Monthly Archives: July 2010

Facebook agrees to child safety "panic" button

Facebook has announced it will allow a “panic button” application on its site. The button, aimed at children and teenagers, will help them report abuse to the UK Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) and Facebook. The launch follows … Continue reading

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Social Location Marketing: How can it benefit in B2B?

As with so many channels within social media, social location marketing, the process of utilizing Social Location Sharing platforms such as Foursquare, Gowalla, MyTown and others as a marketing channel, seems most difficult for the B2B sector. Meanwhile, the opportunities … Continue reading

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How to start benefiting from social commerce via Facebook

Facebook is where your customers are. And social commerce is rapidly on the increase. So we thought, we would put together a few ideas as to how you can meet in the middle of this growth; and benefit! 1) Integrate … Continue reading

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Twitter is now into e-commerce

On Tuesday Twitter unveiled its first foray into selling products. The company announced @earlybird Exclusive Offers, which will be time-sensitive deals on products and events that will appear on the @earlybird Twitter account. People can follow that account to get … Continue reading

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Attract more customers through a relevant newsletter

Many of us subscribe to online newsletters and attend events to increase our business knowledge.  Some companies have even combined the two to great effect. Perhaps you could do the same for your customers? Your customers are no doubt hungry … Continue reading

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Who will rule the world? Facebook or Google..

You can be sure that one of them will. But both have conflicting strategies toward achieving supremacy. Both are incredible companies. There is no doubt about that. They have changed the world. But each has a profoundly different vision. At … Continue reading

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Apple's iAds set to herald a new dawn

Last week, it was announced that the 5 billionth person in the world now has a mobile phone. Not only is this a staggering number in itself, but I think it has great implications for future advertising budgets. Traditional advertising … Continue reading

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Post by Voice

Ever been in a remote location and wanted to update your blog/site, but couldn’t get Internet access to use your favourite phone app or even enough connection to go through posting by email, well assuming you have a WordPress.com hosted … Continue reading

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The social future of loyalty rewards programmes

A new social twist on loyalty rewards programmes has been announced – the launch of Topguest, a new service that will allow people to use their favorite location-aware social networks for something more than tricksy points, badges, mayorships and the odd … Continue reading

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