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Category Archives: Social media
Why I am now learning more about social media from my family, friends and colleagues
When I started finding out about social media, I read the blogs and followed the Tweets of leading practitioners. Their practicalities swiftly got me going. Eighteen months later, I’ve got a new circle of teachers and influencers. And this time … Continue reading
Posted in Social media, UBM
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Another five reasons why companies should get into social media
Companies are not using social media just to interact better with their customers or clients. They are increasingly doing it to engage with their own staff, according to research released last week by Melcrum, the internal communications research and training … Continue reading
The top ten posts of 2009 from These Digital Times
Here are the top ten posts of 2009 from These Digital Times. Twitter and social media dominate – not at all surprising for a blog in this area. Six types of Tweets if you Twitter every day The ten questions … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, RSS feeds, Social media, Twitter
Tagged Amazon, Andy Murray, Google Reader Shared Items, John Welsh, LinkedIn, Pareto Distribution, Twitter
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A strategy for These Digital Times
First some apologies. An apology to that colleague who recently said he had signed up to my blog. I did not have the heart to say that it had ground to a halt. Another apology to those reading Jeremy Porter‘s … Continue reading
Guest post: how cult YouTube directors can interest a young demographic in the issue of climate change
Who better to write this blog post on Blog Action Day 2009 than my sister Cheryl Campbell? Cheryl is the executive director of tve, a charity that has been making films and documentaries about the environment for 25 years. Here she … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, New Media, Social media, UBM, Video
Tagged Alisha Tuladhar, Cheryl Campbell, Eddsworld, Mike Steve Adeleye, Ted Crusty, Television Trust for the Environment, TVE, YouTube
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Why it matters that I successfully bagged my Facebook username
It’s 4.58 am this morning in the UK and the alarm kicks off. I’ve set it to bag my Facebook username. What this means is that whenever I direct people to Facebook, I will no longer send them to a … Continue reading
Posted in Social media
Tagged Facebook, Facebook username, John Welsh, Louis Gray, Peter Moore
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The Knowledge-time Continuum
When I kicked off this blog almost a year ago, I found it really easy to think of topics about which to write. I was new to social media and what I discovered, I wrote about, as I learnt, I explained … Continue reading
On Being John Welsh: why you need to change your social media identity to remain authentic
I’ve done it. I’ve changed the design of my blog. Out has gone the masthead that has loyally followed me for the first tempestuous 11 months in the blogosphere. And in comes a new one by Claudia Moeller (who Tweets … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Social media
Tagged Claudia Moeller, Digital Achievement Day, Headfake, Hollis Thomases, On Being John Malkovich, Peter Kim, UBM Live, Web 2.0 Expo
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Interview with Tony Uphoff – on using Facebook and Twitter to network at events
Tony Uphoff runs UBM’s TechWeb (a sister company to my own) which runs Information Week and the Web 2.0 Expo co-produced with O’Reilly Media. Tony is very active in social media with a blog Uphoff on Media and a Twitter. Here he … Continue reading
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