The Google Round-up Rodeo
Every morning, my first thought on waking is, invariably, ‘What have Google been doing while I was asleep?’ I rub my bleary eyes, stretch, and let out a moan so wretched and foul that nuns across the world shudder as one, cross themselves and invoke the Holy Father. Why do I get so upset? Because no one has compiled a short blog post rounding up minor changes that Google have made to their search engine.
How Plain Lazy Uses Social Media to Build Customer Relationships
Nice little write up here from Marketing Donut on how our client Plain Lazy is using Social Media favourites like YouTube, Flickr and Facebook to do some neat acquisition and retention work…
Your Social Media Content Schedule
Sometimes the volume of updates on your Social Media platforms can be overwhelming. You may well be looking at Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and your blog each day with a rising sense of panic, thinking “how on earth am I going to update all of these?”
Social Media Planning: Informed Creativity vs Complicators vs Twankernomics
I’ve had a bunch of interesting responses from colleagues, clients and others to my recent post on Social Media and Creativity (Social Media Consulting vs Viral Advertising). Whilst some folks were offended, thankfully most of our clients seemed to like the idea that all this glitzy Social stuff should be based on some rational thinking.
What’s the (Google) Buzz? Tell me What’s Happening
This week Google announced their contribution to the growing world of Social Networking with the launch of Google Buzz. After the disappointment of Google Wave, we were eager to see whether it was going to revolutionise our lives.
News + Social Media = Social News?
How do you find news on the web? Do you go straight to your favourite blogs and news sites or do you use an RSS reader? Or are both of these options too old hat? Facebook and Twitter look to be changing things.
Fabulous Facebook Page Apps
If you’ve got a Facebook page but are at a bit of a loss when it comes to filling it with fabulous things, why not try some apps? Apps can help your page stand out from the crowd, as well as providing extra functionality for your page and fresh ways to connect with your audience. Here are our top picks…
Five Free Facebook Tools to Enhance Your Social Media Campaign
With Facebook becoming increasingly useful for businesses, we thought it was about time we did a roundup of Facebook tools and how they can help you get more out of your professional Social Media activities.
Things To Stay On Top Of: A (Simple) Social Media Planning Checklist
There’s quite a lot to keep track of across the Social web, so we’ve compiled a simple list of the essential things you should be doing into a handy checklist. If you monitor nothing else, you should at least do these things…
A Social Media Case Study / How To: Escape Studios #CGWhiz Campaign
Here’s a sneak peek at the results of our recent #CGWhiz Social Media campaign with leading CG and VFX Academy, Escape Studios. The project was a barnstorming success. Find out why (includes PPT with tactics, metrics and results)….
The New Style Facebook Group: What’s It All About Then?
Anyone who ‘does’ Facebook will probably have noticed some changes this week, with the evolution of Groups into something much more closely resembling Pages. But what are the practical implications for brands?
Social Media Agency
Based on our experiences with IBM, Hackett, Expedia and more, here’s a bunch of learning and free best practice ‘Social Media Agency’ white papers and ‘Social Media Agency’ resources to help you navigate the rivers of Social Media drivel… (Hint: we’re relaying our learnings so that you can avoid some growing pains!)
PR, Social Media and Content: Talk Different. Got It?
We don’t have to build new things in PR, Social Media and Marketing if we don’t want to, we just need to use the ones that exist already and use them to talk different. Not a rocket science thought. It’s all about content, not Content. Got it?
Social SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Through Clever Content Creation
Creating optimised ‘Social’ content to rank for key terms isn’t a new idea but the search results are becoming more eclectic …So I’d like to run through which content types regularly appear in the SERPs and how to use this content to clamber through the sweaty throng of competing pages…
Social Media ROI: the Return of Identity and the Hackett Story
Here’s another spin on the great Social Media ROI debate….Stop pretending to infuse leaders with someone else’s personality. Stop trying to distill fleeting thoughts into ghosted Think Pieces. Stop gambling on barnstorming creative virals and microsites. Stop wasting money…
What’s a Social Media Agency?
Rocket science not included. Proceed at ease...
Get the Scoop on Social Media PR…
Been there, seen it, bought T-Shirt, wrote it up....
What the Hell is Social SEO?
Clue: it's not spammy and it adds value to users....
ONLINE PR & SOCIAL MEDIA AGENCY KNOW-HOW
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If Trad Digital Agencies Did Engagement/PR/Social (Who Moved My Cheese/Fees?)
Dear Mr/Ms Brand Manager, if the agency who builds your web properties is also responsible for engagement / PR / etc, then would they be building things differently? We think so…
The Google Round-up Rodeo
Every morning, my first thought on waking is, invariably, ‘What have Google been doing while I was asleep?’ I rub my bleary eyes, stretch, and let out a moan so wretched and foul that nuns across the world shudder as one, cross themselves and invoke the Holy Father. Why do I get so upset? Because no one has compiled a short blog post rounding up minor changes that Google have made to their search engine.











