Russian Social Media Awakening As Keith Richards (founding member of The Rolling Stones) commented “it was jeans and rock music that brought the iron curtain down”. As historian Niall Ferguson wittily noted: “perhaps the greatest mystery of the cold war is why the workers’ paradise could not manage to produce […]
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Obamas Social Media Campaigns Obama in his 2008 electoral campaign was commended for his masterly utilisation of social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Myspace. He even going as far as setting up his very own social media site in the form of: My.BarrackObama.com. What was most remarkable about […]
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Red Sun Rising: The Dawn of Chinese Social Media With connections playing an essential part in the Chinese business community, it is perhaps then little wonder that Chinese social media has blossomed. Becoming the edifice shaping Chinese relationship-building; the evidence of this is clearly demonstrated through the vast number of […]
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Reddit Social Media from Space So there you are, orbiting 200 miles above the earth on the International Space Station, blazing through space like a tin comet, blinking in wonderment as continents and oceans fly by beneath your feet like road signs flicking past the car window as you hurtle […]
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Global Social Media Week So how was it for you then? Social Media Week we mean? You’d be forgiven for missing it, unless you’re social media obsessives like us, but February 18th – 22nd was global Social Media Week. What is Social Media Week we hear you scream? Well, in […]
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YouTube Marketing In just a few years (believe it or not it was only launched in February 2005 in the US and June 2007 in the UK), it has become the largest video sharing site in the world and a massive part of contemporary culture. This article looks at business […]
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Business Social Media It’s a debate that’s spanned boardrooms to bedrooms: “Social media – it’s nice and cute and everything but are any companies actually making money from it. And can we improve our business social media?” Let’s face it, it’s easy enough for a business to gain ‘Friends’ and ‘Likes’. Send […]
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UK Social Media Snooping Laws News that the government plans to introduce UK social media snooping laws allowing it to monitor private web use, email communications and social networking messages has caused many a furrowed brow since being announced in March 2012. In simple terms, the measure permits GCHQ, the […]
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