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online reputation management

Don’t miss out – a simple thank you will suffice

4 October 2010

I get a lot of questions asking about how to communicate with people online, which may seem simple to some but it appears to cause hours of sleepless nights to others… What if should I do if no-one replies? What should I do if someone replies? What tone of voice should I reply in? etc [...]

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Defining the elusive meaningful metric

9 September 2010

When you write a post – whether it’s a tweet, blog or comment etc – and people read it, repeat it and they like it – this can at times lead us to feeling ‘I’ve done it. I’m finally reaching people’ But in point of fact, this is only the beginning. Because even though tracking [...]

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The Eyes Have It

13 August 2010

I have a bit of a fixation with eyes – for me they are the gateway to the soul. You can tell exactly how someone is feeling or whether they agree or disagree with you just by looking into them. Those little ‘inflections’ that appear when a person is talking about a subject that they’re [...]

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495 Social Niche and Not-So Niche Site Links #LLBS

20 July 2010

This post is support my 7 min talk at the Late Late Breakfast Show, at the Sway Hotel in Holburn tonight (20th July 2010). I will keep adding to this list when I come across sites, but if you know of any that are not here please can you add them in comments. For those [...]

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UK General Election: Leaders Debate Round 2 – after the debate #ge2010

22 April 2010

So even with the negative press that Nick Clegg was getting prior to the debate he’s again come out on top! The following images are from http://electwits.co.uk and show that Nick Clegg’s dominating at the moment: With a total of 31,682 posts (15k more than before the debate) the LibDem online chat pretty much mirrors [...]

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UK General Election: Leaders Debate Round 2 #ge2010

22 April 2010

So how will people feel after tonights Live debate on TV? It will certainly answer some questions like was the huge swing over to LibDem after seeing Nick Clegg win the first one merely a blip? But one thing’s for sure David Cameron and Gordon Brown will be ‘better prepared’ than the last one. This [...]

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General Election: After the debate 15th April #GE2010

15 April 2010

The figures don’t lie Reviewing the online conversations that took place during that debate, Nick Clegg looks to have won that round! From 7k + plus before the debate there are now 16,997 posts, with LibDems taking 51.6% of those, Labour 29.8% and Conservatives 18.6% But the devils in the detail so…: Labour Sentiment And [...]

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General Election: What the people are feeling 15th April

15 April 2010

The BIG Debate So here we are, the evening of a first for British Politics: a live debate between Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. So to mark the occasion I push the social media strategy review until tomorrow and bring forward how we the people are felt before the debate and then I’ll post [...]

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General Election: What the people are saying 14th April

15 April 2010

Firstly a BIG thank you… Due to the number of records I’m indexing everyday to monitor the online conversations leading ip to the UK General Election on May 6th (let’s just say there’s rather a lot!!!) 6Consulting (the UK arm of Radian6) have offered to sponsor the cost of this… What an amazing gesture and [...]

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