Only 29% Of Companies Have A Social Media Policy: Is Your Company At Risk?

ShareCompanies are coming to terms with the growth and use of Social Media within and without their organisations and some of the companies that I deal with are grappling with its implications and how to use it in a positive way. Currently only 29% of companies have a Social Media Policy, so I thought it [...]

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Latest Study: How The Fortune 100 Are Using Twitter

ShareI have recently been reviewing social media in a general sense so a new study by Weber Shandwick on Twitter that I came across was an opportunity to provide a more specific social media channel review about Twitter, that looks at the current use by the Fortune 100 and how they are currently implementing Twitter across their [...]

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Study Reveals: 13 Best Practices Of Social Media Implemented By The Top 200 US Charities

ShareI have noticed in both observing and working with non profits that their uptake and utilization of social media is creative, innovative and extensive and when I came upon this study by  the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research who had recently completed (June 2009) one of the first statistically significant studies on the usage of social media by United States [...]

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"How Non Profits Can Use Social Media – Facebook Edition"

ShareWhy Use Facebook for your Non Profit? Good question, well here are some facts that might get your attention. Facebook is one of the largest social media sites on the web: More than 200 million active users More than 100 million users log on to Facebook at least once each day More than two-thirds of [...]

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" How Your Non Profit Can Be Heard Above The Noise "

ShareI was watching a documentary on the “Child Witches of Africa”  the other night and it struck me how inhumane man is to man (or in this case innocent children). It is taking place in some of the poorest parts of Nigeria, where evangelical religious fervour is combined with a belief in sorcery and black magic, many thousands [...]

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“ 9 Favourite Social Media Tips for Non Profits and Events that Have Used Social Media for a Good Cause”

Share Social Media has been in the news a lot, about how it can be used by business to make profits. What is quite often not realised, is that social media can be utilised to enable non profits and charities to raise money for good causes because NGO’s are all about community, and this raises passion and involvement. Some non profits have worked [...]

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"Favourite Tweets on Personal Branding Using Social Media, and How it Has Made Millions"

SharePersonal Branding has become much easier to enable with the rise of Social Media, such as Blogs, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. You can get your name out there, generate attention, become acknowledged as a “thought leader” and get noticed. All it takes is some time, and the use of some Internet tools that can assist, leverage [...]

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"The Weeks Best Tweets On How Companies and Non Profit's are Using Social Media"

ShareHere are some of the best blogs and posts that I came upon last week on my web journey, that I managed to tweet about. I hope you find them useful and enlightening  1. “How Companies and Non Profits are Monetizing Social Media” This article by Laurel Papworth  is about the various social media monetization [...]

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"6+1 More Great Resources on Using Facebook For Your Non Profit Organisation, Personal Brand and Company"

ShareAs I promised in my last post, here are 6 more great resources on using Facebook, for companies, personal branding and NGOs (Non Profits). What you will find in fact is that there isn’t 6 but a “Bonus” which makes 7, which is about “5 Tips for Enhancing Your Brands Presence on Facebook”. A lot of people end up being passionate about one type of [...]

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"7 Great Resources on Using Facebook For Your Non Profit Organisation, Personal Brand and Company"

ShareFacebook  has been adding new functions and features that enable Companies, Non Profits and Individuals to promote their brand, raise money and increase sales and have conversations with their communities and networks. The following posts are some of the latest reviews and studies of what is unfolding in “Social Media” in the Facebook space, that I have [...]

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