Setting up a Twitter Profile for your brand – 4 tips for success.

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Setting up a Twitter Profile for your brand – 4 tips for success.

So you have signed up for a twitter profile for your business. What next I hear you ask? Follow these 5 steps and you will have a profile that looks great, encourages people to follow you and a place where you can engage with customers and potential customers alike. If you are happy with your brand page you and would like to find...

What the flipping heck is socialjamm?

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What the flipping heck is socialjamm?

It's a free service where you can create a profile to promote you or your business through social networking. It lets you: Connect all of your social networks and share status updates Tell the world what you do through your online profile Get free promotion through our online directory Why sign up? You...

The Social Olympics 2012 - 'The Twitter Games'

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The Social Olympics 2012 - 'The Twitter Games'

The Olympic Torch will be passing through my small City of Chester today, with thousands of spectators set to flock to see it, it got me wondering how many people will be taking photos and uploading them to social networking sites. There is no doubt about it the Olympics is a huge event, and it’s the first time that anybody from...

Sending an Automatic Direct Message on Twitter to New Followers – Does This Make Twitter Users Turn On or Off?

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Sending an Automatic Direct Message on Twitter to New Followers – Does This Make Twitter Users Turn On or Off?

To follow my debate about ‘having an animated icon on twitter’ and whether it benefits you, I decided to ask people on twitter about their feeling on recieveing an automated direct message once you follow someone. Personally I don’t like them, I don’t think they fit in with twitter and the people that use them, this is because I find them...

Does having an animated Twitter Icon Benefit you and gain you followers?

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Does having an animated Twitter Icon Benefit you and gain you followers?

I personally believe that having an animated twitter icon is a bad idea, and many people on twitter agreed with me. I can see the logic behind a company or person having one, and why they think it would make their tweets stand out in search results and a twitter feed, which it does, but I strongly recommended that you change it to a standard...

The Optimum Times To Post on Facebook and Twitter

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The Optimum Times To Post on Facebook and Twitter

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Twitpic Finally Launch Their Photo-Sharing App For IPhone

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Twitpic Finally Launch Their Photo-Sharing App For IPhone

The people behind the service that allows you to share photos on twitter before twitter did, have released their first app. The app allows users to edit photos and add filters before sharing them to twitter. It is currently only available for Iphone users, with an android version proposed for release in the coming months. The popular service...

Football Results Cause Record Number Of Tweets on Twitter

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Football Results Cause Record Number Of Tweets on Twitter

The past few weeks have been an exciting time for Football in terms of Twitter engagement. The Manchester Derby (Manchester City Vs Manchester United) on Monday night recorded over 1 million tweets about the game in the space of 3 hours, with 3000 tweets per minute still rolling in 45 minutes after the final whistle. An almost even amount...

Facebook Are To Increase The Size Of Your Profile Photo On Timeline Pages

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Facebook Are To Increase The Size Of Your Profile Photo On Timeline Pages

Facebook have announced that they will be changing the size of your profile photo on timeline profiles. The size will change from 125px by 125px to 160px by 160px. This increase will mean that companies who have designed their cover photo to integrate their profile picture will have to be changed. Images will still need to be uploaded...

Kony 2012 - 2nd Video Attracts 98% Less Viewings

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Kony 2012 - 2nd Video Attracts 98% Less Viewings

We, just like most other social media Blogs out there covered the phenomenon of the Kony 2012 video that went massivley viral overnight. The video now has over 170 million views, however the 2nd part Kony 2012 Part 2 has had only 1.2 million views in the week following its release. The charity got a lot of negative press following...

How to Gain More Relevant Followers On Twitter - My Experience

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How to Gain More Relevant Followers On Twitter - My Experience

With the popularity of our posts about how to optimise your pages to gain twitter followers (found here) I have been requested to post further tips to enhance your twitter experience. This post will be a general overview of my experience with twitter and what I have learned from using it. I signed up to twitter 3 years ago and like everybody...

Google Announce Google+ Makeover

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Google Announce Google+ Makeover

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Creating custom tab images for your Facebook Timeline brand page

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Creating custom tab images for your Facebook Timeline brand page

Facebook timeline for brand pages has been in place for a few weeks now, and some fantastically designed pages have been taking advantage of the new features. We have already covered the importance of a great ‘cover photo' in a previous blog post (found here), but another feature that can make your page more aesthetically pleasing and...

