Category Archive for "social networking"

Using Social Networks to Help You Network

I had the pleasure of presenting to around 200 people at a Fingal Business Network event in the Clarion this week.  Very interesting mix of people.  The main part of the presentation was about how to use social media to…

Quick peep inside Google Goggles

When Google Goggles was announced some time ago it was not available in Ireland and my phone did not support it, so I promptly forgot about it.  I upgraded the phone a while ago but only stumbled on Google Goggles…

Will Facebook Places Cause People to Rethink Friends?

Will Facebook Places Cause People to Rethink Friends?   Facebook places has been running in Ireland for a week today and I do like it, but I also think it will cause people to review who are their friends on Facebook.  …

Books I Read #3 – The New Handshake – Sales Meets Social Media

After finishing the New Handshake – Sales Meets Social Media I had a real feeling of ‘this is all common sense’.  But common sense is anything but common and without structure, experience and insights things that should be simple are…

Its good to get out of your bubble.

Social media and how different age groups view it can be very personal.  In fact too personal and often you make decisions based upon how you view it rather than how others use it.  Research can help overcome this short…

Start Stop and Social Media

I started this post a number of weeks ago.  In retrospect it should really have been two separate posts which it will now be but instead of posting it, I let it lie in my drafts folder until I ‘had time’…

IGO People Checklist

Most social media from Facebook, Bebo and Twitter caused lots of consternation for organisations especially when their membership mushroomed.  Facebook now claims over 1 million, Bebo over 800,000 and Twitter looking like 26K to 45K depedning on who you read….

Nice job if you can get it – Matt Harding and Cybercom!

At the very well run Cybercom 10th birthday bash in the Sugar Club guest speaker and internet evangalist Matt Harding spoke about his global travels and his infamous dancing videos. After leaving his job in Australia to travel, a friend…

3D image technology give lift to photography.

PR companies generate a lot of really good photography from media launches to product launch shots.  Normally they are only distributed to the media and remain on file server until someone requests them which is a shame given the relatively…