Is it time for a social media spring clean?
This might seem like a late post for some people, but here in England, spring has taken it’s time, and has only sprung over the last few weeks. As I type birds are tweeting, the sun is shining, and we’re counting down the seconds...
How to deal with social media rejection
It’s happened to all of us at one stage or another – you’ve been shunned on social media. An unfollow, an unfriending, a negative comment on your blog – all types of social media rejection. Now that the majority of our lives are...
What’s your social media personality?
A study conducted by UK bank First Direct, has found that there are 12 social media personalities. Their study consisted of an ‘in depth, month long experiment’, across a ‘nationwide survey, examining people’s social media...
Twitter launches #Music service
Rumours have been rife about Twitter’s new music service, what it will do, when will it launch, who can use it? They have finally been put to rest, as #Music went live this week. The music app will recommend tracks based on who...
Social media mistakes to avoid
When you hear the words ‘social media fail’, I’m sure there’ll be at least one example that pops into your head. There have been enough social media mistakes made by now, so you would’ve thought that other users would’ve learned...
Increase your social media stakes
There are more than 11 million Facebook business pages in existence, and new pages are being added every day. The majority of companies are now aware how social media can help build your brand and increase sales. But simply...
Why should brands care about Vine?
Twitter launched video sharing app Vine, back in January. The app allows you to capture and share a 6 second looping video. Multiple snapshots can be combined to create a quick-fire video, or the 6 seconds can be used in a...
8 Tips on How to Use Hashtags
Social media is an unstoppable whirlwind, and with this growth came the wider use of hashtags by businesses and consumers. Hashtags (#) are used before a relevant keyword or phrase to categorise tweets. This allows your tweets to...
YouTube now has One Billion Monthly Users
YouTube, the biggest video sharing site around, has announced it has passed one billion regular users. The social website, owned by Google, announced the milestone on its blog, and said the recent growth in smartphones had helped...
Happy Birthday Twitter
Today Twitter is celebrating turning 7 years old. The social networking site has 200 million users worldwide and an average of 400 million tweets are sent every day. Twitter, which restricts messages to 140 characters, was...