Tag: Twitter
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Make Twitter Great Again With This Donald Trump Chrome Plugin
The US President Donald Trump has a tendency to issue quite contentious statements via Twitter. Some of those statements might appear to be a little lacking in gravitas. This plugin for Chrome will give them the gravitas they deserve by converting them all to Comic Sans. You can see it “in action” on one of…
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FIFA Cracking Down on Twitter Users
FIFA has sent takedown notices to Twitter in relation to Twitter users “abusing” the FIFA trademarks. More details here Related articles FIFA has cracked down on that World Cup Twitter bot (and other people tweeting and Vining and GIFing goals) (niemanlab.org) Twitter removes copyright infringing avatars of FIFA World Cup fans (neowin.net) FIFA Targets Twitter…
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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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Ryanair Finally Joins Twitter
Economy carrier Ryanair has finally joined twitter Their first tweet was sent nearly two weeks ago and shares the “tongue in cheek” style you’d expect from the brand: #Ryanair has joined Twitter! Follow our official account for the latest Ryanair news & special offers. PS There's no charge for following us — Ryanair (@Ryanair) September…
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Twitter To Target Users Based On Browsing Activity
Twitter is experimenting with new advertising techniques and formats. In a recent announcement the company announced their plans to start targetting their US users based on their web browsing activity. The new “service” is aimed at US based Twitter users so Europeans should not be impacted: So if you’re a European Twitter user you shouldn’t…
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If Toddlers Used Facebook
George Takei “gets” social media and his Facebook page is probably one of the more amusing ones on Facebook. From earlier today:
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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…