April 23, 2012 in Blog, Social Media by patrickbrowne

Social Media Tweets of the week – 22nd April 2012

Welcome to this weeks Tweets of the Week from @socialmedia_ie. This week we have been busy launching our new software, BOSSmetrics. Its a smarter way to improve your digital marketing by bringing all your digital and social data into one dashboard. With metrics in mind we also brought you 4 great reasons why website tracking is so essential for SEO and some Fortune 500 Social Media stats. Lastly if you are interested in Social Media and Blogging then why not check out our great Groupon deal here. You have until tonight to purchase at this greatly reduced price.

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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!

December 12, 2011 in Blog, Social Media, Training by fionapope

SocialMedia.ie News Mashup – 12 December 2011

Connector and EYP Tribes Christmas Party

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who attended the Connector and EYP Tribes Christmas party in Lillies Bordello last Thursday the 8^th of December.  Many thanks to our sponsors El Comandante wine, The Aviva Stadium, The Guinness Store House, Sports Person Dream and Saba Restaurant.  The event was a big success and we raised a lot of money for Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

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November 28, 2011 in Blog, Events, Press and Media, Social Media by fionapope

News Mashup – Monday 28th November 2011

Christmas Party

Our sister brand Connector has joined forces with the European Young Professionals (EYP) to bring you another great opportunity to make new connections in Dublin. This free event takes place on Thursday the 8th of December at 7pm in Lillies Bordello. For more information click here and if you would like to attend put your name on the list via our Facebook page.

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November 14, 2011 in Blog, Events, Facebook, Social Media, Training by fionapope

News Mashup – Monday 14th November 2011

Connector and EYP Christmas Party and competition

Our sister brand Connector has joined forces with the European Young Professionals (EYP) to bring you another great opportunity to make new connections in Dublin.  This free event takes place on Thursday the 8th of December at 7pm in Lillies Bordello.  For more information click here and if you would like to attend put your name on the list via our Facebook page.

We are running a competition in conjunction with the Tribes Christmas Party. All you have to do is upload a photo with yourself and your favourite connection. The winner will receive a gift bag worth €100. You can read the Terms & Conditions and enter the competition here.

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November 9, 2011 in Blog, Charities, Events, Social Media by fionapope

Connector and EYP Tribes Christmas Party

Our sister brand Connector have teamed up with European Young Professionals (EYP) to bring you another great opportunity to make new connections in Dublin. You will have the opportunity to make connections from tribes of the worlds of Arts, Music, Fashion, Sports, Film and Technology. Some food and drink will be provided by our sponsors and the entertainment will provided by a resident DJ.

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November 8, 2011 in Blog, Social Media, Training by Conor

SocialMedia.ie Connector Zone – DMI 9th Nov. 2011

About 5 years ago Conor started working with social media while Online Marketing Manager of RaboDirect.

About 3.5 years ago Connector was born and has since been joined by SocialMedia.ie and now we want to bring  some of the Connector spirit to SocialMedia.ie!  We want out trainees to network and connect with each other via our SocialMedia.ie blog.  We want to help you all make some more new connections, friends, followers and maybe even fans!

How?  Please leave a comment below with links to your web site, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn etc. and trainees/readers can connect with each other as they wish!

Happy connecting and chat soon!  And don’t forget to come to our Connector Christmas Party on 8th December in Dublin city centre.  More details soon!

September 20, 2011 in Blog, Blogging, Digital Video, Events, Social Media by fionapope

SocialMedia.ie Weekly News: September 19th

We have been very busy in the Socialmedia.ie offices and have some exciting plans in place.

Current Projects and New Team Members

Along with our regular social media training, we are currently working on a number of projects with Sage, NUI Maynooth and The Telecommunication Software and Systems Group (TSSG). In addition to these exciting projects, we have four new additions to the Socialmedia.ie team. Joining us are Cian Corbett, Fiona Pope, Liane Costello and Kieran Duffy.

Welcome to the team!

Exciting News

Conor Lynch has been asked to be a judge for the Junior Spider Awards. The programme began in 2009 and is aimed at students at primary and post primary school level. These awards aim to acknowledge the innovation amongst web creators in schools and to honour outstanding online achievements. Closing date for entries is November 1st so apply now!

Blogger of the Month

Congratulations to Phillip Bagnall who has been chosen as the first connector.TV Blogger of the Month! This award is well deserved by Phillip for all of his his sterling work watching and reviewing movies for connector.TV.

