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I am scheduled to give a presentation next week entitled 'Social Media and Business', at the offices of Mathys & Squire LLP. During the talk, which is set to take place on Wednesday 7th July at 3pm, I'll be letting businesses in on the wonderful secret that is social media, outlining how they... read more

Spot the difference: http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-COM/118124928207387This I-COM page is the page created automatically by Facebook after various members of I-COM staff said that they worked here. Facebook currently refers to this as a community page.... read more

Before we talk about Facebook fan pages I think it’s important to establish the difference between a group and a fan page. Groups on Facebook are perfect for planning an event or letting people know about a cause on a personal level such as charity sponsorship or a party event. Pages are... read more

Just last week I was asked again by a client, ‘How can I use social media to promote my business?’ My answer was, ‘It depends on who you want to attract, what image you want to portray, and what kind of publicity you want to generate.’We hear people talking about the ‘latest’ celebrity tweets; we... read more

Due to the large number of fake accounts in existence on popular social networking and social media sites, Manchester City and Manchester United have banned their players from having accounts on sites such as Twitter and Facebook. A Manchester United spokesperson, speaking in the Manchester... read more

Before the dust had even settled on the disaster-stricken Caribbean country of Haiti there was already a flow of posts, blogs and websites starting to discuss and share moments of the disaster. But for this event the internet and social media hasn't just been used to gossip or simply pass... read more

We have all typed our name into Google once or twice to confirm our ‘internet fame’, obliterate our name exclusivity and see how much information about us is really out there . But have you ever considered paying to have results removed or promoted in light of other people searching for you?... read more

The Business North West 2009 conference starts today, and I-COM are down there (Stand 5, right by the door) exhibiting our online marketing wares and trying like mad to educate North West businesses about the potential of social media as a means of driving traffic, promoting your brand and... read more

I’m coming round to this Social Media thing. Whilst I still dislike using it for purely personal and social reasons (isn’t face to face always better?), I can see its benefits from a business perspective. In my capacity as SEO Copywriter I don’t come into a great deal of contact with Social... read more

In a week where we've seen outcry on social media sites force a major multi-national and a powerful law firm to back down in the face of public protests in favour of freedom of the press and in which users of social media sites have also forced an apology after a Daily Mail journalist wrote a... read more