Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Social Media , Twitter ← Adding social media to the mix. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog. My aim was to find the most useful Twitter apps as voted for by the readers of my blog and Twitter followers. So here are the Top 9: Ahead by a mile was Tweetdeck , followed closely behind by Hootsuite.

30/12/2009 tags: business planning , social media strategy by Gemma Went I’m putting the finishing touches to my plans for next year, as I’m sure many of you are. These have a social media focus, however the frameworks can be applied to pretty much any activity: PR, marketing, online etc. Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Marketing , Social Media , Strategy ← Which are the best Twitter apps … The Results Happy first birthday to us … what a year! Look forward to working with you more in 2010. what a year!

01/01/2010 tags: Marketing , SEO , Social Media by Gemma Went So 2009 turned out to be the best ever. So I spent the first couple of months immersing myself in the wonderful world of social media. I’d been using social networking sites and blogs for years, but I have to admit, when I first tried Twitter back in 2008 I couldn’t understand how it could be used for business. It was pretty scary, but on the other hand I had a great opportunity to test the new social media offering on my own brand. Then wham, the recession hit. Go Gem.

Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog. Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe A look back at the top links of 2009 04/01/2010 tags: blogging , content , Links by Gemma Went As my Twitter followers know, I send out a lot of links to content I find useful (and hope you do too). reviewed the stats to these on Hootsuite and bit.ly

05/01/2010 tags: architecture , blogging , construction , construction marketing pre conference training day , Social Media , survey by Gemma Went I’m giving a talk in Feb at the Emap Construction Marketing Pre-Conference Training Day on the value of blogging in the architecture/construction sector,  click here for more. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Put down those shiny toys and get back to business people 06/01/2010 tags: business planning , ROI , social media planning , social media strategy by Gemma Went I’m noticing more businesses getting onboard the social media train of late, which makes me happy. If your current social media activities (tactics) don’t fit with your plan or help you to achieve your objectives, stop doing them. Hell you might even get lots of comments and retweets.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Do Almost Anything Online in 2010 14/01/2010 tags: 2010 , how to , mashable , Social Media by Gemma Went Those who follow me on Twitter know that my content strategy includes sharing useful links with my community. Most people know Mashable is a fantastic source of social media gems. Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Social Media ← European social media trends The future of social networking → No comments yet Click here to cancel reply.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe The future of social networking 14/01/2010 tags: social media future of social networking , Social networks by Gemma Went In today’s online trawl I found another gem of a presentation. Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Marketing , ROI , Social Media , Strategy ← Do Almost Anything Online in 2010 Top 30 social media, marketing, pr blogs → 3 Comments leave one → Love permalink 14/01/2010 7:43 pm Thanks for sharing!

The second is a half day Social Media Workshop I’m running with the DBA (for members only I’m afraid) on the 16th February. This follows the social media breakfast briefing I gave with the DBA before Christmas, which was attending by around 50 design companies, many of which were eager to learn more. So this session covers is the ‘how to do it’ part and includes: What is social media is and what it can do for your business? The first is EMAP’s Construction Marketing. If you come along, be sure to say hi. what a year!

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe 10 ideas for the new decade : David Armano 21/01/2010 tags: David Armano , digital technology , Digital Visions , Social Media by Gemma Went I stumbled upon another presentation containing some great thoughts for the next decade by David Armano (and others). His blog, Logic + Emotion , is ranked in the top media + marketing blogs according to Advertising Age. Leave a Reply Who writes this stuff? Well were nice like that.If Top Posts Happy first birthday to us. what a year!

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Key content marketing trends for 2010 24/01/2010 tags: 2010 trends , Content Marketing , Measurement , mobile , ROI , Social Media by Gemma Went This is a great resource for us marketing folk. Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Blogging , Content Marketing , Marketing , Social Media ← 10 ideas for the new decade : David Armano Cube Conversation: We talk social media/digital engagement with Rich Baker → No comments yet Click here to cancel reply.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Cube Conversation: We talk social media/digital engagement with Rich Baker 26/01/2010 tags: Customer Service , Digital Engagement , Rich Baker , Social Media by Gemma Went I haven’t done one of these for a while. That could be the design or architecture industry, or those that work in pr, marketing or social media. Initially my strategy was to use social media to support my offline relationship building. Good question! Who will jump first?

