Social Media Monitoring Whitepaper Published
I thought I’d let you know that the Whitepaper I wrote for DW Publishing was published this week. It’s called “An Introduction to Social Media Monitoring” and lists some of my favourite free tools, as well as paid for alternatives. Regular readers of SWT will know that social media monitoring and measurement is something I’m fascinated More...
Social Web Thing up for some comms Award
I received some wonderful news this week – Social Web Thing has been shortlisted for a social media award at the some comms awards organised by Don’t Panic. The nomination is for Best Industry Blog and SWT is More...
The Ultimate Social Media Dashboard
This weeks launch of Google Real Time has rightly generated a lot of conversation in the Tech community. The new tool features: Geographic refinements to find updates and news near you, or in a region you specify. Conversation More...
What Does Facebook Places Mean For You?
Well, If you’re not based in the US, the answer is very little at the moment. However, Facebook Places, the social network’s new location-based feature is likely to be rolled out more widely in the not too distant More...
Facebook Fan Page Launched
As someone who helps clients manage their Facebook Fan Page and is constantly telling them how important it is to set their content free and make it ‘social’, I thought it was time for me to take some of my More...
10 Social Media #Epic #Fails
I’ve put together a presentation deck of 10 Social Media #Epic #Fails. It’s something I have been working on for a while and for the presentations I give, it often helps to include a few examples of More...
Landing a Job in the Digital World
I gave a presentation this week entitled ‘Landing a Job in the Digital World’ at Leeds Metropolitan University. The deck focused on using an e-portfolio, blog and social media to record achievement, More...
An Introduction to Social Media at #SDVision
I gave a presentation this afternoon entitled ‘An Introduction to Social Media’ at the annual Supporters Direct (SD) conference. The event held at the home of the Institute of Technology and Engineering More...
Ben-cotton.com Launched
I thought I’d let you know that my Lifestream, Ben-Cotton.com has gone ‘live’ after some initial beta testing. A lot of people have asked me, why have I produced this site, so hopefully this post will go some More...
10 Free Social Media Monitoring Tools
I was encouraged to write a list of free social media monitoring tools after a previous post where I argued why organisations have to monitor social media. Admittedly, this post has been a long time coming, but More...
