by Ardrich
October 8, 2010 in News Roundup
A national job site has launched a social media competition to find out the favourite word of Lord Sugar as the sixth series of Apprentice kicks off.
During each episode, MyJobGroup.co.uk will transcribe every word the business icon says, publishing the findings in a Word Cloud the following morning at www.myjobgroup.co.uk/apprentice
by Ardrich
October 6, 2010 in News Roundup
Gillette has launched a Twitter campaign to find out if the public prefers bearded or clean-shaven men.
The campaign will see identical twins Dean and George Georgiandes – one shaven, one bearded – tackle challenges such as a pasta-eating competition and trying to get better service from shop assistants.
by Ardrich
September 27, 2010 in News Roundup
A Google senior executive is convinced social recommendations will revolutionalise online advertising.
Speaking at the AdTech conference last week, Benjamin Faes hailed social media as a “power thing companies need to embrace”.
According to Faes, online display advertising is still in its infancy and social media has what it takes to bring about a “display revolution”.
by Ardrich
September 16, 2010 in News Roundup
Stanford University student Feross Aboukhadijeh made a bet with his roommate that he could build a real-time YouTube search in less than an hour.
It eventually took him three hours to finish, so the bet was lost, but the impressive stunt caught the eye of YouTube chief executive Chad Hurley on Twitter.
by Ardrich
July 1, 2010 in News Roundup
Twitter users write better CVs and are more likely to be shortlisted for a job interview, a new survey reveals.
MyJobGroup.co.uk, UK’s largest network of regional job boards, analysed 500 CVs from UK-based jobseekers and found repetition abounds.
One-third (37%) used exactly the same opening phrase; while the three most popular first-line words are ‘experience’ (27.1%), ‘skills’ (23.2%) and, ironically, ‘individual’ (22.6%).
by Ardrich
June 23, 2010 in News Roundup, Uncategorized
Brian Kelly, from UKOLN at University of Bath, is planning on using geo-location services to provide an easy way for people to meet and network in an event in July.
Taking place at the University of Sheffield, Institutional Web Management Workshop 2010 (IWMW) will have a strong online presence using various Web 2.0 tools to get the best features from each.
This year, geo-location services will add to an official event blog and a Twitter hashtag.
“The intention is to geo-locate the main venues as well as places for social activities on Gowalla”, Brian says.
by admin
June 8, 2010 in Events
Date 22nd June 2010 (8:30am – 10:15am)
Venue 3 Albion Place, Leeds, United Kingdom
Duration About 2 hours
Cost £75.00
Overview:
Twitter has seen phenomenal growth over the last two years and some encouraging success stories.
Charities and non-profit organisations are successfully using it as a low cost channel to raise awareness, money and connect with their stakeholders. Corporations large and small are using it to drive valuable traffic to their websites (Econsultancy included!) and Dell recently announced that it has attributed over $6.5 million in sales to the channel. No small peanuts.
by admin
June 8, 2010 in Events
Thu 17 Jun, 2010 from 8:30am – 5:30pm
Cavendish Conference Centre
22 Duchess Mews
W1G 9DT, UK
Cost: £95
Description
Social Media Marketing 2010 will bring together leading brands and marketing experts to explore the viral power of social networks.
With the rise of social networks a new marketing medium has emerged: one that requires trust, rewards value and thrives on word-of-mouth. From blogging to video-sharing, Flickr to Twitter, social media marketing is delivering impressive returns. The question is: are you making the most of it?
by petehindle
June 3, 2010 in Blog, News Roundup
Guest
International Quit Facebook Day came and went, without making a dent into the user-base of the fantastically successful social networking site.
The brainchild of two Toronto-based developers, Joseph Dee and Matthew Milan, the idea behind Quit Facebook Day was to send a message about privacy and control to the often controversial Facebook, following it’s recent privacy hoo-haa.
by Ardrich
May 21, 2010 in News Roundup
– but 55% support disciplinary action for doing so
Almost 40 per cent of UK employees criticise their workplace on social media, with one in five admitting to lambasting their bosses, a recent survey reveled.
Nearly 60 per cent confessed they would change what they wrote on their social networking profile if they knew their employer was reading it – yet recent Facebook privacy settings changes mean many employers could already be checking up on staff.
The employee research – conducted for MyJobGroup.co.uk which operates the UK’s largest network of regional job boards – showed over half (55 per cent) of workers believed fellow staff should face disciplinary action for criticising their workplace on social networking sites.
