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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An Idea Worth Spreading: Coca~Cola Happiness Machine UK

7 September 2010

I came across this youtube video from Coca~Cola (launched today 7th September 2010) that is truely REMARKABLE, and one that clearly everyone involved in will talk about, think about for a very long time to come. In fact I don’t think they’ll approach a Coke machine ever again without thinking about it or wondering ‘I [...]

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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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Jennifer Aniston, ‘Big Butts’, website content and rising seas

13 July 2010

I seem to write a lot about the importance of using the correct keywords but seeing as I’ve been getting more questions than normal I thought I’d put finger to ‘board once more… Almost any business these days needs to have a ‘strong’ web presence and in many instances, offline business activity will increase if [...]

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Essential WordPress plugin: WPSyndicator

6 July 2010

8th July WPSyndicator Update: $4000 Raised so far: I had an email last night from Andy Fletcher, one of the developers of the WP Syndicator. In it Andy told me that they’ve raised just over $4k so far and he wanted me to pass on their thanks for all your support. So, thank you to [...]

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Twinterview ‘Making Social Media Work for You’ hosted by @abarge

2 July 2010

So as promised becasue the #shoestring tag wasn’t displaying the stream correctly – I think it was sabotaged #joke – I’ve integrated my tweets into the stream for those who might have found it difficult to follow… If you were following along and didn’t manage to get a question in or you’ve thought up a [...]

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Be2CampEast June2010 – Getting Jiggy with Viddy

24 June 2010

Be2Camp East June 2010 presentation – Getting jiggy with_viddy View more presentations from Lee Smallwood.

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The Lighter Side of Social Media: Part 11

11 June 2010

I’m always on the look out for ‘funnies’, but it’s been a little while since I posted any so here’s some that made me chuckle… If you come across any on your travels would you pop a link into the comments

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