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3 good how-to guides

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

Here are a few good how-to guides that have come my way lately: 1. How to use social media to learn online: penned by Madeleine Sugden (aka @madlinsudn), this is a great guide to using the resources of the social … Continue reading →

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Writing your social media policy

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Somebody asked me today for some pointers to developing their organisation’s social media strategy, and its attendant policy, so I thought it might be helpful to share the resources I found for them: The first one is an online tool … Continue reading →

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This week’s Facebook updates

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Never a week goes by without more updates and news from the mighty FB, so here’s a few tit bits that have come my way: Number one is a list of 10 bits of news about Facebook and its demographics, … Continue reading →

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What’s the point of social media, number 76435.

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

What’s the meaning of life? Who shot JFK (or JR, if you prefer)? How did Sherlock Holmes escape certain death plunging off a building? These and other imponderable questions pale into insignificance against the all-time favourite: what’s the point of … Continue reading →

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Five Top Fives: 5 Fab Facebook Flings

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

1. Community Pages: What to Do? Have you found that your customers, service-users, volunteers or staff have already set up a Facebook page in your organisation’s name? If that’s the case then you may be wondering what to do for … Continue reading →

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Five Top Fives: 5 Top Twitter Tips

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

In the second of my Five Top Fives from this year’s posts, here are my top 5 tips for using Twitter: 1. Fab Twitter Guide Jack Ashman’s Twitter guide is a great piece of work and goes a long way … Continue reading →

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How to work LinkedIn (infographic)

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Here’s another useful infographic, from Mashable this time and dealing with the network for professionals, LinkedIn. Here you go!

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3 useful ‘how to’ guides and 1 list of resources

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

Here’s a few useful guides to doing clever stuff on social media which have come my way: 1. Twitter I didn’t realise that you can actually change your twitter username but if that’s something that you do need to do, … Continue reading →

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Launch your page on Google+

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

The big news this week seems to be that Google+ now allows businesses and other organsiations to create a branded page. (This makes a radical change to the first few months of the network’s life, when any profile not associated … Continue reading →

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