January 27, 2012 in Blog, Business, Social Media by davidmcweeney

Social Media Managers Masterclass Special Offer

Is 2012 going to be the year you optimise your business’s social media presence? If you sign up for any of our February Social Media Managers Masterclass Workshops before 31st of January 2012 we will carry out a free Social Media Audit for your business.

Still not convinced? Have a look at our teaser video below to see what you can expect to gain from it all. (Make sure to watch it in full screen)

If you would like to learn more about our Social Media Managers Masterclass you can email team@socialmedia.ie or call +353 (0) 1 804 4746. Don’t forget to download our free eBook here.

January 27, 2012 in Blog, Facebook, Google+, Social Media, Twitter by davidmcweeney

Socialmedia.ie Tweets of the Week

Just in case you missed them, here are five of our top tweets from the last seven days. Make sure to follow @socialmedia_ie to get top social media news and content as it happens.

Google Plus Continues to Up Its Game socialmedia.ie/social-media-b…

— Social Media Ireland (@socialmedia_ie) January 25, 2012

Crowdsourcing and Star Wars: How Fans of the Film Have Joined Forces to Recreate Their Favourite Scenes socialmedia.ie/social-media-b…

— Social Media Ireland (@socialmedia_ie) January 24, 2012

Great tips for integrating #Socialmedia into your wesbite ow.ly/8Hq7o via @lenvassos @smexaminer

— Social Media Ireland (@socialmedia_ie) January 26, 2012

#Googleplus sticks the boot in to #Facebook by offering “more secure sharing” to teensow.ly/8Hxo2 via @brettrelander @Mashable

— Social Media Ireland (@socialmedia_ie) January 26, 2012

Will “Apps For Timeline” Make Facebook The Next Major Apps Ecosystem? marketingland.com/why-facebook-m… via @marketingland

— Social Media Ireland (@socialmedia_ie) January 20, 2012

For more great Social Media news as it happens be sure to follow @socialmedia_ie

January 25, 2012 in Blog, Google+, Social Media by fionapope

Google Plus Continues to Up Its Game

Last week, Cian wrote about Google Plus’ new strategic move by using the Google Plus Hangout feature to attract more users. Fresh from signing a new two-year contract with the LA Galaxy, David Beckham was the latest celebrity to let fans ‘Hangout’ with him. Beckham enjoyed it so much that he has vowed that it won’t be his last and is already planning his next ‘Hangout’ at Google HQ. So who will be next to participate in one of these live video chats? Surely David Beckham is a tough name to beat?

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January 24, 2012 in Blog, Digital Video, Social Media by fionapope

Crowdsourcing and Star Wars: How Fans of the Film Have Joined Forces to Recreate Their Favourite Scenes

In 2009, StarWarsUncut was developed by Casey Pugh in order to create new experiences on the internet. StarWarsUncut asked Internet users to remake “Star Wars: A New Hope” into a fan film, 15 seconds at a time. Contributors recreated scenes in any way they wanted and within a few moths StarWarsUncut was a huge success. No one could have predicted the extraordinary creativity that emerged from the Star Wars fans around the world. Pugh’s creation was turning into a success that he could never have imagined and in 2010 StarWarsUncut won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media.

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January 20, 2012 in Blog, Social Media by fionapope

Conor Lynch Talks to Newstalk About the Proposed Broadcasting Charge

On January 19th, Conor Lynch was on Newstalk FM discussing Pat Rabbitte’s proposal for the new broadcasting charge. You can listen to his discussion on the Lunchtime show with Damien Kiberd and Jonathan Healy below.

Conor Lynch Talks to Newstalk About the Proposed Broadcasting Charge by SocialMedia.ie

January 19, 2012 in Blog, Facebook, Social Media by fionapope

Creating Connections Photo Competition Winner Announced

Back in November we launched the Creating Connections Photo Competition on the Connector Facebook page. We used RazorCoast to develop this Facebook app which was very easy to set-up and install and we have seen great results through our growing fan base. We would highly recommend this application to anyone looking to create a competition on their Facebook page.

Applicants had to upload a picture of themselves with their favourite connection whether it was a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, a family member or even a pet. We had loads of entries but sadly there can only be one winner. And who is the lucky winner I hear you ask? Based on your votes, the winner of the Creating Connections Photo Competition is…(drum roll please)…Paul Seeber.

Congratulations to Paul who has won a fantastic gift bag!

January 19, 2012 in Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, Twitter by fionapope

SocialMedia.ie’s Free Social Media eBook 2012

We have created a new Social Media eBook for all our readers. Written by Conor Lynch, Cian Corbett and Fiona Pope, this free eBook is the perfect beginners guide to using Social Media for your business. The Social Media eBook 2012 is a compilation of SocialMedia.ie’s article for the Institute of Directors in January 2012 and our ten article social media series in the Sunday Business Post towards the end of 2011.

You can download the Social Media eBook 2012 along with our two eBooks from 2011 here.

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January 16, 2012 in Blog, Facebook, Google, Google+, LinkedIn, Social Media, Training, Twitter by ciancorbett

Social Search and David Beckham: Google Plus ups its game

Before Christmas I wrote a short blog on the current state of Social Media’s “Big 4“. That’s right, the previously known “Big 3″ being Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin were now joined at the table by the divisive new comer Google +. The stat’s read as follows:

• Cost $585m to build
• 50 million registered users
• Has yet to create any revenue (due to lack of advertising model and few business pages)

However, despite the fact we’re only 2 weeks into 2012, there have already been a few changes which could see drastic improvements in Google +.

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January 13, 2012 in Blog, Facebook, Presentations, Seminars, Social Media, Training by davidmcweeney

Cian Corbett Delivers a Social Media Training Session for the Digital Marketing Institute

Yesterday evening Cian delivered a three hour session on social media on behalf of the Digital Marketing Institute. As the first session of two to be delivered at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Cian covered an introduction to social media and gave some in depth advice on blogs and Facebook Marketing.

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January 13, 2012 in Blog, Social Media, Twitter by kevinyourell

Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Social TV.

How BBC’s Sherlock is using Social Media to interact with it’s audience like never before.

I could probably write a few thousand words on predictions, forecasts and rumours about how TV is changing; how we watch it, how we interact with it, how we decide what we watch, in short how it’s going to become more “Social”. But I’m not going to. I’m going to look at how one TV show is using the tech available to it now, instead of waiting for what is to come.

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January 6, 2012 in Blog, Social Media by fionapope

SocialMedia.ie’s 12 Campaigns of 2012

Happy New Year! We would like to wish you all a successful 2012 with lots of social media.

This year we will be creating 12 special social media campaigns, one for every month.

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