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Social Media Case Study: How do FORD use it?

  On the 18th July, the city of Detroit, the birthplace of the US car industry and of major motoring brands including Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and of course the Ford Motor Company, applied for bankruptcy protection after its debts spiralled to over $18bn (£12bn). Since then, a Michigan state judge

What is Social Search and How Will it Impact you?

This month, Google released their quarterly financial results, claiming over $14 billion of revenue in the past 3 months. These earnings reports show that the vast majority of Google’s dollars are still coming in thick and fast from one website- google.com, and all the advertising that site entails.   Despite
Is Twitter for Business a useful concept?

Is Twitter for business a useful concept?

For businesses the idea of advertising to those on twitter is an appealing one. The large number of people on Twitter means that companies looking to advertise are certain to reach many people. Twitter have sought to take advantage of this market by advertising their space at a premium to
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Can Twitter accounts get hacked?

Firstly, to be able to answer the question on whether twitter can be hacked or not, we have to know what hacking is. Hackers, in my view aren’t just computer science students with far too much time on their hands writing complicated software to try and breakdown the security barriers

How was Social Media Used for the Oklahoma Disaster?

  In the past when natural disasters have struck cities and rippled across countries, the rest of the world has been both slow on the uptake and limited in what they could do to support victims. I believe as human beings we are naturally inclined to help others that go
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How Social Media is Affecting The Music Industry

Over time music has evolved in ways we could never imagine. From vinyl to cassette and CD to mp3 who knows what could be next? Social media has also played its part in how we share and experiment with music. The introduction of MySpace back in 2003 was the first
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Social Media case study: How does the BBC use it?

Just like the NHS, Cream Teas, the Queen and my favourite Prince Philip, the BBC is a well-established British institution. Of course, it has issue. For example it doesn’t publish the salaries of Clarkson, Paxman and others, it got embroiled in the Saville scandal and there are always questions about

Should I Buy Followers/Likes?

No. You knew I was going to say that didn’t you? It seems obvious, yet so many people still do it. We as humans always aspire for the quickfix, that one magic thing that takes two seconds and increases your success by a billion percent. But the truth is, it
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The Only Social Media Tip That Really Matters

  Today we received a letter in the post. Most generic and boring letters have printed addresses on the front, but this letter was hand written – and good things always come inside hand written letters. So we opened the envelope and inside was a hand written note and a sachet