Category Archives: News

Web pages or Facebook?

Dom took part in Neville Hobson‘s FIR podcast (For Immediate Release) over the weekend discussing whether Facebook is a viable alternative for traditional websites and where Facebook fits into the branding and marketing mix. Discussion participants were FIR co-hosts Neville …

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ChildLine campaign wins NMA Award

Last year our moderation team worked on the NSPCC’s Idea campaign which aimed to reposition and raise awareness of ChildLine in the lead up to the launch of ChildLine Online Services last year. Now the campaign has been recognised for its innovative use of social media and has been awarded the New Media Effectiveness award for Best Use of Social Media.

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The Times Paywall: A Community Manager view

Thank you to one of our community managers, Frank, who wanted to share his thoughts on the impact of The Times paywall – Darika So The Times & Sunday Times has begun to charge users for accessing its online content.  …

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Facebook page management

Do you manage a Facebook page for business? Should you?
How do you get ROI from a Facebook page?
How much management does a page really need?

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Does your Personality affect your social networking?

A new study titled “Personality and Social Network Usage”  is being conducted by Andrew Lee from Manchester Business School. The study  is comparing users of Facebook and Twitter to examine the similarities and differences between the two, whilst looking at personality characteristics …

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