Archive for February, 2009

An interview with Chris Lake

Music, Social Media on February 27th, 2009 No Comments

I am a bit tired today following a busy night at a client event in Huddersfield.
For the event we combined my two favourite things dance music and social media. I booked a producer and DJ that I have mentioned several times  before on my blog Chris Lake.
We decided to do an interview live on the [...]

Wolfstar holds celebratory party in London

Social Media on February 26th, 2009 No Comments

Well back in the office today after a busy night in London with the team and the Rt Hon Hilary Benn. We held a party at the Cinnamon Club to celebrate our latest award win with some of our social media friends, clients and a few potential clients too.
Beer, wine and food were all on [...]

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My quick tip on how to get a cheap loan at just 2.9% today

Consumer Technology, News on February 24th, 2009 2 Comments

Ok I admit this is an unusual post for me, as it is off topic for once, but it is something I have found very useful so I wanted to share it.
If you are looking to borrow some money at the moment you will be looking around at loans of between 8-10% at the cheapest. [...]

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What Twitter is not

Public Relations, Social Media on February 19th, 2009 No Comments

As Twitter continues to become more and more mainstream it seems everyone now has opinion on what Twitter is and how it should work. It seems to have been in the Daily Telegraph every day of the last fortnight. Anyway, I have just read another brilliant post from Dave Fleet on what Twitter is not. [...]

Social media should be driven by PR people

Public Relations, Social Media on February 18th, 2009 No Comments

I have been reading lots of posts about the recent SEO and PR debate which has been raging on Twitter and Mr Hallam’s blog.
For once, I have to agree with Stuart Bruce that public relations is about reputation and the management of reputation.
This debate got me thinking about another battle which is taking place [...]

Analyse your swearing on Twitter using Cursebird

Amusing, Social Media on February 12th, 2009 No Comments

Do you swear on Twitter? If you do, why not use this new service to find out how often?
Cursebird is hilarious, we have been testing it out in the office today. Insert your Twitter name and it tells you how much you have sworn on Twitter.
Unfortunately, as you all know I am an [...]

be-at.tv – new online dance music community is launched

Music, Social Media on February 12th, 2009 2 Comments

A new online dance music community has been launched which uses a lot of web 2.0 functions to give its users a much more real clubbing experience.
be-at.tv opens with several different DJ windows to choose from and these are likely to increase over the coming months. A user can select their favourite DJ and then [...]

Top 50 Twitter users in Yorkshire

Social Media on February 10th, 2009 4 Comments

Twitter has been in the media far too much recently as it continues to become much more mainstream. There are now an estimated 5,000-10,000 new followers joining Twitter every day.
My colleague Paul Crouch has been compiling some information on the Twitter users from Yorkshire for a project he is working on and I thought [...]

Facebook – to add or not to add?

Social Media on February 9th, 2009 3 Comments

Do you share your Facebook details with clients and new business prospects or do you prefer to use linked-in for professional contacts?
My colleague Rebecca Caddy wrote a post a while ago about how she used Facebook. Becca comments: “I don’t want to be the only person not tagged in certain photos or be unable [...]

Word-of-mouth vouchers are saving Pizza Express

Marketing, Social Media on February 6th, 2009 No Comments

We all know that we are now locked in a recession, negative news everyday and Mr Peston has officially become the voice of disaster. However, I can’t help feeling that one business has taken the bull by its horns to beat the credit crunch.
Pizza Express has been running 2 for 1 voucher schemes since [...]