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Twitter to focus more on companies

Earlier this week, Twitter announced that it is to revamp some features of its site in order to give more focus to companies. The company has become increasingly reliant upon advertising revenue, with the main money source currently coming from … Continue reading

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Companies have no choice but to innovate in social media

PR and advertising have long been the traditional methods of conveying a company’s message to an audience. Whether it be to create brand perception, or simply to raise awareness, there are plenty of people out there, whom you can pay … Continue reading

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Social Media and the people’s growing discontent

It was hard to miss the violence on London’s streets over the weekend. Needless to say, the vast majority of people were there to protest peacefully about the brutal cuts that are taking place in the public sector. But as … Continue reading

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Small Business or Global brand..it does not determine social media success

Through my research on social media, I have realised that there is an element of risk no matter what size your company. You are entering into something with no predictable outcome. One thing for certain is that your customers and … Continue reading

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How do you measure your social media efforts?

Companies are frantically jumping on the social media bandwagon. Blog posts here, tweets there. But not all are stopping to measure whether their efforts are actually having any sort of effect or not? Actual bottom line sales from social media … Continue reading

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Social Media…for Absolute Beginners. We can help! (Introductory Meeting)

You, or one of your colleagues/employees, have long since set up the Twitter account, the Facebook account and the company’s LinkedIn’s page. The more daring among you, may even have been updating the company blog sporadically. But no results. No … Continue reading

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The social consumer..a real influencer

I have just been watching a great video with Phillip Kaplan and Brian Solis. They are both highly regarded thinkers in the field of new media. The video talks about the rise of social commerce, and in turn, the level … Continue reading

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Social commerce has 4 stages:

Most companies are starting to get switched on to the selling opportunities presented by social networking and social commerce. We have identified 4 key elements to it. By the way, experts in the field say that most companies are still … Continue reading

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10 tips on how to keep focused on social media marketing

Some of our clients tell us how frustrated they can get with all this social media stuff. Despite the hours they spend on it, they just don’t seem to engage in as many conversations as they had envisaged at the … Continue reading

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