Tag: Social media
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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.
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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…
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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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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…