Posts Tagged "Twitter"

The Curious Case of Twitter Getting Younger

Has twitter leaped frogged a generation? I have noticed for quite some time that trending topics have moved from news and social media events I was reasonably familiar with, to topics I had no idea about. In addition the topics…

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…

Whats in a user name – implications of using mutiple handles.

Will McInnes retweeted a post today by Catherine Pryce on google pulling up tweets as the first entry in its search results.  While this is not major news it does bring up an intresting area.  For most people when they register on…

Irish media influence on twitter growing

In preparation for a presentation I am giving at Hotel Website Marketing next week I pulled together a list of Irish media on Twitter and used Klout to some insight into their rankings/influence.  The results were surprising.  The landscape is…

How much klout do you have on twitter?

Stumbled upon a nice Twitter influence/comparision tool called Klout.com.  How you compare with others on twitter has normally been a manual task of looking at their followers, following, number of tweets, number of @ and general level of engagement.  I…

Twitter Check List

The IIA managed to get a bumper crowd out last week to its Congress in the Crown Plaze Hotel in Santry.  This year the Congress was followed immediately by the awards which made it a long day but gave a much more…

What is your online reputation number?

How influential someone is in PR has alway been a bit foggy to say the least.  It is easy to claim you are influential but proof has normally been in the form of being able to open doors or hidden in…

Did George Hook Cause the Twitter Numbers to Jump?

I was part of a panel at the last Enterprise Ireland eBusiness Masterclass moderated by Darragh Doyle and had the pleasure of listening to Roger Galligan from Cognotent (also Irish blogs and Irishpressreleases.ie).   In his presentation he discussed how the traditional media was…

How much time does social media take?

The IIA Social Media Working Group (disclosure – I am a member of this group) produced a white paper on blogging and launched it at a well attended breakfast last week.   Brendan Hughes, eCommerce manager with FBD, Michelle Daly, Paddy Power…

Social media – hot or not in 2009

Net Imperative ran an interesting story about the blocks to and attitudes towards social media.  The basis of the story was research was called out by Sapient Interactive.  Lack of understanding was predictably one of the main blockers to implementing campaigns but the good…