Well done Phillip, we look forward to reading your next blog post!

More Digital Video Content:

Upon Conor Lynch’s nomination for the iia Net Visionary Awards, we created this special 1950s video to highlight his achievement.

We have joined forces with director Martin Moylan once again to create even more digital content. Here we are brainstorming for our next creation. It is sure to be a good one so watch this space!

July 26, 2011 in Blog, eCommerce, Facebook, Social Commerce, Tools & Techniques by Team Connector

Connector Events trials OWJO social commerce store

OWJO is an e-commerce service, a portable online store enabling people sell on any platform, such as Facebook, or any other website.

It has been in development by designer David Johnston since 2006, with €1.5m invested into the company. The unique thing about OWJO is that it allows customers to buy on Facebook without redirecting them away from fanpages and websites during the sale. Also OWJO allows people to pay with  debit card (Laser) as well as with credit card (Visa, Mastercard, etc). The service only earns money when sales are made and it has a competitive sales commission of 7pc.

As a result, OWJO has received a large variety of adopters. Irish sports store Elverys use it to sell on social networks. The radio station Phantom FM uses it too. The service was also used to sell unseen Thin Lizzy artwork from the creator’s Facebook account.

Here is an example of our OWJO store installed into our WordPress website to promote a Connector event. The same platform was also used on our Facebook page.

Here is the link for our OWJO shop on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/conne​ctor.tv?sk=app_112224982135009

May 30, 2011 in Blog, Blogging, Business, Events, Facebook, mobile, Social Media, Twitter, Uncategorized by Team Connector

Social Media Awards 2011

And the winner is……. So exiting to be at the first awards of my life, and even better regarding something that I love too: Social Media.

I felt like I was in a movie. Conor was one of the judges and decided to bring us, his team, to a different type of training session, he said: “watch guys and learn as next year we will be on the podium!” I believe that, we are working hard, we have the passion and his knowledge, the perfect mix!

The inaugural Bord Gáis Energy Social Media Awards, which took place Thursday 26th May in the Mansion House in Dublin , organised by Damien Mulley and hosted by the inimitable Ricky O’Shea (radio 2FM), honoured companies that demonstrated innovation in their use of social media in business over the past year. The awards were judged by a panel of industry experts and members of the public.

The Grand Prix Award, for the best overall use of social media, went to Meteor Mobile, who also picked up the award for the best owned-managed business Facebook page. Here the link if you want to check it out: http://www.facebook.com/meteor

Well done to all the Social Media Awards Finalists and Sponsors, it was a great night! Good entertainments, well organised and I loved The Virtual Graffiti Wall, even if I didn’t win!

There is only one last question: will Social Media have “new ways of interacting with the public, provide better services and inevitably generate more sales??”

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Here below the list of finalists:

Facebook Page for a Business
Spin 1038 – http://www.facebook.com/spin1038
Facebook Page for a Non-Profit Organisation
Dublin Zoo – http://www.facebook.com/dublinzoo
Facebook Page for a Business (Owner Managed)
Meteor Mobile – http://www.facebook.com/meteor
Integrated Facebook Campaign (Page, App and Ads)
Maltesers Ireland – http://www.facebook.com/maltesersireland
Best Business Twitter Account – Marketing and Sales
Blacknight – @Blacknight
Best Twitter Account – Support, CRM
Eircom – @eircom
Blog of a Business – Sponsored by Frontline LED
Curious Wines – http://www.curiouswines.ie/blog/
Video/Video Campaign (non broadcast) – Sponsored by Publicis QMP
Laughing Kookaburra – Goldnomics
Online PR Campaign – Sponsored by ESOF 2012, Dublin City of Science
Wedding Dates - http://weddingdates.ie/wifecarrying
Use of Social Media by State Body/Org – Sponsored by pTools
Defence Forces
Best Mobile App
Oxegen 2010
Customer Care using Social Media (Integrated) – Sponsored by DoneDeal
Vodafone Ireland
Best Use of Social Media For A Sponsorship Campaign
Bank of Ireland Leinster Blue Magic
Innovative Use of Social Media – Sponsored by Arekibo
RTE’s The Rumour Room
Social Media Effectiveness – conversions, metrics etc – Sponsored by Kantar Media
Morning Ireland, RTE
Integrated Social Media Campaign – Sponsored by GrabOne.ie
Meteor
Agency for use of Social Media – Sponsored by Newsletter.ie
Irish International
Grand Prix – Sponsored by Bord Gais Energy
Meteor Mobile