Periscope: A fun app but is it any good for business?
Chances are that you’ve heard the word periscope being thrown around Twitter but aren’t that sure just what it is and more importantly what it means for your business.In short; Periscope is a new video streaming app from Twitter. Periscope allows you to broadcast live video of what you’re doing, allowing other Periscope users (and […]
What are the best times to post updates to social media? (infographic)
Ever wondered when the best time is to post that selfie with the Tiddles the cat, or to the update Instagram with a photo of your cheese toastie? Well this infographic about the best times to post updates to social media can help.
Tweet That: The Curse of Oversharing (Twitter)
Has Robbie Williams taken social media to a new level? When Twitter was first emerging it became a bit of a running joke that it was used to just update the mundane aspects of life with people tweeting things like what they had for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Whilst it’s still like that, albeit slightly with slightly […]
Why Brands (and celebrities) need to quit Twitter Q&A’s
Twitter is one of those places that is just awesome at coming to life when something goes wrong for example: Dodgy hashtags. Remember when Susan Boyle’s PR team thought it was a great ideal to throw a party for her album? It would have been had it not been for the hashtag they attached to it […]
Drunks Turned Into Human Adverts…
Photo Credit: Yaocho Bar Group We all know that there’s a problem with binge drinking in the UK. City centres on a Friday and Saturday night have become no-go zones unless you relish stepping over half eaten kebabs and playing dodge the drunk. However, in Japan they take binge drinking to another level. On a typical […]
Promoted Tweets: what are they and how can they benefit my business?
A few months back Twitter announced that their ‘promoted tweets’ advertising platform is now open to small to medium sized businesses here in the UK, as well as in Ireland and Canada. Until this month, Twitter’s paid advertising platform was only accessible to huge brands who have been using promoted tweets to advertise for years. […]
Your Business Relationship With Social Networks – Detrimental, Beneficial or Symbiotic?
Love it, hate it, or only use it to catch up with friends, social media is here to stay. Social media has grown up a lot since the days of Bebo and Myspace, and now includes a myriad of different apps and sites, from Snapchat to What’sApp, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype, Instagram, Viber and Pinterest, […]
It’s for a bloody good cause…
Charity SWEAR BOX from Fueled on Vimeo. How no one has thought of this before I don’t know, but this is an excellent idea to take the humble swear box online. It’s called Charity Swear Box and basically you link your Twitter account to the site and nominate a charity, from then on every time […]
Tweet Paper
Spotted this over at Swiss Miss and thought I’d share it. Note paper for those that like to Tweet offline by Luc Latulippe
Tweet Ups – A weekly round up of tweets 4 – 15/03/10
I receive many design/art related links, social media stories and business related bits and pieces during the week so I thought it worth posting them here in a nicely packaged up weekly bundle. If you’d like to keep up with me on Twitter you can follow me by clicking here. ————————————————————————————————————————– WEEK – 15/03/2010 […]