Commissioning through social networks
Time for some fun stuff after a few days off (he says, blogging from the iPhone, do tell me whether you can read this!). I’ve been asked to commission and edit a supplement that will go out with one of...
View ArticleBloggers and press releases
Image by Kevglobal via Flickr Back from the Easter Hols (very nice thanks, few days at mum’s place) and I’ve walked straight into an argument over PR and blogging. It started innocently enough; a...
View ArticleWorking for free
Since I mentioned on this blog and elsewhere a while ago that I’d been commissioned to write a book on social networking a number of people have asked me to speak at events. This is of course most kind...
View ArticleNews anchors at war
This is one of those examples of what can go wrong in social media even when you’re not using it. The following is a video clip of an American news programme – keep watching and wait and see what...
View ArticleSocial networks harming morality?
I was going to blog aboutthe reports claiming social networking harm morality earlier on but decided against it – they were too silly, I thought. Then they hit the National Press here in the UK. And...
View ArticleMusic and Twitter
This is an odd one. The Streets, a band in the UK for anyone who doesn’t know, are going to start uploading music and making it available to fans free through their Twitter feed. 10/10 for innovative...
View ArticleIs Twitter useless?
A cross-post from my Daniweb blog – debate on Twitter and its effectiveness continues. Click here to read the entry.
View ArticleBuilding online communities profitably
Image via Wikipedia A great blog post from the moblogsproblems blog points to areas that might explain why people don’t follow someone online, or why they don’t take part in communities. Since one of...
View ArticleTwitter annoyances
Image via CrunchBase Great blog post pointed out by Jack Schofield of the Guardian to his followers, on ways of annoying Twitter users. I could add a few; we’re getting to the stage at which posting to...
View ArticleNew home
A little housekeeping – sometime over the next 24 hours new entries on the Social Networking Blog will start to appear on my website at http://www.clapperton.co.uk – you’ll still be able to get there...
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