It wasn’t that long ago that you had to be famous to be in the media. For years now the rich and famous have had to watch everything they do in public (and often private) for fear that their every move is being monitored and documented. One wrong step and their lives could be turned [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘social media’
March 1, 2010
10 ways the Internet has made everyone a celebrity
January 1, 2010
Behind the Great Firewall of China
Before I visited China I was aware of the high level of Internet censorship, or as many call it the great firewall of China. However, due to mixed reports and constant change I was unsure exactly what the Chinese web browsing experience would bring. As it turned out not all of my preconceptions turned out [...]
December 3, 2009
Trendplanner Twitter Top 10: November 2009
Blogging and tweeting is proving to be a little difficult while I’m behind the great firewall of China (more on that soon), but when there’s a will there’s a way… So here’s the ten most popular twitter posts I sent out last month. 1. Social media in China – It’s a whole new world – [...]
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Tags: advertising, asia, China, Digital, japan, list, Marketing, social media, top 10, tweet, twitter
November 2, 2009
Trendplanner Twitter Top 10: October 2009
Even if I can’t use Hootsuite to read tweets I can still use it to send them. So here’s the top ten tweets from last month. 1. Good insight – 10 Principals for Engaging Teens/20 somethings. http://ow.ly/pq90 2. The Ultimate List of Niche Social Networks – http://ow.ly/tjB0 3. Losing To The Social Web: Visualized – [...]
September 23, 2009
Social Media: Why not make a game of it?
There’s a lot of hype around right now about the mobile service called foursquare. For those that don’t know foursquare is a location based social networking mobile application. The first element of Foursquare is a friend locator; it allows users to share and see the location of their friends that are also using the service [...]
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Tags: Digital, facebook, foursquare, Future, game, incentive, iphone, Mobile, players, social, social media, status, Technology, twitter, xbox
August 18, 2009
What playing Poker can teach us about using Social Media
Brands are finally starting to enter social media channels, and those that are yet to do so will have to in very near future. Social media provides some very real challenges for brands, but with these challenges comes some amazing opportunities. It’s a complex game that requires some serious attention, skill and knowledge. Not unlike [...]
May 11, 2009
Social Media: Do you need to reinvent the wheel?
It’s claimed that in Mesopotamia (part of modern day Iraq) 3500BC one of the most important tools ever was invented. That tool was the wheel, however the original use of the wheel is unlikely to be the use that most people would automatically associate it with in the current day. In 3500BC the wheel was [...]
April 14, 2009
Nothing is original these days but that’s not a problem
The first video in this post is an ad for Freesat (UK TV service), the second video is from youtube called ‘Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years’. The second has been viewed over 12 million times and was posted over 2 years before the freesat ad. Notice any similarities?? Clearly [...]
