Posts Tagged: Social Media

I usually take a break from Twitter over Christmas, but after reading this fascinating article, and watching Simon’s Creative Morning talk I’ve decided to take a month off; a month away from social media. In just a day away from Tweeting, Instagramming and Checking In I’ve felt what I can only describe as ‘calmer’. WhyContinue Reading ›

If you wouldn’t feel comfortable saying it into a megaphone at a crowded mall, then you shouldn’t post it on social media. — Jessica Jungton

I attended an “industry event” last week. In conversations over coffee I learnt that BT has a social media policy that is 32 pages in length, and written in pure legalese: “the party in the fist part” etc. Whereas Zappos‘ social media policy is “be real and use your judgement”. Guess which company is renown forContinue Reading ›

The Social Network is the recent film from David Fincher about the founding of Facebook. Tim Van Damme recommended the soundtrack on Twitter, and at $5 – yes $5 – it seemed a veritable bargain; quick preview confirmed that to be so. It’s a dark suite of electronica, which having since seen the film doesn’tContinue Reading ›

Having worked to bring Barclaycard into the world of social media I was gob-smacked when I saw this tweet from what appears to be NatWest’s offical Twitter account; although it isn’t a verified account I hasten to point out. Amazing, even for NatWest. How they choose to respond to this will be very telling. If they have aContinue Reading ›

Well that didn’t last long. Just two days into my self imposed Twitter exile I instinctively tweeted upon news of the updated MacBook Pros; only to realise a few moments later that Twitter was off limits. In interweb parlance I am full of “FAIL”. What I found in my few Twitter free days was thatContinue Reading ›