Social media is commonly followed by words such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Put simply, it’s about engagement out-with traditional mediums such as company websites. You can expect to find posts about social media strategy, new technology, conference observations and industry news.
The Leveson inquiry into press standards couldn’t be credible if it didn’t begin to look into the implications of social networks upon the press and privacy landscape.
However Leveson has also admitted that he sees Facebook and Twitter as being distinctly different, “pub chatter” between friends. But is this really the case? And does leaving these networks out of any regulation undermine the whole process?
Keen eyed readers may have spotted this piece on BBC reporting Scotland in December. Attacat’s very own Tim was called upon to comment on social media usage during the scandal involving a cleaner contacting a patient from the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Woop dee doop, there’s a veritable trough of social media shenanigans for you to dip your faces into this month with the November social round up. Gather round and remember to wipe your faces afterwards.
People are cheap. MONIES.
Facebook – ruining the one thing it actually does
It’s the hoooooooooooooooolidays
Generic Facebook user 24U#6 likes what?
Google+ business pages
Make social media the fool
FourSquare,YouTube, social influence
A small group of us have developed what we think is a really powerful way of joining up the voices of Scottish tourism businesses – the idea is called #ScotlandHour – and the more businesses who get involved the more effective our choir of voices becomes.
These are crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy nights; so sang Kiss. Were they talking about Facebook and social media taking control of our evenings? No. No they weren’t. But I am. October features Kiss-tastic news about:
Optimum Facebook posting time
StumbleUpon is big
YouTube marketing
Google reads Facebook comments
Twitter tools
Google+ for Google Apps
Humanising social media
The Facebook special edition: Welcome, welcome, come on in and put your feet up as I regale you with tales of social media past in September. A month that Facebook decided to completely take over.
The Attacat Month in Numbers – September 2011
Enjoy this excellent and pretty extensive post on social media metrics from the pin-up of online marketing, Rand Fishkin.
Yes, it’s a rather late August roundup, but blame the weather – it’s hard to type with a constant depressing downpour of rain outside. But forget that and enjoy the best of social media during the month!
Ban chavs! No, wait, ban social media!
Facebook privacy
You’re boring, give me prizes
Social media analytics
User generated content and SEO
QR codes
Apps and things
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Self promotion is very uncomfortable however you look at it, but equally it’s nice to bathe in a glowing feeling sometimes too, especially after a hiccup.
There’s no show without Punch
Gordon White and I have been presenting a good number of the monthly New Media Breakfasts recently. (Too many probably as it [...]
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