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We need more help to listen
There have been several recent write-ups about social media monitoring tools. The majority of the reviews surround flaws and functionality.
I share some of the opinions, yes we do need clearer geographically defined data and the ability to extract more granular information.
My concerns, however, reside with the completeness of data and information. Note I [...]
2 Kool 4 Skool
I spotted this over @boingboing today, a kid lip syncing over hip-hop tracks in the 5th Avenue Apple Store in NY.
Apparently he’s done this quite a few times, the clips are below:
Of course this wasn’t intentional and I’m sure that Apple didn’t sit in their Bose-speaker-decked offices fabricating all of this (one hopes not). [...]
Also posted in Content planning Tagged Apple, branded content, conversation, social media Leave a comment
Shades
I was flicking through Vice the other day and I spotted Oakley’s ads for their new range of shades.
At the bottom of their full page ad, I spotted a URL to their youtube channel called armchair sessions.
Whilst there are quite a few brands investing in branded content at the moment, I think armchair sessions [...]
Also posted in Content planning Tagged brand, branded content, content, social media Leave a comment
Japanese obsessions continue
Most people that know me well know that I have a growing obsession with Japanese stuff. Tumblr have recently re-jigged their search functionality and now you get this lovely digital—and rather square—collage for each and every search result.
We like!
One of my sweet finds are below, it’s a diagram detailing how the smooth criminal shoes were [...]
Social Search usage increases
I was reading a good post today on Steve Rubel’s blog about Social Search, and how Twitter Search is gaining a sharp increase in usage.
I’ve written about Social Search on a number of occasions, but Steve’s post got me thinking…
So far Twitter Search ranks information purely on temporal factors; in comparison Google ranks information [...]
Posted in Social Media Tagged citizen journalism, google news, news, Search & New Media, social media, social search, twitter search Leave a comment
Us vs. Them
So…I’m a bit late to air my thoughts about this debate, however, I felt I needed to understand the debate before I made any comments.
Traditional PR agencies vs. Digital Shops, SEO houses and Social Media Agencies—who’s better equipped at utilising new methods of Online PR and leading clients into digital?
A rather tough question to answer [...]
Posted in Social Media Tagged agencies, agency integration, business democracy, business webs, democracy in business, online pr, seo, social media Leave a comment
Be nice or leave
Just an excellent presso from Faris Yakob, it just had to be shared.
Posted in Social Media Tagged content, conversations, corporate change, social media Leave a comment

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