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People have been asking me for ages if any real companies are using social networks for their marketing, so it was interesting to come across this data from Capital One in the UK. Robin Goad from Hitwise reports that "Facebook is now its second biggest source of traffic, and
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Through the very kind offices of @ApostrophePong (& his trusty assistant @Stilgherrian) we have a great video record of the recent event. A really big thank-you again to everyone for getting involved. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy34XgOKoYU&w=411&h=304]
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I recently experienced how easily one can disrupt a stableecosystem. And I learned the hard way how difficult it can be to re-stabilise that same ecosystem! We have two dogs and one of them likes to socialise around the neighbourhood, and to this end she will dig amazing tunnels or
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There has been a lot of talk in the social media and web 2.0 world about trust as the base currency of this new world (e.g. Trust Economies: Investigation into the New ROI of the Web). But where there is a currency there is also the possibility of
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It was so touching to see a bunch of people who linked up via Twitter join in and participate in a community event like Cupcake Camp Sydney last Friday night. To explain: CupcakeCamp (which was invented by Ariel Waldman) is: ... an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to
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I have noticed a strange phenomenon recently among service providers. Some of them seem to think that the mere fact of providing services to a customer for money creates an actual personal relationship with their customer. A recent example of this phenomenon came to my attention when a friend got
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hmmm makes you wonder about those ponies? moar Lolcats
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Follow us on Twitter: @cccsyd See what's happening at #cccsyd When:Friday 28 August 2009 (5.30 pm - 7.30 pm) Where: CBS Interactive SydneyWe are running this as part of the RSPCA Cupcake Day fundraiser Registration: here * admission: free; BYO alcohol; soft drinks & nibbles provided
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There's been some 'research' about Twitter by Pear Analytics claiming that "Pointless Babble" represented "40.55% of the total tweets captured". What's interesting is that these folks completely miss the importance of banter in the building of social bonds between
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Some have argued that blogs have had their day, for example: Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004. A blog (a contraction of the term weblog) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog I still think
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Happy Caturday!
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Reputation is critical for any person or business - we only have to look at the professional reputations of the James Hardie directors & managers in the news today. Social media can be a great way for companies & individuals to build their reputations. But it also means that we