No-one knows better than a moderator how imaginative and resourceful children are at getting round filters. That’s to put a nice spin on it of course. Whilst it is a great demonstration of their ingenuity and imagination and determination, the truth is, the stream of rude words and private contact information in high traffic sites [...]
The winter holidays should be a boon for online retailers. Thanksgiving and Christmas bring hordes of online shoppers onto the internet, and with the right strategy they could be persuaded to spend time on our sites. With the wrong strategy you could have a social media crisis on your hands. If you’re reading this then [...]
Applications for this post have now closed. Thanks to all who have applied: you will be contacted shortly. Summary Role: Account Manager – UK Closing date: Friday, December 7. Interviews will take place the following week. Start date: As soon as possible in 2013 To apply: Applicants should send CV and cover letter to Ashley [...]
What happens if you put a bunch of marketers in a room to talk about Facebook brand pages? They are bound to criticise the social media giant for not getting enough return on its buck, the changes to the Edgerank and reduction in its fan reach. But at a recent conference AllFacebook Marketing I attended, [...]
Two recent surveys into US parental concerns about teens online activity online caught my eye this week – one by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, the other by The Family Safety Online Institute (FOSI). Pew’s study focussed on parental concerns about how teenage behaviour online could be monitored by others – [...]
It’s that time of year again. Seasonal social media tips are flying around the social media-sphere like streamers at the office party. Everywhere you turn, community managers are offering users advice on how to dress turkeys; online retailers are girding their loins for Black Friday and Cyber Monday and social networks are devising new and [...]
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A while back, we gave a pretty comprehensive analysis of the history and current development of social media within the UK Police Force. Social media is being adopted widely throughout the UK forces, with varying degrees of success and expertise: our aim in the article was to review what was working well and articulate the [...]
Facebook have been in the sandpit a lot this month. First, there were the experiments in sound alerts (commonly reviled) and the much more sensible Get Notifications button. Now they’re playing with ranking comments by engagement, and a Facebook reply to comment button for comments left on a timeline. Two of the Pages in the test [...]
By popular request, Pinterest has given accounts holders the ability to add up to three ‘secret’ boards at any one time. When you add a pin to a secret board, it won’t show up anywhere else on Pinterest—not in the category sections, Popular, Everything, anyone’s search results, your followers’ home feed, your own home feed, [...]
As a Facebook user, you may have noticed your feed getting, well, kind of emptier in the past few weeks. And if you’re a brand community manager, you may well be gritting your teeth about the well-publicised reduced Facebook reach, caused by tweaks to the Edgerank algorithm. Possibly as a reaction to the ire over [...]