Google + Brand Pages In Two Weeks?

Earlier this week, an announcement appeared from Google concerning product pages for the highly desirable Google +. In it, Christian Oestlien, a product manager for Google +, advised businesses to refrain from building product pages — which are akin to …

Google Farm Businesses Out of Google Plus

Google have today revealed that they are hot on the trail of businesses that are looking to create profiles within the Google+ social networking site, speaking out in a post on the platform to inform the public that they are looking to prevent businesses for joining the site through the incorrect methods. Since the news [...]Google Farm Businesses Out of Google Plus is a post from: Dave Naylor's SEO...

Kiss Goodbye To Privacy – Google To Take It Away 31st July

Online giants Google have revealed that they are set to remove all private accounts within their new Google Plus social networking platform following a review of the current accounts showed that a number of users were limiting the exposure of their accounts online. Last week Google announced the release of their Twitter and Facebook alternative [...]Kiss Goodbye To Privacy – Google To Take It...

Sharing on the Web; What, How & Where…

Sharing, we all do it on the web, a lot of the time we probably don’t even realise we’re doing it; posting a link to our Facebook profile, re-tweeting an interesting post, social bookmarking, even forwarding an email. It happens all the time, everywhere, and this phenomenon is now so big, it’s time to take notice of how it affects online marketing. A recent study has shown that traffic...

Papworth Trust Facebook Page

Papworth Trust is a leading disability charity which supports over 20,000 people each year through a wide range of services covering employment, housing, personal support, vocational rehabilitation and learning for life and work. This fantastic charity deserves a Facebook Page that shows off their key services and the vital work they do. Here at Clicky Media, we’ve given them an attractive Facebook...

10 Things I Hate About You (As a Blogger)

You broke my heart. So you leave me no choice: I have to break up with you. Don’t get me wrong; it was fun while it lasted. You were always making me smile with your clever headlines and funny captions. And I’ll never forget all the times you thoughtfully gave me advice. I thought we were a match made in heaven. I thought we’d be together forever. But you ruined everything....

Create Online Surveys: Guide To The Best Free Services

Are you looking for a web-based service that allows you to create and publish a professional online survey? Do you need to create an online survey but are not too sure about what service to use? In this MasterNewMedia guide you can find the best available online survey services and some information to help you choose your ideal one.Photo credit: John Takai Online surveys main application is to help...

Social Media For Non-Profit And Charities: Key Trends And Adoption Rates

If you are interested in finding out the rate of organizational adoption of social media by the largest charities in the US, this new report written by Nora Barnes and sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research provides all of the information you are looking for.Photo credit: Eyeidea and AlexMax Key highlights from this report include: a) For the first time...

Facebook the peacemaker

A great deal has been written about social media’s role in the recent Middle East uprisings. This week Mark Zuckerberg alluded to a second, equally-important, role as a bridge that connects people accross political or religous divides. The chart below comes from peace.facebook.com. Launched in 2009, Peace on Facebook hopes to play a part in “promoting peace by building...

Top Internet Marketing Trends For 2011: The Best Strategies To Follow

What are the key emerging internet marketing trends? Which are the new marketing factors to take into greater consideration in the near future?Photo credit: Absolut Vision, mashed-up by Robin Good In this realm, some of the most frequently asked questions I receive in my inbox include: "Hey Robin, should I invest extra energies on Facebook and Twitter? What's the future of link building strategies? Who...

Social Media Super Bowl – Overhyped & Underperformed

At a reported $3 million per 30 second spot, Super Bowl advertising is big business. For a multimillion dollar investment, brands should be maximizing every opportunity to reach potential customers. Which advertisers took advantage of a customer base actively engaged in the big game to extend the conversation? Not too many. In the much-hyped ads airing during the Super Bowl, big brands primarily went...

Digital Media Trends: The Future Guide To The Best Predictions For 2011

What are the key new media, communication and social technology trends that are going to affect you the most during 2011?Photo credit: Ruben Sarkisyan In the coming weeks, me and the MasterNewMedia editorial team, will devote a large amount of resources and time to identify, collect, and organize the most interesting, relevant and insightful media and technology predictions for 2011, in a series...

Twitter Users And Receptivity

I spotted an interesting data point in the recent report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, entitled “The Social Side Of The Internet.” The basic findings of the report – that Internet users are more social – may perhaps come as no surprise, but I love to look for little “spicy meatballs” in data like these – the interesting, dramatic...

Clay Shirky and Robert Scoble – the future of social networking

Here’s a great few minutes with two great men in the field of communication. Robert from Technology angle, Clay from the philosophical/sociological angle. If you haven’t read Clay’s book, Cognitive Surplus, you’ll probably see Quora in a whole new light now.

5 Tips for Individuals to Help Companies Get More Out of LinkedIn

LinkedIn officially launched on May 5, 2003 with a total of 4,500 members in the first month. Known mostly as a business social network, LinkedIn has been adopted globally with nearly 2 billion people searches in 2010 and over 90 million users in January 2011. To top it off, a forthcoming IPO will raise even more money for expansion. Yet amongst many business professionals, LinkedIn seems to fight...