Articles in Social Media
Social Media Photography Inspiration day
Inspired by Rosh Sillars’ #archiveday concept I’ve come up with my own take on what can be a successful social media marketing campaign. #PhotoInspirationDay is a day you set aside to give out a link little love to those who have helped you develop your business.
Changing your Twitter profile
A few months a ago Rosh Sillars from New Media Photographer changed his twitter ID from new media photographer to roshsillars. It was an interesting and bold move in my mind. Bold because the new media photographer brand Rosh had built over the past few years was a very strong one. Interesting because it signified a direction that I think Rosh wants….. Rosh Sillars the brand.
New new Twitter launched to mobile devices
This week Twitter have updated their mobile device apps for Android, iPhone and iPad.
It’s a much slicker design and a lot easier to use than the previous update. Everything is put into four different tabs.
Home – The good old fashioned Twitter feed from people you are following
Connect -The new interactions feature and the traditional mentions [...]
Finding potential wedding clients on Twitter
I have to start of by saying that this is not actually how I use Twitter but that doesn’t mean you can’t try this out for yourselves. This Twitter marketing strategy was suggested to be by a fellow UK wedding photographer who has had some success using it.
Finding potential clients is all about taking what [...]
Why are big businesses are so scared of social media?
You might argue that this question is bunk and that for the most part, businesses big and small have whole heatedly embraced social media.
This might be true but evidence suggests that there is still a certain amount of fear in the boardrooms.
Twitter’s activity stream : Is it too much?
This week Twitter launched their Activity feature in the UK which allows you to view favorites, follows, retweets, and more by people you follow. It is very much like the Facebook news feed in many ways and yes, it does seem almost a little too voyeuristic.
In fact it does take something away from Twitter in my [...]
Google+ Pages for Business
Well it’s taken Google long enough but finally you can set-up your own business page on Google+. Thankfully you can manage and switch between your personal Google+ account and various business pages you set up. You can also choose to comment as your personal account or as your business page (mmmm, sounds familiar).
Increasing fan engagement on Facebook pages….. What would Jesus do?
Ever since Facebook launched the ‘People are talking about this’ feature on pages everybody has been asking the same question….. How do I increase my fan engagement?
Really the question they should be asking is What would Jesus do?
Running competitions on Facebook using Offerpop
A couple of weeks ago I took a brief look at Running competitions on Facebook and highlighted that promotions on Facebook must be administered within Apps on Facebook.com. I’ve been checking out a few and one I came across that looked particularly interesting was Offerpop.
What iOS 5 means to social media
Over the last couple of days I’ve been doing my updates and am now fully in the iCloud.
Apart from being a really good update one of the most notable introductions was the Twitter integration.













