World cup 2010 and where to follow on social media
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past month you may have missed the world cup preparations. All over the TV here in the UK and throughout my holiday in Spain last week, the world cup made every channel, every other advert and dominated the news.
Social media news catch upHey, sorry I didn’t have chance to post the last two weeks social media news.
Thought I would run through the most news worthy social media stories and developments over the past couple of weeks.
Social media news catch up
Hootsuite update
Well if you have read my previous updates or follow me on Twitter you will know Hootsuite is my Twitter and social media management suite, well without boring you too much here are the features from the Hootsuite blog –
Social Media…is it just a fad?Social media has clearly become an important part of modern day life and business.
Social media
Its been a huge discussion for over a year, but this video really explains what social media is and what impact it actually has….and why it is not just a fad
Up to date news on the general election 2010I thought seeing as most people in the UK are actually talking about today’s General Election it would be a nice to tell you how to keep up to date on the voting!
On Twitter you can keep up to date with the following hashtags
#ge2010 and #UKvote
On Facebook –
Democracy UK
For the best mash up’s check out
Exit Polly
OR
The Guardian’s clever way of mash up tweets (to get involved you tweet #ukvote and your post code)
I also have you covered if you need a walk through if you do not know what to do aboutmyvote
Danny
This weeks top 5 social media news 23/04/10 to 30/04/10This week has been a good week for social media maybe not so great for Google, below will reveal all -
1. Facebook like button now replaces back links?
Something both Google and SEO’ers are slightly concerned about is the new Facebook like button. Facebook have made a very smart move in my opinion by creating a button which tells your friends what you like with one click, maybe something that were inspired by the Retweet back early 2009. Watch this space how it evolves and where the Like button crops up but for now its a watch this space
Internet World 2010As the title suggests Internet World 2010 is everything related to the web in a conference/expo format.
Some of the big web hosts were there, Rackspace were pushing there new no more servers and had a huge stand as you walked in, Ukfast probably had the biggest stand and most appeal with a race car right in the middle of the expo floor, obviously a big win for the amount of men and suits who attended Earls Court 2 (yesterday)
This weeks top 5 social media news 17/04/10 to 23/04/10This week there has been many stories in social media, some good news some bad news, here are my top 5 news worthy stories -
1. Facebook like button
This was a small change from Wednesday, rather than becoming a fan, you know Like it.
There have been are a few groups started which have made me giggle this week -
If you need to think about these, you probably do not get the humour
It rough
It dirty
Nice and slow
The best free Twitter user guides available onlineOver the last few weeks, there has been many people ask me about Twitter, not just why is it popular but what does “tweet” mean? What are followers? And why should I use Twitter?
Top 5 Social media news stories this week 09/04/10 to 16/04/10Happy Friday.
This week has been a very bizarre week for social media, it has been a very clear week for what has been making the headlines and worth reporting about.
1. Twitter news
Twitter could fill the full five this week. Its been a week in which Twitter rolled out promoted tweets. In short they are tweets which are paid by partners. I did predict this around a month ago. 68% of users have suggested they are unhappy with the thought of promoted tweets.
The promoted tweets were rolled out Tuesday the 13th.
Top 5 social media news 29/03/2010 to 02/04/2010Happy Easter, sorry for the late posting of the weekly update, been a hectic week with extra long Easter weekend.
It’s been a very interesting couple of weeks in social media and search. Last week’s highlights and top 5 news items are -