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Unlocking the value of Foursquare 28/01/2010 tags: Foursquare , Gowalla , location based social netoworking apps by Gemma Went For those of you not yet using Foursquare and other location based social networking apps, the presentation below from 22 Squared gives you a bit of background on what it’s all about. Brands aren’t fully onboard yet, but once they do we could see some great results from these apps as social marketing tools. Well done so far. Click here to cancel reply.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Steve Rubel interviews Scott Monty on Ford’s Social Media Strategy 01/02/2010 tags: social media strategy , Scott Monty , Ford , Steve Rubel by Gemma Went Scott Monty’s social media activity at Ford is often used as a good example of how businesses can use the tool. There are some great soundbites here. Leave a Reply Who writes this stuff? Subscribe to new posts by RSS Subscribe to The Cube in a reader Find out what RSS is here What the heck is RSS?

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, pr and marketing links: January 2010 04/02/2010 tags: Marketing , PR , Social Media , Top 10 links by Gemma Went This is the first post in a new series for 2010. Those that follow me on Twitter know that I share a lot of useful links on social media, pr, marketing and anything that sparks my interest. So, without further ado … Is social media growing up? know, it’s exciting. use both hootsuite and bit.ly what a year!

There were a number of other great social media presentations on the day, to view those go here. Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Blogging , Marketing , PR , Social Media ← Top 10 social media, pr and marketing links: January 2010 Two great series: Running a social media program and Social media measurement → 3 Comments leave one → Angela Carr permalink 11/02/2010 5:10 pm Hi Gemma, I really enjoyed the presentation, viewed on-line, sadly, and not in the room as part of the Construction Marketing Training day!

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Two great series: Running a social media program and Social media measurement 14/02/2010 tags: Marketing , social media measurement , social media programs by Gemma Went I’ve followed a few fantastic series recently on blogs I ready religiously. Both deal with the subject of social media and give some great advice on how to do it well. This series is full of great advice on the tricky area of social media measurement.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Video: The Science of Social Media Marketing from Dan Zarrella 17/02/2010 tags: dan zarrella , ideas , social media marketing , Viral by Gemma Went Great video here from Dan Zarrella where he bypasses the ‘fluffy’ aspect of social media and focusses on the science bit. I’m very much interested in the psychology of social media and he touches on this also. Did you enjoy this post? We can also chat there if you like. what a year!

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Social media and privacy issues: A little less scare mongering, a little more common sense please 20/02/2010 tags: Facebook , Foursquare , Gowalla , Linked In , privacy settings , social media privacy , Twitter by Gemma Went There’s been a lot of buzz around the privacy issues attached to social media this week with the launch of PleaseRobMe.com. Yes, jumping into social media networks without the appropriate privacy settings can put you at risk.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 22/02/2010 by Gemma Went As you know I recently launched a Top 10 links of the month series. This is based on the useful social media, pr and marketing links I unearth from the fantastic blogs I subscribe to (and a few of my own). Well I had a few conversations with people over on Twitter who said it would be useful as a weekly feature. Et voila, your wish is my command. hope you find them useful. Did you enjoy this post?

We can also chat there if you like Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Tip of the Week ← Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week Social media is more than a numbers game. Reply Steve Ward, @CloudNine Media Recruitment permalink 25/02/2010 11:01 am I’m liking this series already. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Social media is more than a numbers game. Guest post from Ben LaMothe 26/02/2010 tags: Social Media by Gemma Went We’ve not had a guest post for a while. With the world becoming more tuned into social media, it’s sometimes easy to forget that not everyone is as savvy as we think. Clients  often approach outside agencies with their social media and blogging needs not because they have a pre-existing presence in need of finessing. Period.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Likeminds 2010 : A true people to people social media conference 28/02/2010 by Gemma Went On Friday 26th February I attended the Likeminds social media conference in Exeter. Three stood out, which I talk about in the vid, but in addition  Jonathan Akwue , who opened the show, was inspiring with his outsiders view of social media. Our industry is also grappling how social media/comms can be best used in organisations with varying to sporadic internal engagement.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 01/03/2010 tags: marketing links , PR , Social Media by Gemma Went Here’s my roundup of the top social media, pr and marketing links from last week, as clicked on by my Twitter followers. How I Made $100K With Twitter Social media and privacy issues: A little less scare mongering, a little more common sense please Tip of the week. Did you enjoy this post? It changes my life for good.

