Why use social media?

Are you considering using social media at work or in your professional life? Well, then you may need to get in touch with the Stellar SEO Are you trying to figure out what social media can help you achieve or see if it’s worth your while? Read on to help you understand the value social media […]

Why you don’t need a Social Media Strategy from #smwldn

I have had a busy week this week, having spoken at four separate events. Yesterday I had the privilege of being asked to deliver a presentation at Facebook’s London office as part of Social Media Week 2012. I had a room full of people for an hour to share my views about social business. It was a great experience to […]

Can conflict in social business be a good thing?

When I work from home and take a break to eat lunch I normally get my iPad out, open the TED app and watch a video to see if I can find any additional inspiration for the afternoon. Yesterday I searched for leadership and came across Margaret Heffernan’s talk called “Dare to disagree.” The official […]

How to write your first blog

I have spent the past week sunning myself around a pool, high in the Italian hills of Giaole in Chainti, Tuscany. For the last 30 years I have been convinced that I cannot hold my breath under water with out holding my nose. During the first day around the pool I was embarrassingly trying to […]

What is social media?

Social Media means so many things to so many people,  I thought I would add my 2 cents. I want to start by agreeing with Gary Vaynerchuk in saying that there is no such thing as “social media”. Social media is just a term to describe the current state of the internet. Just in the […]

How @itv2 could make more money from advertising from #towie using #socialdata

  I was walking down South Woodford high street (in Essex) with my girlfriend and her friend.  Suddenly a girl came chasing after us. She wanted us to be extras in the latest episode of “The only way is Essex” (TOWIE). As it happened I couldn’t make it but I was a bit gutted! I might lose all […]

What is the future of Social Media? Series Intro

On January 8th 2007 all the mobile phone handset providers were rubbing their hands together and counting how much money they were making from the boom in mobile device sales. Then the next day, this happened…… (if you’re short of time just watch the first 3 minutes and 10 seconds, its inspiring) Steve Jobs talks about how […]