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My social media (confession) – I’m a little over it.

Posted on January 11, 2013 in #janblogaday 2012, Social Media

I’m over talking about social media for the sake of social media. There’s much more at play and other things that are more interesting… but let’s not rule out social media altogether.

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Social media (memory) – how much do you share?

Posted on January 10, 2013 in #janblogaday 2012, Social Media

Social media: it’s great having that back up of flicking through your past online – just in case you’ve forgotten something. But what if it isn’t there?

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Austin Powers

(Two) ways context in social media is abused on a daily basis

Posted on January 2, 2013 in #janblogaday 2012, Social Media

When it comes to social, context is everything; knowing who you’re posting to and where you’re posting is the key.

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Trending on new Myspace

How MySpace could win the social music battle

Posted on December 12, 2012 in Social Media

I’ve been playing with the New Myspace for a couple of days, and even as a Premium Spotify user, I’m really impressed. But does it have enough to rise from the ashes? Keep reading and see…

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10 Reasons why HootSuite Rocks

Posted on September 5, 2012 in Community, Social Media

Yep, HootSuite. If you’ve spent enough time around me while I’m talking social, you’ll know how much I dig it as a social tool and since I’ve recently joined their “HootSuite Envoy” program, there’s even more for me to like.

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Car covered in Christmas lights

Don’t go towards the light!

Posted on August 13, 2012 in Social Media

If you work with social media long enough, you learn the ins and outs of how things work and it’s easy to be dazzled by the bright lights of things like reach and amplification and influence – but they’re just the lights, they’re not the road.

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Slacktivism or good use of my ‘influence’?

Posted on June 18, 2012 in Social Good, Social Media

I’m sitting here staring at this on my screen and faced with a call to “donate your influence” and I can’t shake the feeling that there’s something not quite right here.

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Ben hangs his head in shame while wearing a headset

My dirty little secret.

Posted on May 22, 2012 in Social Media

I have a confession – and this could change the way a lot of people think of me. If you’re offended, I’m sorry. If you’re shocked, it will pass. If you stop following me on Twitter, I understand. I just need to get this off my chest.

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Social media – It’s a trap (escape while you can!)

Posted on April 14, 2012 in Social Media

YES! Social media! There’s so much I can do, so many people to talk to, so many dog videos to watch and only 99 hours of Nyan Cat to go. It’s all so good – right?

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Content Rules, book

Rocking content, making connections and the first rule of tweetchats.

Posted on February 16, 2012 in Social Media

I thought I’d share a bit about a tweetchat I was part of a little while ago. The actual roundup of the tweetchat is there, but I thought I’d throw in a little more. Hold on, it’s a bit of a bumpy ride, but we’ll get there…

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