Author: Michele Neylon
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Fine Gael Take Social Media To New Lows
I’ve no idea who is “managing” Fine Gael’s web “stuff” during the 2011 Irish general election, but you would really have to ask yourself what they were thinking. Firstly we had the introduction of new word into the Irish political lexicon – twolicy. Yes – they managed to combine “twitter” and “policy” and came up…
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Social Media Experts Are Overpaid
I could have come up with a clever title I could even have come up with some witty text. But it’s Friday and I don’t really have the energy. This image sums it up: And this blog post worries me.
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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…