Published by Janine on 14 May 2010
Following on from my blog post in February ‘The power of Twitter is unbelievable’, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has prosecuted Paul Chambers for his ‘joke’ tweet:
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Published by Janine on 11 May 2010
The latest feature which is currently in testing on the micro blogging site Twitter is the ‘Twitter Business Centre’ – Twitter for businesses.
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Published by Jenny on 28 Apr 2010
This has just happened today
1. My friend and colleague Samia “Likes” Pop Boutique on Facebook
2. I MSN her excitedly that I am wearing a dress from Pop Boutique today
3. I also “Like” Pop Boutique
4. I visit their website http://www.pop-boutique.com/ from Facebook, browse a bit and add myself to the mailing list
5. Samia has visited the London store and can’t place where the Leeds one is, so I go to Google Maps and use the Streetview to show her where it is. Samia plans a shopping trip.
6. I write up this piece and post in on our blog
7. I tweet about this
8. I add it to my Facebook
9. Samia and I discuss Pop Boutique some more – we are both planning shopping trips
10. BINGO – Social Media Marketing for fashion definitely works…
PS – We are not connected to Pop Boutique in any way, shape or form – we are just fans.
PPS – We are more than happy to hear from anyone from Pop Boutique if they would like to get in touch 
Published by Janine on 28 Apr 2010
The International Search Summit conference is run by WebCertain and covers a wide range of subjects from the search marketing arena.
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Published by Janine on 15 Apr 2010
There are many APIs around where you can set up an automated system to churn out your tweets, whenever you want, providing you have the content ready first. However, Twitter restrictions may affect you in this case as repetitive tweets and aggressive tweeting may be regarded as spam – Twitter will suspend any accounts they suspect of this.
Published by Janine on 13 Apr 2010
Twitter is classed as a micro blogging site and Facebook classed as a social networking site… but what does this mean?
Published by Janine on 09 Apr 2010
Finding information about practically anything nowadays is relatively easy, when you know where to look, especially if what you are looking for is very specific.
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Published by Jenny on 15 Feb 2010
Is a picture worth a thousand tweets? Quite possibly
I loathe seeing pictures of myself appearing in the public domain. Vain enough to do vanity searches, realistic enough to recognise that I’m not particularly photogenic, I’ve chosen in the past to use meaningless alias pictures wherever possible.
Published by Janine on 09 Feb 2010
Many companies banned social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to stop employees using them in work time, however for those that allow them, there is always an element of risk…
On this blog in August 2009, I wrote about how tweeting can get your own way and how the power of Twitter is unbelievable, which is very true and I think people forget this all too often!
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Published by Janine on 29 Sep 2009
As social media is playing a more active part in many organisations, WebCertain MD, Andy Atkins-Kruger decided to hold a Twitter Training session, the idea being to maximise website traffic and to enhance company engagement with their audience. After all, social media is a cost-effective marketing solution with real time search benefits.