First up, TeuxDeux Tip of the week: Tweetdeck Apple Quick Tip #22 from → Social Media , Tip of the Week , Twitter ← Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week → 9 Comments leave one → Paul Sutton permalink 05/03/2010 9:45 am I’m a recent HootSuite convert too, Gemma. It can be used as your only Twitter client, but as I still favour Tweetdeck for that, I primiarly use it to schedule tweets. Which could be frustrating (and a little spammy). what a year!

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 08/03/2010 tags: Marketing , PR , Social Media by Gemma Went The top social media, marketing and pr links from last week are listed below. We can also chat there if you like Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Marketing , PR , Social Media , Top 10 links of the Week ← Tip of the Week: Hootsuite Tip of the Week: Twitter Search → No comments yet Click here to cancel reply.

We can also chat there if you like Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Tip of the Week , Twitter ← Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week → One Comment leave one → Trackbacks Tip of the Week: Twitter Search Click here to cancel reply. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 14/03/2010 tags: marketing and pr links , top 10 social media by Gemma Went Here we are again folks. My top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week as voted for by my Twitter followers (or rather those 10 that got the most clicks). hope it’s useful. Without Being An Expert) 5 Things That Can Make (or break) A Killer Website Design. Did you enjoy this post? Well were nice like that.If

We can also chat there if you like Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Marketing , SEO ← Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week → No comments yet Click here to cancel reply. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog. Did you enjoy this post? what a year!

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 21/03/2010 tags: top 10 social media marketing pr links by Gemma Went Here are the top 10 social media, marketing and pr links I found useful last week. How to get SEO analytics beyond the stone age New Articles on PR Measurement and Social Media Measurement in The Measurement Standard 6 Powerful LinkedIn Marketing Tips for Small Businesses. Hope you do too. Did you enjoy this post? what a year!

We can also chat there if you like Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Events ← Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week → No comments yet Click here to cancel reply. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog. hope you do. Did you enjoy this post?

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 28/03/2010 tags: top 10 social media marketing pr links by Gemma Went Here we are my friends, the top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week. If you’ve not seen it, treat yourself to one of the smartest campaigns I’ve seen in a long while: Heineken, football, video and social media – the best marketing campaign since….? Enjoy. Did you enjoy this post? what a year!

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Likeminds Presentation Round-Up 30/03/2010 tags: Joanne Jacobs , Jon Akawue , likeminds , Olivier Blanchard , social media presentation , Yann Gourvennec by Gemma Went As regular readers will know, I recently sat on a panel at the latest Likeminds event in Exeter (videopost of my thoughts from the event here ). It was a great event with some kick ass speakers that made quite an impact and talked a lot of sense.I hope you enjoy them. Did you enjoy this post? Leave a Reply Who writes this stuff?

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 06/04/2010 tags: top 10 social media marketing pr links by Gemma Went Here they are … the top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week. The Dichotomy Issue: “Social Media Marketing” vs. Classic Marketing 3 Posts About The Future of Blogs & Comments Social Media Works for Business, Study Says. Belated Happy Easter to you all. Did you enjoy this post?

