Monthly Archives: toommorelNovember 2011

28 NovThe Social Media Surgery – claim a free 20 minutes consultation

Dr Kildare

The more I talk to people about social media, the more I realise how diverse the problems are that people have. From not being able to generate enough followers on Twitter, to failing to understand why nobody talks to them on Facebook. That is why I’m piloting a new project called The Social Media Surgery, [...]

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25 NovWhy I won’t manage your social media feed for you

Smart phone photo by Steve Garfield

This post is going to make me pretty unpopular with digital agencies and freelancers.  But I’m writing it anyway because I feel some of them are taking money from entrepreneurs and organisations for social media work that is often badly executed and has poor outcomes. The work in question is the management of social media networks. And [...]

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18 NovI know I promised I wouldn’t, but …

Today this blog is going live as if by magic. Or at least as if by scheduled posts that were written a few days ago. The reason being is that at this very moment I am at the Shine Unconference charing a debate called Tweet or Street. The debate explores the issues of whether there [...]

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11 NovProtest 4 app review

Protester

When David Cameron said, back in the summer, that he was looking at stopping people communicating through social media websites at times of social unrest it sent a chill through my heart. Of course there were some people using social media for bad, but there were plenty more using it for good. The practicalities of [...]

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04 NovHow not to do social media: Attack of the Trip Advisor

Trip Advisor logo

Some of you may have seen the TV show on Channel 4 on Monday called Attack of the Trip Advisor. It was something of a freak show I have to admit, from the hotel owners who styled themselves on Basil Fawlty, to the Trip Advisor reviewers who clearly needed clinical help. But putting the theatrics [...]

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