Author Archives: Kerry Waller

New Year’s Resolutions

Tweet This morning I had a good think about what my New Year’s Resolutions are going to be… the normal ’go to the gym’, ‘don’t let work stress me out so much’ made their annual appearances. But I am making some … Continue reading

Don’t be a spammer on Twitter!

TweetI think Twitter is the most discerning of social networks and it drives me nuts to see people abusing it, broadcasting, spamming, boasting about numbers of followers, etc. They seem to have forgotten the quintessential point of social networking: users … Continue reading

Twitter & The Great Escape Festival

TweetThe Great Escape Festival hits Brighton every May and has been going strong since 2006, establishing itself as Europe’s leading festival for showcasing new music. Multiple venues are full of live music for 3 days, the city is full of … Continue reading

Brighton’s Great Tweets

TweetI scanned Twitter for a few minutes before I even got out of bed this morning (yes, I’m a Twitter addict) and two of the tweets I saw instantly registered as great tweets. I knew straight away that I would, … Continue reading

Facebook Timeline for Business Pages: Think Content!

TweetFacebook Timeline is coming to brand pages on 30th March and, as I mentioned in a previous post ‘Facebook Timeline for Business: What’s New?’, there is more emphasis now on posting decent content to encourage more interaction with fans. As … Continue reading

Make your own Hashtag Infographic with Visual.ly

TweetBy using the lovely site Visual.ly you can create an infographic based on either a certain hashtag (below) or a personal Facebook ‘Monster’ by allowing it to access you Facebook profile and information (you will not see THAT below). You do have … Continue reading

Facebook Timeline for Business: What’s new?

TweetFacebook Timeline is coming to brand pages whether we like it or not so lets get to the bottom of what it means for your business. There’s a fair bit of reluctance out there…. but lets embrace the change and … Continue reading

Getting started with Google Reader

TweetGoogle Reader is a truly wonderful thing once you get used to it. It can save you no end of time, improving productivity and really is so simple to learn. Everyone who uses the internet and reads content from different … Continue reading

Social Media and the small business in 2011

TweetWhen you consider that 98% of 18-24 year olds use social media, 800 million people use Facebook, 100 million people use LinkedIn, and 177 million tweets are sent per day, it’s not surprising that a social media expert would be … Continue reading

Do you have Klout?

Tweet Klout provides social media analytics to measure the influence of a profile across social media networks. You are given you a Klout Score based on your ability to drive action through creating content and engagement; how often links are clicked … Continue reading