Category: Business
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Gary Vaynerchuk at SXSW 2014
Enjoyable, thought provoking keynote from Gary Vaynerchuk. While it runs at over an hour most of it is Q & A with the audience. Worth watching:
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Irish Social Media Awards 2014 Open Nominations
The Irish Social Media Awards are being held in June in Dublin and nominations opened today. As with other years nominations are 100% free. This year’s categories are: Facebook categories: Facebook Page for a Business (Non Campaign) Facebook Page for a Non-Profit/Organisation Facebook Page for a Business (owner managed) Integrated Facebook Campaign: Page, App, Ads…
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Attention Seekers On Twitter
Gary Vaynerchuk posted this deck yesterday. It’s well worth reviewing and sharing, as it highlights one of the worst things that people and businesses do on Twitter: https://www.slideshare.net/vaynerchuk/being-human-ontwitterslidesharev3 I’ve seen a LOT of businesses abusing Twitter this way. Sure, if someone pays you or your business a compliment you might want to share it. But…
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Social Network Wars Explained
Social media networks want more users. Of course if you’re trying to grow your social network then it makes sense that you use your users’ existing connections .. So a lot of social networks tap into the data available via Twitter, Facebook and other services. Of course by doing this they can upset each other…
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Pinterest Engagement Graphic
Pinterest has made changes to their systems in the last couple of months that make it easier for brands and businesses to use the social network. But what’s actually going on? This graphic from Curalate gives some interesting insights: Do you use Pinterest? Why? Do you like it? Hate it? Let us know in the…
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Social Media Revealed
A lot of the companies flogging social media services to businesses probably shouldn’t be in the business at all. A lot of the “advice” they’re giving companies is terrible and yet they charge their clients “top dollar” for it. (Not all of the companies operating in the space are “evil”, but a lot are) The…