As the heart of the Facebook experience is the profile, they are releasing a new layout that will allow you to express yourself more over a long period of time, rather than just right now. The way they propose to do this is by enabling a new layout in the form of a ‘timeline’ that […]
We saw hints of what was to come a few days ago when we caught the subtle top-bar change on Facebook, and have seen many new features being tested around over the last few weeks, but this morning Facebook unleashed a new layout onto its 500million+ users. This will obviously be met by the critics […]
We’ve been watching this development over the last day or so and have seen that Facebook will be making a move to a more Twitter-like approach to personal-brands (ie celebrities, journalists and other public figures). What the change essentially does is allows other Facebook users to opt-in to receiving public status updates, links and shares […]
This morning, Facebook made it easier for us to keep an eye on its most important features no matter how far we scroll down their pages. Yes, we didn’t notice too for a while. The top navigation is now constantly showing, allowing users to quickly check their notifications, messages and friend requests without having to […]
Don’t get burned by making bad decisions in the online marketing game. Have a read over some of my observations of what to look out for when choosing who to trust with your brand’s online presence. Everyone has realised that a shift to newer and more interactive forms of marketing is inevitable, and its for […]
We continue our mission to help companies, event organisers and individuals use social media more effectively. Whilst doing so we also help report bugs to Facebook for things that make your lives harder or more ‘confusing’. We just notified the big blue social media that Event Dates and Times were showing wrong when they were […]
We’ve been working hard on finding a way to enable effective Facebook Places campaigns with a high ROI for our clients here in Cyprus, and we’ve managed to get it working. This weekend we are testing our very first ‘check in offer’ using Facebook’s Places via the 7 Seas fan page. The entertainment manager will […]
Since we use YouTube a lot during the work day, and in our leisure time, we have noticed a feature that could ideally bring in the social-factor that Google has been struggling to capture for years. Although YouTube already has a built in community with comments and friends, why not incorporate the Google+ circles above it? How this could […]
A while ago I blogged about how to track your Blackberry should it ever get lost or stolen, now a friend asked me if I knew any way to track a MacBook Pro since she had her previous device stolen without having installed tracking software. So during my investigations earlier on today, I came across […]
If you work in marketing or are in charge of a brand’s image we have a question for you… Whilst social-networks do provide the ability to perform ‘DIY-marketing’, should your brand really be experimenting? We have always worked hard on providing quality competition platforms and online marketing solutions to our clients. These not only work […]