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Time for Bing to Shine as Viable Search Engine.

I have not used Microsoft’s Bing search engine in quite a while.  Despite great promise at launch in 2009 it still lingers at sub 10% usage versus the omni present Google.  I find the results take a good bit more work…

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…

Online Book Club Anyone?

I have finally managed to get back to my reading list and really enjoying physical books again.  I recently finished Paul Adam’s book Grouped.  This book is now likely to gather dust regardless of my intention of using it as…

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Books I Read #4. Grouped by Paul Adams

Despite all  the leaps in technology we are still complex social creatures and an solid in-depth understanding of psychology rather than technology will define the winners in marketing and business.  Paul Adam’s book ‘Grouped’ is a surprisingly short read (it…

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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….

Prepare for the worst. #SocialCrisis 3

One of the main things I have observed from being involved in numerous crisis is that in the heat of a crisis the quality of thinking is generally reduced, the ability to make decisions becomes paralysed and common sense gets…

Social Media Crisis come in all shapes and sizes. #SocialCrisis 2

Social media crisis come in all shapes and forms. As social media crisis are still pretty new they come in all shapes and forms and many companies are only discovering them the hard way as the stumble through them.  Instances…

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Does my logo look big in this? Sizing your images for social media.

One of the things I notice a lot with company pages on Facebook and other social media sites is the poor resizing of logos and other images so they appear correctly.  Logos unfortunately comes in lots of sizes and unless…