It’s about my favourite social media tool, Tweetdeck. Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week → 4 Comments leave one → Pritesh Patel permalink 09/04/2010 8:52 am I suppose its user preference but for the basic twitter user Tweetdeck will do. Klout scores) Reply Steve Ward, @CloudNine Media Recruitment permalink 09/04/2010 9:12 am Great piece Gemma, thanks for that – I love TweetDeck, but clearly have missed out half the pages!!! I’ve not created a complete ‘how to’ as that would have gone on forever.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 11/04/2010 by Gemma Went Here follows the top social media, marketing and pr weeks from last week. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog. Enjoy. Did you enjoy this post? Reply Click here to cancel reply.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe More Isn’t Always Merrier 13/04/2010 by Annalisa Morgan We all use the phrase ‘the more the merrier’ in different contexts as part of our everyday speak, but what of the saying’s use in the context of social media? Is it fair to say that all businesses should jump onto the social media bandwagon and take advantage of as many SM tools as possible? ’, but ‘what is social media anyway?’; The straight-forward answer, is no.

We can also chat there if you like Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Tip of the Week ← More Isn’t Always Merrier Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week → No comments yet Click here to cancel reply. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog. This little vid takes you through how to use it. Did you enjoy this post?

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 19/04/2010 tags: Top 10 marketing , top 10 social media marketing pr links by Gemma Went Here are the top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week. Integrating e-mail marketing and social media 5 Dimensions of Landing Page Element Success Google Now Highlights Top Links Cited in Status Updates The “Problem” with Authenticity: You’re Still Being Watched. Hope they’re useful.

We can also chat there if you like Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Blogging ← Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week Tips of the Week → No comments yet Click here to cancel reply. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog. 17% of those were in construction, 23% design and 34% architecture. 26% were from other industries.

We can also chat there if you like Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Tip of the Week ← Survey: Blogging within the architecture, design and construction industries Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week → No comments yet Click here to cancel reply. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog. Did you enjoy this post?

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 26/04/2010 tags: top 10 social media marketing pr links by Gemma Went Here are last week’s top 10 social media, marketing and pr links. LikeMinds Insights Here’s how the new Facebook Changes Will Affect Users What silly words say about people who use them The Caring, Sharing LinkedIn FAQs for the Social Media Novice 19 Tips for Driving Traffic to Your Blog Marketing And Happiness. Enjoy.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 05/05/2010 tags: top 10 social media marketing pr links by Gemma Went Here you go folks, the top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Social Marketing Analytics: a great report from Altimeter 06/05/2010 tags: Altimetere , social media measurement by Gemma Went The social media results debate continues to rumble on, with many people struggling to get a handle on how to measure social activity. This white paper from Altimeter looks at this in detail, exploring Altimeter’s framework for measuring results in social media. hope you find it useful. Did you enjoy this post? what a year!

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 10/05/2010 tags: top 10 social media marketing pr links by Gemma Went Time for our weekly installment of the top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week. World’s Weirdest Buildings 21 Tips for Using Twitter and Facebook for Business How ‘social’ should companies be? Enjoy. How to Sell Without a Sales Pitch Shut up and listen: the importance of truly hearing feedback.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Social Media Revolution – A Refresh 11/05/2010 tags: is social media a fad , Social Media , socialnomics by Gemma Went Back in July 2009, Eric Qualman released a great video entitled ‘Is Social Media a Fad’ which was full of some interesting stats. Well he’s now released an update, with some equally good stats that support the use of social media. Well worth a watch. Did you enjoy this post? Well were nice like that.If

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 17/05/2010 tags: top 10 social media marketing pr links by Gemma Went Morning folks, it’s that time of the week again. Here are last week’s top 10 social media, marketing and pr links. 10 social media experiments to discover what works. How to Prove to Your Boss You Need Social Media. Steps That Get Big Shots to Answer Your Email. The best bloopers ever from Chris and Nat.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 24/05/2010 tags: top 10 social media marketing pr links by Gemma Went A very good (and sunny) morning to all. As promised, here are our top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week. Hope you find them useful. How is Being New to Twitter Different in 2010? Ways To Use Video As A Small Business Owner The Psychology of Content Marketing with Blogs How to Wow Blog Editors (and Get Published).

We can also chat there if you like Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Business advice , Marketing , Tip of the Week ← Case Study Crunch: Social Media Case Studies in IT and Technical Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week → 2 Comments leave one → Emma harrison permalink 29/05/2010 9:22 am Ta for the mention. More a Tips of the Week picked up from a very inspiring Emma Harrison, one of the entrepreneurs that spoke at the IOD Annual Convention a few weeks ago and the Chairman of A4E. Emma impressed me to no end.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 01/06/2010 by Gemma Went Time to catch-up with the top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog. Happy reading. Did you enjoy this post? what a year!

