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For non-football fans, Andrey Arshavin is Russia’s most talented and flamboyant player, currently plying his trade with Arsenal. His talents on the pitch are there for all to see but a recent article in the Evening Standard highlighted his willingness to engage with his fans in a far more personal and human way than many [...]

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Friday Social Media Round Up

Published on 19 March 2010 by Ed in Blog, Uncategorized

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There has been a fair amount going on this week in social media with the Social Media World Forum (smwf) on Monday and Tuesday and SXSW the other side of the pond. Due to this, there is a bonus post in our top six this week.
1. Brands Must Become Media to Earn Relevance – Brian [...]

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“Of all the amazing new technologies that are opening up possibilities to communicate and connect in the digital space, video is the one that holds the most promise” (Valeria Maltoni – Conversation Agent)
Human beings are visual creatures and the experiences we get from seeing someone or something is far deeper than reading text or hearing [...]

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Friday Social Media Round Up

Published on 12 March 2010 by Ed in Uncategorized

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The winners this week, in no particular order, are…
1. Andreessen’s Advice To Old Media: “Burn The Boats” – Erick Schonfeld
Mark Andreesen (Co-Founder of Netscape and prolific investor) likens the development of the web and new media consumption to the discovery of the New World and offers the same advice to old [...]

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What is the iPad for?

Published on 09 March 2010 by Ed in Blog, Uncategorized

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Entertainment, news and education. Yes, it has some of the capabilities of a laptop and a giant iPhone… and there may be some that want to use it like that but what it is absolutely going to dominate at, is watching movies, sports games, music events and providing a new, rich reading experience.
Erik Qualman writes [...]

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Social Media for Valentines Day

Published on 11 February 2010 by Ed in Blog, Uncategorized

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I am fan of Social Signal’s blog, so when this little gem showed up in google reader, I thought it was worth sharing. With Valentines Day this Sunday (no one needed reminding did they?!), the Social Signal team have come up with a short video showing how you can use social media to find love [...]

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How to Donate to Haiti

Published on 15 January 2010 by Ed in Blog, News, Uncategorized

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OK – Instead of writing a post myself on how to donate to the  Haiti earthquake appeal, I am going to list some of the ones which are already around the blogosphere. I would suggest, quickly having a look at these photos photos from Anderson Cooper’s blog …they will make you add a few more [...]

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