Posts Tagged "Social Media"

So its all about the money. Top 2015 Predictions.

One of the phrases from last nights OMiG event in Galway last night that has stuck in my mind is one by Sean Earley from New Slang  “If its not worth spending money on, its not worth posting” Ever since…

Book cover of the New Rules of Marketing and PR

The New Rules of Marketing and PR. #book I read

I felt my head nodding a lot as I read David Meerman Scott’s updated ‘The New Rules of Marketing and PR” which has been on my reading list for a long time. Updating a book of this nature can be…

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Insights from 57 social media experts.

I have been a bit neglectful of the blog in recent times but I promise I have been busy elsewhere online. At the end of last year year I had the pleasure of organising a social media ‘unconference’ called Congregation.ie….

Should PR Own Social Media?

On the 19th of February I have the pleasure of chairing a session organised by the PRII Entitled Should PR Own Social Media? Normally these type sessions can tend to a self supporting and predictable with little dissent.  However this…

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…

Search killing url advertising.

I was watching a TV ad for Dyson’s new city range of vacum cleaners when the call to action at the end really grabbed me.  The ad was all very clean, scientific and applesque.   However the one thing that really…

What happens when social media really takes off.

I am surprised that the launch of Microsofts Kinect, the long expected arrival of internet TVs by year end and the never ending expansion of cloud based services has not generated more debate about the potential impact on PR and social media. In…