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Red Chair London 2010: A recommendation 09/06/2010 tags: Olivier Blanchard , Red Chair London , Social Media Training by Gemma Went Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a huge fan of Olivier Blanchard. My own framework for using social media, and the one I apply to clients, was very much influenced by his and I still share many of his views. It’s more a happy coincidence). Full details and how to sign up here. If that doesn’t convince you, nothing will.

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 14/06/2010 tags: top 10 social media marketing pr links by Gemma Went Afternoon all, time for our top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog.

16/06/2010 tags: Social Media , Twitter by Annalisa Morgan Twitter has made multitaskers of us all. In a recent post entitled Which social media type are you? Chris Street – like other social media types before him – likens the Twitter-sphere to a party: there are those who prefer to stand in the background and observe (‘The Listener’), those who are confident speakers and enjoy taking centre-stage (‘The Sharer’) and those who like to network and mingle (‘The Engager’). The only difference is, the time we spend on each. Which are you? what a year!

Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week → 13 Comments leave one → Steve Ward, CloudNine Media Recruitment permalink 17/06/2010 10:58 am What a fantastic idea Gemma – work life seriously does get cluttered with so much attention, demands and blind routine, that you forget to get away for some fresh air for some clear thinking. love social media, but there is a tendancy to get totally sucked in 24/7 and feel like you always have to be switched on. needed some space to think. fresh perspective. Did you enjoy this post?

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week 21/06/2010 tags: top 10 social media marketing pr links by Gemma Went Hi all. Here are our top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week. Subscribe to new posts by email Subscribe to The Cube by Email Sign up to receive our latest ebook: How to develop a Social Media Strategy Were currently publishing a ten stage How to develop a Social Media Strategy on this blog.

Thanks Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Top 10 links of the Week ← Top 10 social media, marketing and pr links from last week Case Study Crunch: FMCG Social Media Case Studies → 10 Comments leave one → Trevor permalink 22/06/2010 6:55 pm I don’t think once a week is too much. Trackbacks Top 10 Social Media, PR and Marketing Links of the Month « The Cube Click here to cancel reply. Instead of making that decision myself, I thought I’d throw it out to you lot. What do you think? Is once a week too much?

Us social media people talk about how the landscape is changing. Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Copywriting ← The Social Media Strategy Series The social media strategy series: Is social media right for your business? I’ll get my grammatical coat… Claire Thompson (claireatwaves) permalink 19/07/2010 10:33 am Language will change and evolve, otherwise we’d all still be calling each other thee and thou, and ‘social media’, tweeting and even graffiti would never have entered our language.

That does mean a break in the social media strategy series, but I will pick that back up with gusto on my return. Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit from → Marketing ← The social media strategy series: Getting Buy In Top 10 Social Media, PR and Marketing Links of the Month: July → 4 Comments leave one → Mike Plotnick permalink 29/07/2010 11:21 am Gemma: Enjoy some well-deserved R&R! Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe The importance of taking a break. Im off. know, ouch).

About Why I Blog Very Official Blog Social Media Integration Means Business What The F**K is Social Media by Shannon Paul on July 3, 2008 Pardon my French, but that’s the title of a really great presentation put together by Marta Z. Kagan, social media evangelist and online marketing professional. Check out the great statistics on social media participation, connectivity and the comparisons to ROI for traditional advertising — Yikes! Social media has become a very important factor in marketing today. Good content.

About Why I Blog Very Official Blog Social Media Integration Means Business Why shouldn't PR pros write Wikipedia entries? Please also keep in mind that this might be a company’s first foray into the realm of social media: how can I help make it a positive experience? One of the top tenets of social communities is that if you’re going to be part of it, you must respect the communities’ procedure. link] Reply Previous post: What The F**K is Social Media Next post: How to transform your core audience into extra special V.I.P.s

About Why I Blog Very Official Blog Social Media Integration Means Business Bridging the gap between theory and practice by Shannon Paul on September 21, 2008 Usually, the most recognized social media “experts&# are not the people actually doing the work of implementing social media tools and helping build and maintain online communities; and that’s okay. Social media is different only because our scholars and academics are self appointed, or community appointed, rather than institutionally appointed. The rift is the problem.

