The BBC have launched a new look and feel for their news and sports sites. Have you noticed?

The site now reminds me (a bit) of a talk I heard last year at Internet World when one of the speakers (sadly can’t recall who) was describing that we’d be forgiven for thinking a […]

Watch Common Craft’s online clip of ‘what’s a blog’ here:

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All industry has it’s own jargon, and with each new subsection more jargon arrives. Well, blog’s now have their own decoder at www.blogossary.com/ so you can understand what the very keen are writing about.

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My inbox has been full of invitations, over the past four months, to join social media training sessions. Their day’s session focus is usually on how to market your clients work on these emerged tools (social networks and blogs).
I’d like to point you in the direction of Chris Lake’s recent post on e-consultancy.com with […]

Last week saw the annoucment that there are 4 million active bloggers in the UK and more than half of them are female.
I was on the train reading the news in someone else’s paper so that when I searched on line for a source to refer to in this blog entry, I came […]

Jaiku, the finnish founded social networking site - that let’s you stay in touch with your friends on line or by mobile - today joined Google. No specific plans announced, just enhancing the google offering. No sums disclosed either. Read about it here: http://www.jaiku.com/ .
This week Google also made news when it […]

Not much seems to be written on or acknowledged about the phenomenon of spam comments on blogs. It is relentless and can become an administrative nightmare if not dealt with - ie deleted - regularly!
Typically we get three types:
The upfront offering:
Porn
Pharmaceuticals
Insurances
Cars
Pay dayloans
Watches
The cover up offering
a short comment saying ‘nice page’ or ‘nice colours’ or […]

Our MD, Adrian Melrose today was part of the line up at Screen International’s Film Future Summit.
Adrian was there to share his experience particularly in social media for promoting films. Content remains king. If it’s a good product, ‘word of mouth’ will spread the good news like wildflower. If you […]

Apologies for the delay in commenting on the talks we heard at London’s Internet World, but at last the opportunity has arisen to jot down some perceived wisdom and pass it on.
The speakers we enjoyed listening to - who had real news and views to impart - were Ashley Friedlein (CEO of E-consultancy.com) and Loic […]

“Universal McCann conducted research across 21 global markets. It claims that Asian markets are driving adoption, with China and South Korea leading the way in actively creating content and socialising online.” To read the full article on brandrepublic, follow this link.
This does perhaps add credibility to the claim that we didn’t support (!) that […]