Instagram Announced For Download On Android

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Instagram Announced For Download On Android

The day has finally come where you can download Instagram for your android. The photo sharing app popularised by Iphone currently has 430k people on their waiting list to download it since it was announced in March.The press team for Instagram had this to say: "We have exciting news to share: We've launched Instagram for Android as a...

4 Facebook timelime tips for your brand page

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4 Facebook timelime tips for your brand page

Timeline has now officially rolled out for brand pages and many administrators have still not realised the potential flaws of not having been ready for the switchover. To ensure your brand page is ready for the viewing public and potential customers you should ensure you should implement the following 4 tips.Revisit your past:Timeline allows...

Social startup Airtime is recruiting

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Social startup Airtime is recruiting

Sean Parker's latest venture is called Airtime; penned as a social video service similar to that of http://chatroulette.com/, the website is offering up several web development roles at their San Fransicso office. Although the site doesn't offer up too much information on exactly what the service will offer, I'm sure there will be...

Facebook timeline cover photo tips and guidelines for branded pages

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Facebook timeline cover photo tips and guidelines for branded pages

As you may know Facebook are rolling out the timeline feature for brand pages in the coming weeks, which means that you will need one for your brand page. One of the main new features is the large photo/image that can be displayed at the top of your brand page, known as the ‘cover photo’ The maximum size for a cover photo is 851 x 399...

6 reasons that a custom twitter background design can help you gain more followers

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6 reasons that a custom twitter background design can help you gain more followers

With over 175 million twitter users it can be hard getting people to follow you,half of the battle if getting people to your page, the other half is keeping them interested and getting them to follow you. A great way to gain instant interest (and hopefully a follow) from viewer of your page is to design and implement a custom twitter background....

Our Social Media blog gets it's 1000th read!

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Our Social Media blog gets it's 1000th read!

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‘Kony2012 - The invisible Children’ - ‘Amazing social media campaign for a fantastic cause

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‘Kony2012 - The invisible Children’ - ‘Amazing social media campaign for a fantastic cause

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The LinkedIn ‘follow company' button... what does it mean for your company and how can you optimise your company profile page.

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The LinkedIn ‘follow company' button... what does it mean for your company and how can you optimise your company profile page.

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How to optimise your twitter bio to gain more followers and rank higher in searches

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How to optimise your twitter bio to gain more followers and rank higher in searches

Your twitter bio, background and photograph/icon are the only elements that remain consistent throughout your page. Your bio is basically the place to tell the twitter-world what you tweet about. 90% of the time it is the first thing that people will read in search results and when visiting your page, so it is important to optimise it to display the correct information about yourself or your brand to help make your page easily...

R.I.P. Filesonic - which file-sharing site will fall next?

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R.I.P. Filesonic - which file-sharing site will fall next?

You've no doubt heard about the insanity surrounding the closure of Megaupload, in particular the wild story about how the file-sharing websites's founder, Kim Dotcom's high-profile arrest. This has clearly had sent a resounding ripple through the file-sharing community.  Filesonic's homepage greets visitors with the following message:     All sharing functionality on FileSonic is now...

What is socialjamm.com?...A social network sharing tool!

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What is socialjamm.com?...A social network sharing tool!

What is Socialjamm? In essence socialjamm is a hub of social media links making it easy for you to share your social media pages with one easy to find location (www.socialjamm.com/yourcompany), meaning you can network on and offline with greater ease. Launched in 2011, Socialjamm is the brainchild of 2 entrepreneurs who saw a gap in the market for creating an easily searchable directory of social media links for...

Virgin Media 'Keep Up' Campaign uses Twitter as a launch Pad

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Virgin Media 'Keep Up' Campaign uses Twitter as a launch Pad

Virgin Media have partnered up with the fastest man on the planet,Usain Bolt, to help promote their new 'Keep Up' campaign which offersVirgin Media customers their fastest ever broadband.The ad campaign caught my eye last Saturday during the ad breaks onTake Me Out on ITV, where short clips were shown of Usain in 'costume'which consisted of him sporting a blond beard and pretending to beRichard Branson, the full ad was finally...

6 Things to Consider When Choosing and Optimising Your Twitter Name:

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6 Things to Consider When Choosing and Optimising Your Twitter Name:

Twitter Tip 1 - Claim your name as soon as possible:Twitter has fast become the 2nd highest used social media network, with 175 million+ users and this means that a considerable amount of names have already been taken. I would recommend signing up as soon as possible to claim your name. Twitter Tip 2 - Think about your audience:Think about your audience and what they will be searching for.  Your Twitter name is a powerful...