.  It is human nature to want the quick fix, the magic bullets that get you a hundred times the results with a hundred