The Social Media Journey
Top Twitter Acronyms
Jun 20th
With only 140 characters its becoming more and more common to use shorthand typing, snappy acronyms and Twitter slang when tweeting. Not only does some of these tweets take us ages to work out but it can often leave us feeling like we are just not down with the kids?
I have pulled together some of the most commonly used acronyms on Twitter to help bring you up to social speed.
What are some of your fav’s? 
15 reasons why I think Facebook rocks!
Jun 20th
I currently use my Facebook to stay connected! Its my very own customised newspaper with a window in to the lives of friends and family all over the world. There are many reason why I use Facebook in this way to stay connected and I also think there are many benefits for businesses but here are some of my personal reasons why I love Facebook.
Facebook for me
- Clean and simple layouts -Since the big layout redesign the FB interface continues to be visually more appealing and easier to use
- Real names and real people
- Blast from the past -One of the key benifits is being able to connect with people that you have lost contact over the years.
- Groups – Join like minded people
- Vanity – There is a bit of a show-off in us all
- View Wall-to-wall
- Photo albums and Tagging pictures to share your visual journey with others
- De-tagging – beneficial for those pictures you wish never made it on to the web!
- Status Updates, Mini-feed – Daily friends update
- Stay connected with Friends and Family all over the world
- Never forget peoples birthdays – This has saved my bacon a few times
- Easy to find out and manage events
- Voyeurism/Stalking – don’t deny it!
- Do your homework – If your going to a dinner with friends who have invited other friends you can put a face to the name even before you meet, or a friend tries to set you up on a blind date… save the embarrassment and check their profile!
- The ‘LIKE’ button – I like the like button. You can also see which of your fiends like the same things you do for example; I ‘liked’ the cheerleading page on FB and found and old friend from the US and reconnected.
3 reasons why I love Facebook for Business
VIDEO: Social Media Song: Crazy Little Thing The Web
Jun 19th
I almost wish I’d never come across this video as I’ve sadly been humming it to myself now for days. On reflection though this is actually very funny with a tongue and cheek look at the world of social media. The comedian (day job; digital public relations consulting and presenting) is Pete Codella (@codella) who is just hilarious in this video. What Pete has done by creating this video has made him stand out from the crowd and propelled himself into the limelight. Enjoy!
Also available on iTunes as part of the Online PR Podcast Episode 006 by Pete Codella and Mark Polson of Codella Marketing and Code Greene, respectively
Twitoaster – The Twitter conversation service
Jun 19th
Twitoaster is a web application that gives you real time statistics and analytics to help you monetize the success of your Twitter activity. At a glance you can see the success of your tweets and your overall inflence with your posts, helping you improve the way you communicate with your followers.
This is a fantastic way to group and keep track of all your tweets and mentions in one helpful stream . Take a look at the Twitoaster quick guide.
Another great feature of Twitoaster is the WordPress widget which captures your blog post mentions and replies and adds it to the comments section on your blog.
Congratulations to Arnaud Meunier the creater of Twitoaster who has announced that he will be joining the Twitter team. Wish you all the best and I am sure after creating this fantastic Twitter service that we will be seeing great things from you in the future. See Arnauld’s announcement here
When will I be mayor?
Jun 15th
With the rise in popularity and hype around Foursquare, it was not going to be long before we started to see companies pop up everywhere to ride the wave. There is a fantastic app called ‘When will I be Mayor?‘ Have you ever wanted to become the mayor fo your favorite venue on foursquare? well now you can with this great analytical tool which tells you how many more times you need to check in to become Mayor of that venue with weekly reports and updates
A great addition in future releases would be to be able to see, at a glance where all the offers and promotions are locally to you or near your most popular locations to encourage you to visit them more often to take advantage.
You can follow this app on Twitter here @mayorplease
