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Promote your Business by running Competitions Correctly on Facebook

        I recently had a client come and ask me about what is the correct way of setting up promotions or competitions on Facebook. She was very concerned about doing it correctly and not getting her Page banned which does, contrary to popular belief happen quite often. Competitions, their formats and rules .. read more

Online Tools That We Love – ‘TweetDeck’

If you are thinking of Social Media you have to think ‘Twitter’ then you got to think of the online tool ‘TweetDeck’ [TD], particular if you are following over 100 people or businesses and you tweet regularly. TD is a social media dashboard application for management of Twitter and Facebook accounts is simple to use and by signing .. read more

‘Tips for Social Media Twitter Rookies’

So you are new to Social Media and you don’t know where to start but if you are thinking of Social Media you have to think of Twitter. First of all take time to fill in your details and information on your own account. Give a nice short, sharp detail of who you are what .. read more

On April 10th, 2012, posted in: Uncategorized by

Take Advantage of ‘Milestone’ on Facebook’s Timeline.

I know a lot of you are starting to get the hang of the new Business Timeline on Facebook since the changeover last weekend. I’m going to point you in the direction of a feature which I am finding very useful and a lot of our clients are too. The feature that I speak of .. read more

Just what Is ‘Pinterest’

  The following is the mission statement from Pinterest;   ‘’Our goal is to connect everyone in the world through the ‘things’ they find interesting. We think that a favorite book, toy, or recipe can reveal a common link between two people. With millions of new pins added every week, Pinterest is connecting people all .. read more

Take advantage of Posts & Photos on ‘Timeline’

            The new Facebook Timeline has received mixed reviews from Users and Businesses alike, most are disappointed the default landing page has been removed but some like the new Timeline feature. However, like it or lump it, it is here to stay so you may as well get used to .. read more

Making sense of the new Facebook for Business Layout

Hi all just a quick few words on the new Facebook for Business Layout. If you’re the administrator of a Business page you will get the opportunity to change to the new layout immediately if not it will automatically change over on the 31st of March 2012. The main change is that there will no .. read more

On March 5th, 2012, posted in: Social Media News, Social Media Tips by 6 Comment

Facebook Photo Gallery Update

New Facebook Photo Gallery Facebook have updated their photo gallery layout “again”. We just thought we’d do a little blog post about the new feature and why possible Facebook decided to make this change to the gallery settings. Have a look through the video blog we’ve created to get a better  feel for the new .. read more

On February 8th, 2012, posted in: How To Videos, Social Media News, Social Media Videos by

Cian Murphy talks with Ian Noctor on Facebook’s FTC Settlement

The FTC or Federal Trade Commission gave Facebook a little slap on the wrist for in a broad-reaching settlement on the social networks privacy settings. The FTC alleged Facebook misled its social networkers on what they were sharing and with what audience. The FTC settlement stated that Facebook must uphold a new policy that requires them .. read more

On December 7th, 2011, posted in: Rise Social Media News, Social Media News by

How to Track Your Tweets

  Hi Everyone, My name is Cian Murphy and I’ve created the following short video clip to teach you how to track your tweets online. When I say “track your tweets” I really mean “see how many people have clicked on your tweets”. The Google URL shortener and applications like bit.ly allow you to measure .. read more

On October 25th, 2011, posted in: How To Videos, Social Media Tips, Social Media Videos by