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Social Media

Researching Twitter

by Barrie Hopson on August 26, 2010 · 0 comments

in New Technology, Social Media

Excellent article which summarises what is known about Twitter use. It certainly confirms my limited experience – limited because I make little use of it. All my postings are tweeted and that is about it for me. There are now 190 million Twitter users around the world producing 65 million tweets each day. 19% of [...]

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The ups and downs of social networking

by Barrie Hopson on July 26, 2010 · 2 comments

in Social Media

Facebook has announced that it now has 500m active users, just six years after it was launched. The site has become the poster child of social networking on the web. While some others have seen growth, MySpace, Flickr and Bebo appear to have declined in the past year, according to these [...]

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Filter your Twitter

by Katie Ledger on July 7, 2010 · 4 comments

in Networking, New Technology, Social Media, Uncategorized

Gosh thats not easy to say! Brilliant new app( big nod to Geek in Disguise). This will save you time, effort, money and probably help world peace. Well maybe not the world peace bit but I have been doing a bit of pruning lately of who I am connected to in my social networks. This [...]

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Twitter users relate closely

by Barrie Hopson on July 7, 2010 · 2 comments

in Brands, Social Media

A New York Times article highlights the fact that 98% of twitter users are within 6 degrees of separation from one another and the average number of degrees between users is only 4.67. Just as everyone in the world is thought to be connected to one another within six steps (and the  movie star  [...]

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Chris Brogan in Doncaster!

by Barrie Hopson on July 1, 2010 · 5 comments

in Brands, New ways of working, Social Media, portfolio careers

People in the UK might be a little surprised to discover the great social media, marketing and personal branding guru has just introduced an ‘unconference’ in Doncaster, Yorkshire, of all places. But the power of social media being what it is Chris met Rob Wilmot, the very enterprising Chairman of Doncaster College Board of Governors, [...]

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Share

by Katie Ledger on June 23, 2010 · 0 comments

in New Technology, New ways of working, Social Media, passion, portfolio careers, work/life blend

Chris Brogan says we should all share a little more. Personally, I believe sharing information and experience helps us to feel a bit more connected, respected, valued and keeps us on our toes. Its a way of reaching out to others you might never meet face to face but can still give and receive something [...]

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Work Smart: Mastering Your Social Media Life

by Barrie Hopson on February 15, 2010 · 0 comments

in Social Media

This is a quick fix summary by Gina Trapani with some tips for making social media work for you instead of you being a slave to it.

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Seth Godin offers to shake us all up

by Barrie Hopson on December 17, 2009 · 0 comments

in Creativity, Networking, New Technology, Social Media, Storytelling

A fascinating new ebook is downloadable from Seth’s blog but as you are reading this you can do it from here. He has organised more than seventy big thinkers, each sharing an idea for you to think about as we head into the new year.

Here’s the deal: it’s free. Download it here. Or from any [...]

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Twitter – everything you need to know

by Katie Ledger on November 23, 2009 · 0 comments

in Networking, New Technology, New ways of working, Social Media

Twitter – it delivers trust, speed and brand. Now everything you ever wanted to know about it.

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Did You Know 4.0

by Katie Ledger on October 9, 2009 · 0 comments

in New Technology, Social Media

This is the update to the enormously popular Shift Happens video. Even when you work in this arena, it still amazes me how far we have come in such a small time. Makes me think even more that the time to embrace portfolio working is now. Enjoy…

Technorati tags: shift happens, portfolio career

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