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5 Tips To Ensure Your Business Shows Up In Facebook Graph Search (eye tracking study)
Facebook’s powerful new “Graph Search” feature is now being rolled out to users. To jump the queue you can join the waitlist at https://www.facebook.com/about/graphsearch. I’ve written previously about the rich—and sometimes disturbing—insights that the tool search feature will bring, but a new study by Mediative sheds light on how new users are actually using the…
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How Your Facebook Likes Can Expose The Real You
If you like the iPod page on Facebook you’re probably more dissatisfied with your life than someone who likes Sarah Palin. That’s just one of the findings from a new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge that shows how much of our personality we share through our Facebook Likes, whether we realise it…
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day, dear reader. You already know, but here’s what fills my heart every time I think of you. xxx (with thanks to the excellent Tagxedo for making this lovely heart from some of the words on this blog)
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Top UK Online Marketing Bloggers
People often ask me to recommend great digital marketing blogs they should read. I have my own favourites, hand-picked over the years according to the usefulness of the content they share. For every blog I keep following there are usually two or three I ditch because they fail to blog regularly or to a consistently…
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Digital Marketing Investments Set To Rise in 2013
Digital marketers should take heart from new data from Gartner that suggest investment levels in digital marketing at large companies are likely to increase across many disciplines in 2013. No surprise, social media is the area where most companies plan to increase their investment, with mobile apps close behind. Tablets apps look set to receive…
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The Recession-Busting Vending Machine
Are you depressed about the world’s economic woes? Well, here’s a vending machine that puts a novel spin on bad news. Spotted at the recently opened Open Data Institute in London UK, this vending machine has been reprogrammed to automatically dispense free snacks every time recession-related terms make the headlines on the BBC News RSS…
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Powerful Data Visualisation from Autodesk’s Organic Org Chart
Data, data, data. It’s the fuel behind a new world of discoveries and possibilities. Take this video from AutoDesk that vividly illustrates how the company’s organisational chart has evolved over 4 years from May 2007-June 2011. It’s not, perhaps, the most user-friendly way to present the data, but in the hands of an experienced observer…
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Reflections On 2012, A Year of Extraordinary Change
As the calendar year draws to a close and our attention turns to spending time with family and friends over the festive break, I like to take a moment to look back on the 12 months past to reflect on how much has changed. Most progress is gradual, it takes time to build, leaving many…
