Social Media

Social Media: What Works Where

by David Shaw on 26th Apr 2012 · 2 comments

With so many social networks available to people these days it is becoming harder to understand what content works well in each arena. Although it feels as though it has been around for an age, Social Media is still a relatively new concept, which in turn means that best practices are still being crafted. I believe that [...]


Surely, you must have heard many online marketing experts advising several entrepreneurs to join social communities. And, this has you wondering why. What exactly is the reason for creating your own profile page on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter? Now, you will not have to wonder anymore because this article is going to talk about the [...]


Facebook vs. Google+ – Who Will Prevail?

by jeffkgross on 5th Dec 2011 · 9 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 [...]


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 [...]


Stop making Twitter Noise – Buffer it out

by Leo Widrich on 8th Apr 2011 · 5 comments

As regards the above headline I am guilty as charged. Every morning I would read lots of great blogposts I stumbled across. Hitting the tweet button every time was key for me as I wanted to share my great findings. Not so great for my followers I found out. Overwhelming them with too many tweets [...]