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Infographics for everybody!
Spring must be bringing all the infographics out of hibernation, so here are some of the most useful ones I’ve come across recently: A fascinating Google+ graphic, courtesy of The Wall Blog: this has some good general pointers about maintaining … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Google+, privacy, social media demographics, social media for third sector, social sharing
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What’s all this Pinterest business?
Just when you thought you’d got your head around all your social media options, someone has invented another one to amaze and confound us! I refer, of course, to Pinterest, which has been cropping up as a topic in my … Continue reading
Posted in News, Photos and Images, Pinterest
Tagged Competition, images, social media for third sector, social sharing, storytelling
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More fallout from Google’s change to ‘Search+’
Last week Google updated its mysterious search algorithms to incorporate posts and shares that people have made via Google+. Whilst this may only be affecting the USA at the moment, it will ultimately be rolled out everywhere and we will … Continue reading
Posted in Big Issues, Facebook, Google+, Social Sharing, Twitter
Tagged engagement, G+, Google+, reach, SEO, social media for third sector, social sharing, Twitter
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Social turns up in search
If you’ve got used to thinking that your comments, posts and status updates remain locked safely in the world of social media, then think again. Google has opened the lid on this topic by integrating its Google+ content into its … Continue reading
Posted in Big Issues, Google+, Social Sharing
Tagged G+, Google+, social media for third sector, social sharing
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Engage or exploit? The risks of using stories
Mashable this morning discusses the imminent launch of website HopeMob, which is going to combine the features of social voting and crowdsourcing to raise money for various good causes. According to the Mashable article, registered users of the site will … Continue reading
How to do viral (infographic)
Morning, all! What better way to get started this morning than with this excellent infographic from ProBlogger (and courtesy of Digital Buzz). This is a really informative graphic, and gives you some practical tips about how to choose which bit … Continue reading
Posted in How it Works, Infographic
Tagged how to, reach, social media for third sector, social sharing, viral marketing
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How Non-Profits can make the most of Facebook (webinar)
What with all the recent changes to Facebook your mind may be boggling with how to really make the most of it for your organisation. But luckily, some of the hard thinking has already been done for us by some … Continue reading
Posted in Case Studies, Facebook, Webinar
Tagged engagement, Facebook, Facebook marketing, like button, reach, social media for third sector, social sharing
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Social sharing by the numbers
It’s obviously infographic day today, because here’s another very interesting one – this time from Mashable. This graphic is built from 5 years’ worth of data mined by the AddThis social sharing service (but not from any of its competitors, … Continue reading
More about Google+
I ventured onto Google+ yesterday for the first time in an age, and thought that perhaps it’s time to give you the latest round up of figures, stats, speculations and tips about this latest social media tool. So, grab a … Continue reading
Posted in Google+, Trends and Numbers
Tagged Google+, hangouts, SEO, social media for third sector, social sharing
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Are all social media activities equal? Maybe not…
There are so many different types of social media available to us that it’s easy to assume that the more we do the better. But is that really true? And does the effect we put into different tools actually reward … Continue reading


