Social Media

Are you ready for the new Twitter profile?

Dated: 18 February 2014

It’s not available to everyone… yet. However, it’s a good idea to be ready for the new Twitter profile when it’s released and ensure that your profile still looks ‘the business’ when the switch over happens. Currently your Twitter Profile probably looks something like this on a PC. You may have noticed over the past […]

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Twitter Search: Find people local to you

Dated: 6 January 2014

Trying to find people local to you, but getting frustrated with Twitter Advanced Search still not working correctly? Being able to use the internet to search for what you want is a skill in itself. In our office we often refer to the ability as ‘Google Foo’: the ability to know the most effective search […]

Twitter Search Tricks

Dated: 2 January 2014

Some quick handy Twitter Search tricks: 1. Remove Retweets by adding -rt to the search. Eg. Bedford -rt 2. Set a time limit using until: yyyy-mm-dd. Eg Biggleswade until:2014-01-06 3. Since can also be used in the same way since:yyyy-mm-dd. 4. Combine the two for a ‘between x and y’ search. Eg. Bedford since:2014-01-01 until:2014-01-06 […]

Quick and easy guide to getting started with Pinterest

Dated: 11 February 2013

If you’ve decided that you’d like to give Pinterest a go, you might be a bit overwhelmed with all the various options. I wrote the following guide for a client and thought it might be useful to others too… Please note, this tutorial is for the Pinterest Website. Things work slightly differently on the current […]

Pinterest – Is it the right place for you?

Dated: 4 February 2013

When I ask clients whether they have tried Pinterest yet, usually I get a puzzled look or a groan. The groans can be roughly translated as “not another social media platform I have to get to grips with?!” Yes there are a lot of social media platforms, and you should always be careful you’re not […]

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