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Friday, June 27th, 2008We were all at the Digital Marketing & Drinking Social last night at Kro Bar.
Paul Fabretti from KMP in Stockport gave a great presentation on the reputation monitoring and online sentiment tool he uses. We had our ears pricked up for this one in particular because we’ve been using a reputation monitoring tool to […]
Cheshire Car Crash Viral Video
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Cheshire Safer Roads Partnership have launched a viral video campaign to help promote safe driving to young people in the area.
The viral video has clocked up over 7,000 views in the short time it has been live. It has proved to be controversial, as it has generated both encouraging comments and scathying one liners from […]
What is Twitter?
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Just in case you are interested, we’ve put together a small intro piece, What is Twitter. It’s aimed at the starter who wants to know a little more. Any bouquets or brick bats will be welcomed.
How Does Your Cell Phone Smell?
Monday, April 14th, 2008Jim Neath @ Virtuaffinity was somewhat disappointed to learn that in Japan they have invented the way to send a fragrance from your cell phone. NTT Communications proclaims that fragrance is the next big thing in telecommunications. The New York Times review, When Roses Won’t Do, E-Mail a Fragrance, describes it, as follows:
“users will be […]
Gaming Google with Sprocket X
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008I saw very interesting and effective demonstration of gaming Google using a multi layered implementation of Sprocket X. Basically a Sprocket takes data from multiple sources such as Wikipedia, chews it up and spits something out that is actually meaningful and readable. It’s the readability that is the key and differentiates from other Spammy techniques. […]
PushON BBC Radio Manchester
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Our rich media guru and digital pundit, Katrina Gallagher is a guest on BBC Radio manchester again this morning. She is by far the most famous person we know. You can listen to the wisdom of Katrina right here, if you are quick.
Facebook Polls Reviewed
Friday, November 16th, 2007Facebook has launched a new product this week called Facebook Polls - its part of Facebook’s new business toolkit.
This is an advertising product that is designed to generate revenue. Users are able to create a question and up to five answer possible answers, and then target the poll based on gender, age, location […]
Facebook Launches Toolkit for Businesses
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007This week has seen the launch of Facebook’s latest range of tools for businesses. Now businesses of any shape and size can take advantage of Facebook’s ever-increasing popularity and exposure by using social marketing to target their audience in new and exciting ways. So what’s in Facebook’s latest toolkit and how can you use it […]
Kylie Social Network Shocker
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Oh dear… Poor Kylie.
She’s just released a social networking site for her fans - it has been designed for mobile use, and is clearly based on best viewing on a mobile device.
But does it really need to look so terrible on a computer screen?
See what you think : Kylie’s Social Networking Site
The developers (New Visions […]
OpenSocial - Facebook, are you scared?
Friday, November 2nd, 2007Earlier this year, Facebook launched their platform which allowed developers to create applications within Facebook.
Developers created additional features, productivity tools, games, and drew in content from external sources. This added value to the Facebook offering, and proud developers and companies helped further publicise Facebook by creating press releases and adding links from their website.
This […]