Month: January 2011
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Facebook Getting Serious With Places
It looks like Facebook is getting set to make a serious play in location based services in Europe. According to an article in today’s Guardian the social networking behemoth is about to launch of “Deals” which would give users benefits and discounts at local retailers. The company has announced partnership deals with several “heavy hitters”…
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How NOT To Deal With Negative Feedback On Twitter
Image via CrunchBase One of the exciting and often scary aspects of Twitter and other social media networks is that your customer service interactions are completely laid bare. You can’t hide behind closed doors. Nothing is sacred. Earlier today Jason Roe tweeted about how bad his coffee tasted. It was a statement of opinion. It…
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Twitter Usage Tip – Check Your Spelling
When you’re setting up your Twitter profile you have the option to provide information about yourself (or your company / product / service). If you want to be taken seriously by other users make sure that you haven’t made any basic spelling mistakes! So, for example, if you are trying to promote yourself as an…
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Some Social Media Icons
If you’re looking for some social media themed images and icons there’s an excellent variety of them over here. Some are “free” for non-commercial use, while others are released under a Creative Commons license. Just check the license before you use them – though most of them seem to be pretty liberal. Enjoy! Related articles…
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The Social Network Available For Pre-Order
The Social Network is probably going to win a lot of awards before the year is out. If you haven’t seen it yet it will be released on DVD and BluRay in Ireland and the UK on February 14th. Play.com have it for €23.99 (bluray) and €18.49 DVD. Both prices include free delivery. Amazon are…
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Irish Teens Digital Lifestyles
I’ve always been fascinated by statistics and surveys, so the Mulley Communications survey on Irish teenagers’ digital habits makes for some interesting reading. You can download a copy of the report directly from their site. Here are some of the highlights: * 14% have a part-time job * 28% spend their money on socialising, 27%…
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LinkedIn Loses Its Frontpage
LinkedIn has been around for several years. For many professionals, including recruiters, it is “the” social network that they use. Unfortunately they seem to have “lost” their main page: But the content seems to have gone AWOL:
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Twitter Awards The Shorty Awards Return
The 3rd annual Shorty Awards have opened for nominations in the last couple of days. In their own words: The Shorty Awards honor the best people and organizations on Twitter and social media. Nominations may be made through Twitter and this website, culminating in an awards ceremony that recognizes the winners in dozens of official…