Category Archives: Social networks

Pepsi Raw

By Dhiren | Published: June 9, 2009
At Paddington station today a small can collided with my foot whilst I was trying to find out a departure time for my train. This little brown specimen had rolled over from its Pepsi sample stand where the guys from Pepsi were dishing out goodies to the commuting masses. Nothing unusual I guess, I suppose [...]
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Bragging design

By Dhiren | Published: February 16, 2009
Brag ‘n’ dare community website Bragster has a cool homepage feature, little translucent dialogue boxes that pop up to let visitors know about conversations happening inside. You can’t come in though, you have to become a member, very clever me thinks.
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And the wall came tumbling down

By Dhiren | Published: December 12, 2008
A client e-mailed me today to notify me about their IT department putting exceptions on their firewall, so all staff can now access social websites. Long live the revolution!
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The value of listening

By Dhiren | Published: December 5, 2008
I always notice that when people start talking about Social Media they often refer to it as a new method of talking to audiences, customers and people with shared interests. I suppose none of this is untrue, however, I rarely hear people refer to Social Media as an alternative method of LISTENING to audiences, customers [...]
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Getting it right on Facebook

By Dhiren | Published: October 23, 2008
I received an invite today on Facebook asking me to join a group for a company, my first reactions? Who and what the hell is this? I pretty much rejected it straight away. There are lot’s of different types of groups on Facebook, fan based groups, interest groups and yes even brand groups. Brand groups [...]
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