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Social Media Makes Happiness Profitable

Like most men my age (37) I spend a large percentage of my day bemoaning the fact that banks, utility companies, online retailers - in fact, all large businesses without exception - value their profits over my time and happiness. These organisations seem quite happy...
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Social Media and Chaos: A Love Story

Several month's ago I read a fascinating article by John Naughton. He was looking at social media successes - such as Wikipedia and MySpace - and asking the obvious question: who would have thought this would work? When planning to create a new encyclopaedia, you would ...
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Social Media Monitoring Goes Niche

One of the most interesting points made at Monitoring Social Media 09 last month was the suggestion from Matthäus Krzykowski (VentureBeat) that monitoring could be made more accurate by narrowing the focus of the tools down to a specific industry. It stands to reason r...
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Monitoring Social Media 09 – Photos & Presentations

Over 200 delegates from around the world attended our conference Monitoring Social Media 09 yesterday in London, including more than 100 PR and marketing execs, 40 leading brands and 15 social media monitoring companies. We managed to squeeze 12 presentations and 3 ...
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The Benefits of Social Media Monitoring for Charities

Benefits of Social Media Monitoring for Charities Ten years ago I was helping leading charities in the UK, including Christian Aid, YMCA, Woodland Trust, Epilepsy Action and Breast Cancer Care, to develop online communities. Since then the game has changed. It’s no l...
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