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My top ten paramedic blogs

Bloggers, Social Media on September 15th, 2009 2 Comments

Those of you who read my blog regularly will know that I like to share information and sites which could be of interest. So if you are even remotely interested in the medical profession or have just always wondered what paramedics and doctors get up to on a day-to-day basis then this list of [...]

Increase your web traffic by more than half with a blog

Bloggers, Public Relations, Social Media on August 18th, 2009 2 Comments

I read some interesting statistics from a study this morning that has backed up what lots of us working in the social media and online PR world already believed. If you publish regular good quality content on a blogging platform you will get more traffic to your website. In fact, HubSpot is reporting that the [...]

United breaks guitars – video shows the power of social media

Amusing, Bloggers, Social Media on July 23rd, 2009 No Comments

The musician Dave Carroll was taking a trip to Nebraska when he and his band members noticed that their guitars were being broken outside. After complaining to the culprits (United Airlines staff) and getting nowhere he decided to write a song which I have to admit is pretty catchy.
It turns out that the song is [...]

Like Amir Khan – blogging is making a comeback

Bloggers, Social Media on July 22nd, 2009 3 Comments

I wrote about this topic a while ago now on my blog basically saying that although it had lost it’s novelty factor as the new thing to do online, blogging still has a vital role to play in communications for companies of all sizes.
Blogging is still a great way to publish your thoughts and opinions [...]

My top 15 walking blogs (UK)

Bloggers, Social Media on July 15th, 2009 8 Comments

Yesterday, I was searching the web to find a useful list of walking bloggers based in the UK and I couldn’t find much to help apart from a couple of decent walking magazines.
So in order to help anyone else who is interested in rambling or hill walking, I thought I would create my own [...]

Is the blogosphere about to be regulated?

Bloggers, Social Media on June 29th, 2009 2 Comments

A recent report from the Associated Press has revealed that in the US the FTC is considering regulating the blogosphere. The reason it is considering this is to stop undisclosed sponsored blog posts.
Frederic Lardinois comments:
According to the FTC, bloggers who don’t disclose that they received freebies once these new rules go into effect could become [...]

10% of Twitter users are responsible for 90% of Twitter usage

Bloggers, Social Media on June 3rd, 2009 1 Comment

I have just read a very interesting post from Stan Schroeder regarding Twitter usage in May 2009. In his post Stan discusses a new Harvard Business Review study as revealing:
Most Twitter users don’t actually use the service much, or even at all. In fact, 10% of active users are responsible for over 90% of all [...]

Blogging is dead! No it isn’t!

Bloggers, Social Media on October 31st, 2008 No Comments

I may be a bit late to reply on this but there has been quite a bit of coverage on blogging being dead following an article written in Wired, so I have decided to write this post to tell you that it isn’t dead at all!
Blogging has changed the way many people receive their [...]

Warning blogger relations mustn’t be rushed!

Bloggers, Public Relations, Social Media on October 10th, 2008 2 Comments

Yesterday, I was speaking to a friend who works in the public sector and they asked me if I would explain the blogger outreach process and how to target bloggers properly without getting burnt.
We have been busy at work over the last few weeks, reading, commenting and engaging with bloggers from lots of different sectors, [...]

Is the delivery of social media really affected by location?

Bloggers, Social Media on August 6th, 2008 3 Comments

I have been reading lots of posts about the time it takes to manage social media, ProBlogger recently asked the question: “How long does it take for you to write a blog post?” and after 294 comments the average seemed to be around an hour.
I have also been reading interesting posts from Richard [...]