Social Media

Social Media Spring Cleaning

Posted by drm on Mar 4, 2013 in Social Media | 0 comments

Spring is in the air and those brighter days encourage us all to start de-cluttering the house and/or office, to get walking and start dreaming of those summer days not too far away.

In business we can easily accumulate a mass of admin or processes that get out of control easily and swallows up a little more of our time than we’d ever thought it would.

So in this post we’re going to look at some top tips for spring-cleaning your social media.

Making the internet safer on Safer Internet Day 2013

Posted by drm on Feb 4, 2013 in Social Media, Top Picks | 0 comments

Those of us of a certain age remember a pre-internet time when a school project meant browsing through an encylopedia or a trip to the library.  Or how when we needed a plumber in a hurry we had to rely on the trusty phone book or family/friends.  Now we’re connected practically 24/7 and it’s made for a very different, albeit fascinating world and often such development brings with it risk – and fear of the unknown for those who aren’t regulars on the web.

Facebook introduce Graph Search – a smarter search engine

Posted by drm on Jan 15, 2013 in Facebook, Social Media | 0 comments

Amongst the many rumours ahead of Facebook’s big announcement on 15th January 2013, was the expectation that it might be a search engine.

Social media and a work-life balance

Posted by drm on Dec 31, 2012 in Social Media | 0 comments

Christmas and New Year’s is perhaps the only time here in Ireland that we take time off to enjoy family and friends, welcome loved ones from abroad and generally make an effort to switch off from work.  If you’re in retail you quite probably spent some of the holiday period working before the big day and with post-Christmas sales.  

End of year recommended reads in marketing and social media

Posted by drm on Dec 17, 2012 in Business, Marketing, Social Media | 0 comments

Now that it’s the festive season we’re all getting set to spend time with friends and family, eating and drinking too much and generally enjoying some well deserved time out before a new year begins.

For those of us of in small businesses or those contemplating self-employment, we will undoubtedly spend a little time reviewing the highs and lows of 2012 while making plans for 2013.