Posts tagged ‘Twitter’

UsVsTh3m: Raping presents

Dave’s Christmas spelling twits

If you’re a regular reader of Kay’s blog, you may remember my “spelling bee” post from a little while back, giving a couple of hints on how to avoid some common spelling mistakes.

‘Tis the season to be jolly (or it soon will be), so here’s a link to a dozen amusing Christmassy spelling mistakes that have cropped up on Twitter a few times already this year.

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"Yourplace" cartoon by John Atkinson of Wrong Hands

Using social media to acquire more customers

I’m sure that lots of you are just like me – completely overwhelmed by the plethora of social media. Sometimes I feel obliged to spend all my time tweeting, liking and hanging out on those sites. To be honest, I can’t face up to the task so I hardly ever do it. Anyway, is it really worthwhile? Let’s have a look.

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Does your business need social media?

I have to admit that I was never a big fan of Facebook, Twitter and the rest of the social media.

Facebook seemed like a hangout for family and friends, not a conduit for business PR.

Twitter’s 140-character limit seemed too, well, limiting to make it useful. (I have to say that Stephen Fry’s much-trumpeted presence there put me off it a bit too. Yes, he’s very clever. But doesn’t he like to let you know it?)

LinkedIn used to be a useful if rather dull way of connecting with business acquaintances and building networks – a bit like FriendsReunited for the business world. But they’ve spoilt it in recent months by turning themselves into a sort of pinstripe Facebook.

As for Google+… well, everyone’s got a profile, but who actually spends time updating it?

A (slight) change of heart

That’s my view as it was about a month ago.

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