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Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Industry News , Internet , Personal , Social Media > Hi, My Name is Tamar, and I am a Media Snacker Hi, My Name is Tamar, and I am a Media Snacker by Tamar Weinberg on November 1, 2007 Share I’ve been tagged against my will by Jane and Jason in one of the latest memes: do you respect media snackers? Well first, what the heck is a media snacker? Media snackers are young people. Media snackers play at home and against the world.

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Business , Opinion , Social Media > Where Digg Fails, Reddit Succeeds Where Digg Fails, Reddit Succeeds by Tamar Weinberg on September 25, 2007 Share A few weeks ago, the Bounty Fishing blog came out with an excellent and well-thought-out blog post about 27 Aquatic Lifeforms You Never Caught While Fishing. It’s great to build a self-sustainable social network and then be able to sit back and relax while the users run the show. Stumble is slow as hell though.

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Mixxing In, and Why Early Adoption is Important: A Review of the Newest Social News Network Mixxing In, and Why Early Adoption is Important: A Review of the Newest Social News Network by Tamar Weinberg on November 28, 2007 Share I’ve been pretty vocal about Mixx , the newest “Digg clone,&# on TechCrunch’s recent review of the service and on a submission that hit Digg’s front page the other day. See the surge?

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up by Tamar Weinberg on December 17, 2007 Share When I was at Pubcon last week, Digg launched its highly anticipated images section. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Industry News , Internet , Opinion , Social Media > 23 Community Reactions to the New Digg: Outlook Not Good 23 Community Reactions to the New Digg: Outlook Not Good by Tamar Weinberg on September 20, 2007 Share After writing my piece on why the new Digg just isn’t what it used to be , I already started listening to community feedback regarding the social network that I thought was worth sharing. social networking site. It seems stale and slow-moving.

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Industry News , Internet , Social Media > Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion by Tamar Weinberg on January 11, 2008 Share When Digg came out with its new social features , some folks applauded the move while others despised it. Nearly four months later, the social features appear to be here to stay. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us But are they secure?

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Google , Internet , Marketing , Search Engine Optimization , Social Media , Viral Marketing > More Great Internet Marketing Posts for 2007 More Great Internet Marketing Posts for 2007 by Tamar Weinberg on January 15, 2008 Share Thought you had enough of the greatest Internet Marketing posts of 2007 ? As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us robots.txt, IP questions for hosting, etc.),

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson Respond to Digg Complaints Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson Respond to Digg Complaints by Tamar Weinberg on January 24, 2008 Share After Kevin posted to the Digg blog Wednesday evening that there were algorithmic changes to affect the impact of stories that will be promoted to the front page of the site, a “ revolt &# ensued and an open letter was written. Give it time in your analysis of what’s going on. Thanks, guys!

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences) The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences) by Tamar Weinberg on February 1, 2008 Share A week ago, I gave a relatively unbiased account of the “Digg revolt,&# a response to Kevin Rose’s post that there were to be algorithmic changes to Digg that likely will impact only the top submitters. related). Time will only tell.

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Industry News , Marketing , Search Engine Optimization > SMX West ’08 Recap: Takeaways, Shout Outs, and Pictures SMX West ’08 Recap: Takeaways, Shout Outs, and Pictures by Tamar Weinberg on March 4, 2008 Share SMX West occurred last week, kicking off a bunch of conferences and meetups for yours truly (I’m headed to SXSW Interactive on Thursday followed by SES NY right after I get back, and then there’s the Saturday night Blogger Social event only a week later).

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Industry News , Marketing > Internet Marketers of New York Charity Party: March 18, 2008 Internet Marketers of New York Charity Party: March 18, 2008 by Tamar Weinberg on March 16, 2008 Share I’m still going through SXSW notes and will eventually post some great recaps of sessions and events, but I’m still in conference mode.? As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us What: A charity party.? hope so!?

