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  • IIA Net Visionary Awards Revamps Social Media Category

    IIA Net Visionary Awards Revamps Social Media Category

    This year’s Irish Internet Association Net Visionary Awards features a social media category, as it has done for the last few years. However this year is slightly different. Instead of simply having a “best us of” type award they’ve renamed the category to: Most Creative Use of Social Media for compelling customer engagement And they…

  • Irish Social Media Awards

    Nominations are open for the 1st Irish Social Media Awards. There are also full details on how to submit a nomination for the awards and what information you need to supply. The awards ceremony will be held May 26th 2011 in Dublin’s Mansion House, which is a great venue.

  • Heinz Launch Commerce Via Facebook But Get Security Wrong

    Heinz have launched a special offer via their Facebook page that allows “fans” to buy a “limited edition” ketchup. Unfortunately it’s pretty clear that the people behind the integration don’t really understand security or privacy. In order to order the ketchup you need to fill out this form: Now why do they need ALL that…

  • 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”…

  • 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…

  • Twitter Gets New CEO

    Twitter has a new CEO. You can read more about it over on TheNextWeb