Social Media Marketing Articles

So I went to my first social media cafe last week. Manchester's version of London's Tuttle Club has been running once a month since the end of 2008, but this was the first one I've actually been able to get to. What I was hoping for was an event which would allow me to meet others doing... read more

There is now an ad service called Magpie which hooks up advertisers with Twitter users. The Twitter users get paid to post links in their Twitter streams and the advertisers get exposure on the social media site of the moment. This pay-per-view Twitter advertising a bad idea for both users... read more

It was a very wet night as I trudged towards The Northern on Tib Street. And cold. And windy. Did I mention it was wet? Yes. Ok, the scene is set. I knew what was going to happen.  I was going to spend the next 3 hrs locked in a pub with 'long haired new media type' people. People who think... read more

It doesn't take long for new social media to be spammed and Twitter is no exception - Tweeter Getter informs you that "You're About To Discover The Secrets Most People Will Never Know About How To Really Use & Profit From Twitter..." The site goes on to say - "So you're looking to get a... read more

With the development of modern democracy came the idea of public and private. For years this separation of the public and the private has guided the behavior of governments and how far they could intrude into our private lives. For example, you can get arrested for public obscenity - but for... read more

Today, is a sad day for the advancement of communication via social media sites. Burger King has unleashed upon the world Whopper Sacrifice. Pick ten friends and delete them from your Facebook account and you can get a free Whopper. This is a great advertising ploy if ever there was one... read more

You may have noticed that our blog has achieved a page rank of 5 and is becoming increasingly popular. In the interest of building a few more friends we've now decided to throw our blog open to guest bloggers. We only really ask four things: That the post you write is interesting... read more

I followed the recent debates over the value of live blogging with a bit of amusement. Live blogging, however, is innocuous and easily ignored. If you're not interested, just don't read it (and wait for the post-event summaries). Live Tweeting on the other hand.... I've noticed an increase... read more

I recently read an article which was based on research on how Facebook was good for businesses. It suggested that allowing employees to use social networking sites such as Facebook built bonds with colleagues and stronger communication within the team. It also suggested that this was the new way... read more

If we know that the average person cannot maintain more than 150 relationships at a time, what should we think when we see people with thousands of "friends" on MySpace or Facebook or following thousands of people on Twitter? Well, two things - either that person is extremely interesting or... read more