Social Media

Facebook vs. Google+ – Who Will Prevail?

by jeffkgross on 5th Dec 2011 · 8 comments

This is a guest post by Jeff Gross. Jeff is a consultant and content contributor for new Queens homes community. Social networking has become a treasure trove of new clientele for the companies that know how to do it the right way – doing it right involves creating natural conversations and targeting an audience that is [...]

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Google Plus: My Early Thoughts

by David Shaw on 30th Jun 2011 · 147 comments

You may have seen the hype over the past 24 hours about the launch of Google’s venture into the social networking arena with their Google+ Project. I gained access to it earlier today and have played around on it for a few hours now and I thought I would share my early views on it. [...]


Top 10 Tips for Social Media Security

by David Shaw on 11th Jun 2011 · 6 comments

We all know the fantastic impact that social media has had – such as breaking news stories, keeping us “in the loop”, connecting people, making contacts, catching up with old friends etc – but it sadly hasn’t all been positive…which has left a fly (or should that be worm) in the social media ointment. What [...]


Twitter For Business

by David Shaw on 19th May 2011 · 5 comments

With its user base growing rapidly, businesses can no longer afford to ignore the power of Twitter as a medium for growing their business. Many businesses have started to invest time and money into Facebook marketing and it is only a matter of time before they do the same on Twitter. I think the biggest [...]


Many of my regular readers will have noticed that I use a lot of similes to help people better understand some difficult concepts. I have once gain come up with a simile, this time it aims to make the world of Twitter marketing easier to understand. Twitter Marketing Is Like Being A College Lecturer Why? [...]


Beware Of Bin Laden Facebook Posts

by David Shaw on 6th May 2011 · 7 comments

The major news story that has gripped the world has been the killing of terrorist Osama Bin Laden. However, as one would expect – the conspiracy theories are thriving online and spammers are attempting to entice people by dangling the bait of “unveiling” the photograph of the dead (well, we presume so) of the al-Qaeda [...]


Social Media: Twitter Contest Blueprint

by David Shaw on 8th Apr 2011 · 4 comments

I spoke a few weeks ago about a Twitter contest that I ran that allowed me to increase the Twitter following on an account by over 16% in just 3 days. Since then I have run several more contests on Twitter, every time the increase in Twitter followers has been very respectable. The best thing [...]


Why Social Media Is Like Jogging

by David Shaw on 31st Mar 2011 · 6 comments

Last night I got into a short conversation with @_katewells on Twitter about exercise and jogging in particular. Here is a tweet she sent me: @davidshawblog muchos respect for anyone that can run more than 4 miles! I hear it gets easier. I hope it gets easier! Whilst engaging in this conversation I was actually [...]


Social Media: Are You Saying Thank You?

by David Shaw on 25th Mar 2011 · 1 comment

On any given day you most likely say ‘Thank You’ countless times, the majority of the time it is an instinctive reaction to a deed carried out by someone else. A cup of coffee delivered to your desk, someone holding the door open for you or someone offering to help with your workload. However, when someone [...]