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I'm not the most prolific twitterer in the world, I often wonder like many people whether I'm a good twitterer and if my thoughts have any value to anyone. We were talking about this in the office the other day and being someone who's fond of playing with numbers I came up with a very smple... read more

Twitter Introduces 'Name Results'

By Mindy Gofton in Social Media Marketing on Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 08:39

It seems that somewhere in the night theTwitter fairy stole in and introduced a new feature: Name results.While we're not seeing this sort of result for all name searches, on selected searches Twitter is returning results for potential Twitter users that match the searcher's query.We assume this... read more

Don't Listen to the Social Media Gurus

By Tim Roberts in I-COM News on Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 12:54

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

Following days of speculation, U2 have announced that due to an injury sustained by the band’s frontman Bono, they will no longer be able to perform their planned headline set at this year’s Glastonbury festival.  Devastated, delighted or frankly ambivalent, the announcement itself is not... read more

When Twitter promoted tweets was launched recently, there can be few people at the grass roots level who welcomed the news. Of course, on the other hand it's a great boon for online marketers - imagine, being able to target your tweets by trending topic, ensuring your tweet stays at the top of... read more

ANNOUNCEMENT – Friday Frenzy Flash Sale – to celebrate the six month anniversary of the Clothing at Tesco website, 6000 customers will receive 50% off all orders in a Flash Sale on Friday 7th May. TERMS: Register on Tesco Clothing websiteBecome a fan of their Facebook pageThe first 6000 customers... read more

When I joined I-COM 6 weeks ago I thought Twitter was for weird people who wanted to know what celebrities were having for breakfast and such, or egotistical people who thought the world was interested in what they were having for breakfast and such. About 2 weeks into my new job, I was led by... read more

Separated at Birth

By Paul Greenhalgh in Internet on Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 16:52

Tim Westwood is one of my favourite twitters. Most of the time I have no idea what he's talking about. He gets excited about waffles, rants about trainers and overfaces himself at Nandos. However today he's excelled himself. In what appears to be a bizarre tribute to Boing Boing's... read more

The saying goes that today’s news (in printed newspaper form) is tomorrow’s fish and chip paper. But in today’s world where people are obtaining news from a vast range of sources – from radio to RSS, blogs to online news sites, social media to email – the question is - is today’s printed news... read more

Copify.com: A Shortcut to Shoddy Content?

By James Roome in Copywriting on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 16:12

You may already be aware of the Copify.com debate - if not then it's been summed up at Unmemorable Title. Copify is a Lancaster-based firm which advertises itself as a way to "source content quickly, easily and cost-effectively". It is a platform via which businesses seeking content (both... read more