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal > With 4 Days Before Blogger Social, I Bring You the 4×4 Meme With 4 Days Before Blogger Social, I Bring You the 4×4 Meme by Tamar Weinberg on March 31, 2008 Share As I was traveling on my last of three conferences, Chris Kieff tagged me on the 4×4 meme that’s going around. You could call me a blogger of many hats or a social media maven or Internet marketing consultant. Then, you need to top it off by tagging four people.

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > How Spying On Your Friends Causes Reevaluation of Endorsed Content How Spying On Your Friends Causes Reevaluation of Endorsed Content by Tamar Weinberg on May 1, 2008 Share Last month, I wrote about the ease of FriendFeed to spy on your friends. Have you changed the way you engage in social media because of the perceptions you may create, perhaps wrongfully (or rightfully)? Or maybe not.) Should change this behaviour sooner rather than later.

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict by Tamar Weinberg on May 9, 2008 Share As many of you know, I took off my Digg hat and put it on the shelf on January 28th after algorithmic changes at Digg made it extremely tough for me to appreciate the social news site that used to give you somewhat of a “high&# for getting your stories front-paged. Completely. Exactly.

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You by Tamar Weinberg on July 8, 2007 Share Social media marketing can be very effective if done the right way, but if it backfires, the fallout can be pretty undesirable. Next time you proceed in a social media marketing campaign, follow some ideas and steps: Know your market.

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Business , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > Dissatisfied Customers + Word of Mouth = Marketing Gone Bad Dissatisfied Customers + Word of Mouth = Marketing Gone Bad by Tamar Weinberg on July 18, 2007 Share The worst possible thing you can do is to slight someone else at the expense of convenience. That’s why it was told to Consumerist (for some damage control, I suppose) and Sprint’s justification didn’t make national media outlets.

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Social Media > Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service by Tamar Weinberg on June 18, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Samir Balwani of Internet Marketing blog Left the Box.com. They’re always heralded as the next big social media hit , the best on the web, or something killer. Embedded Pictures and Videos – lets you see media instead of just a link. BRAVO, PLURK!

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > Is Viral Marketing for Everyone? Dave : So far we’ve had an overwhelmingly positive response from both the people to whom we’ve distributed the link, as well as the social media crowd. Tagged as: accent game , accent project , flash , internet marketing , language trainers , Marketing , social media , Viral Marketing { 5 trackbacks } Upstream Connections - SEO » Tamar Weinberg: Upstream “Brilliant Minds&# !

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing , Personal > Contest: Make a Wish for Someone Else this Holiday Season (and the Power of Blogger Outreach) Contest: Make a Wish for Someone Else this Holiday Season (and the Power of Blogger Outreach) by Tamar Weinberg on December 15, 2008 Share This is a sponsored post by Sears but the thoughts within are mine and mine alone. poll) December 15, 2008 at 6:13 pm Use Social Media for Good! Also, great work on the Social Media Etiquette post.

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal > In Memory of My Grandpa David, a Wonderful Man In Memory of My Grandpa David, a Wonderful Man by Tamar Weinberg on October 25, 2007 Share As many of you know, my grandfather has been ill for awhile. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. He was 84. He wanted to help out his grandkids.

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > 13 Reasons Why I Am an Obsessive Compulsive Facebook User 13 Reasons Why I Am an Obsessive Compulsive Facebook User by Tamar Weinberg on February 15, 2007 Share I was one of the first users of Facebook back in April 2004 when it was rolled out to specific schools other than its founding community, Harvard. Facebook is not just a social network anymore; it is a society. Will social interaction and networking really make the web different?

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Kevin Rose: Digg’s Biggest Hypocrite Kevin Rose: Digg’s Biggest Hypocrite by Tamar Weinberg on November 7, 2007 Share You know what I find funny? It began with the banning of a friend of mine for a social experiment he performed on Digg. Reply peaiotj November 8, 2007 at 2:38 am Time for you to find another social news site, befcause you sound like a sycophant at the end there grovelling before Kevin Rose. Thank you.

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