Tag Archives: tools

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 →

Posted in Big Issues, How it Works | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

More Facebook Tools and Tips (again!)

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

There seem to be a never-ending supply of tips and tricks about how to really make sure FB is working for your organisation, and so here are some of the ones which have come my way of late. Enjoy! Firstly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, How it Works | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

More tips about Facebook’s new Insights

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

As I reported last week (see my post, here), Facebook have revamped their built-in analytics tool with some additional functions that should make it easier for us all to understand how our postings are having an impact. There’s plenty of … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, How it Works, Monitoring | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Get the skinny on the improved Google Analytics

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Allyson Kapin from Frogloop has taken a look at the new (and hopefully improved) interface to Google’s free Analytics program for websites. It all sounds very wonderful – are you using this yet? If not, read her post for more … Continue reading →

Posted in How it Works, Monitoring | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Some bits of Twitter-related news

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

If you’re a keen Twitter user (as am I) then you may be interested in this collection of news and stats related to the microblogging site. Stats This week, it was revealed that Twitter has 100 million active users, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Tools, Trends and Numbers, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Great tips for searching on Twitter

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

I’m a big fan of Twitter: it really works for me as a sort of ‘virtual water cooler’ where I can chat with like-minded folks from all over the place. But there’s more to Twitter than just watching those tweets … Continue reading →

Posted in How it Works, Twitter | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

And now, great advice for Facebook users

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

One of the questions I get asked is ‘how often should we be posting to our FB page or tweeting?’ To time-strapped voluntary sector professionals this is a big question, as people are probably going to be running their social … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, How it Works, Trends and Numbers | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Great advice for Twitter users from Joitske Hulsebosch

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

I’ve just come across this great post from Joitske Hulsebosch in Lasagne and Chips. Not only does Joitske point us in the direction of some Twitter tools that will help you monitor your follows and unfollows (Twittaquitta and Twunfollow), she … Continue reading →

Posted in How it Works, Tools, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment