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12 Things You Should Know About New Facebook Page Layout
Last night Facebook made some changes to the layout of pages. From first inspection it looks like they have taken the better aspects of the leaked profile layout from last December and thrown in some -
New Facebook Advertising Options
Recently the cost of advertising on the network has been under scrutiny where the cost and click through rates has been identified as being higher than other websites. The ad's might be less -
Facebook Places Here, Deals Coming Soon!
There's a couple of really big things on the burner for Facebook this year, the top two are Facebook Places and Credits as they take the social network into new territory. Places brings it local and -
Foursquare in 2010 (Infographic)
Foursquare released this infographic on how the network has grown 3400% in 2010. It's a location based social network that encourages user's to check into real world locations, with some game based -
Facebook Sponsored Stories Coming to a Newsfeed Near You
Back in December I posted how Facebook were trialing new advertising formats. It would seem those trials have been successful as Facebook are launching Sponsored Stories as new advertising format for -
How To Sell Goods In The Facebook Newsfeed
I love finding new tips and tricks on how to do new things within Facebook. Often these are unintentional work-arounds that are discovered by accident. This is a great example. I think everyday a new -
Social Media Spam, Scam’s and Malware
It was interesting to read that e-mail spam has significantly dropped, worldwide, since last summer. Even I have even noticed a huge drop off in spam to my Gmail account in the last number of weeks. -
From Marketing.ie Magazine
A recent article I wrote for Marketing.ie Magazine has just gone live on their website. The article looks at some of the myths and misunderstandings related to social media and its use in marketing. -
Glenisk Tune Challenge Launch
The response to Glenisk's Tune Challenge Facebook app has been hugely positive. Launched only on Tuesday last, almost 100 tracks have already been submitted from all over Ireland. We certainly didn't -
New Year Tweet’s Visualised
This has been out about a week now but it's well worth a look. Its demonstrates how, as midnight on New Years Eve is celebrated around the world, people turn to Twitter to ring in the new year. In -
Glenisk’s Tune Challenge
This morning we launched a new Facebook application for Glenisk. The app is called Glenisk's Tune Challenge - a Facebook based competition to find the soundtrack to the organic brands new TV advert -
365 Tips on Blogging
Wordpress is one of the best blogging platforms there is. It's straightforward and simple for users (clients are surprised when I tell them it takes the same amount of work to send an email as write -
Youtube Life in a Day
Last year Youtube asked its users to submit clips of their life on July 24th, 2010. Over 80,000 clips were submitted from 192 countries. Of the 4,500 hours of footage submitted 1125 clips have since -
KLM’s Social Experiment
Last year Dutch airline KLM conducted a very interesting social media driven rewards program. Instead of just allocating points or gifts to frequent flyers they identified passengers who had checked -
Facebook Delete Page For Breach Of Guidelines
Kiabi is a French low cost clothing retailer, that has 125 stores (including 12 in Spain and 3 in Italy). Like many brands they set up a Facebook page to communicate with their customers. Using -
Facebook Insights Now With Added Data
A month ago Facebook introduced a new metric for its Insights data - impressions and feedback. Any new data Facebook can provide to marketers and page admins is most welcome, it makes it easier for -
Introducing Youtube Trends
Youtube has spent much of 2010 ramping up its service offering to both viewers (to keep them on the site for longer) and to brands (for the cash). One recent addition to the Youtube stable has been -
Social Media List of Lists 2010
It's that time of the year when end of year lists begin to populate websites, blogs, newspapers, magazines, radio, tv shows. Here's a list of all those end of year social media lists that a look back -
Big Changes For Facebook Pages?
Last night Facebook accidentally began to roll out a new look to their business pages. Immediately the online community began checking out these changes, and many page admins began to complain. The -
Santa’s Bean Cam: Live on Facebook
This Wednesday we get to try out something a little bit different for a client, The Jelly Bean Factory. From 3pm Santa will be broadcasting live on their Facebook page, chatting with fans and giving