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Social Media: The New Recruitment Agency.

Personal and professional used to be miles apart, remember those days? But like that annoying friend who thinks they can play the part of matchmaker, social media has thrust them together whether they like it or not. On a daily basis we are forced to

How can Flickr Take your Business to the Next Level?

  Flickr has recently undergone a design overhaul to make it more user – and business friendly. The home page is particularly impressive Flickr, the photo uploading and sharing network, has been a staple social network for 9 years. Founded in 2004 and taken over

What is Stumble Upon?

Social media has changed the way we interact with the world around us. Its constant growth is obvious, with new social networks coming to our desktops every second. Described as a “discovery engine”, Stumble Upon is really just a fancy form of Wikipedia, but that

What is Luvocracy?

  At first glance Luvocracy has received some fabulous reviews and looks perfectly poised to finally offer some form of direct ROI for businesses. This is a social platform that will support sales and is of benefit to those brands that are socially active and

What is Social Search and How Will it Impact you?

This month, Google released their quarterly financial results, claiming over $14 billion of revenue in the past 3 months. These earnings reports show that the vast majority of Google’s dollars are still coming in thick and fast from one website- google.com, and all the advertising

Five ways to get more followers on Google+

Google+, a platform the not-so-social users out there may find daunting, and less important to your digital social life, particularly in comparison to chart-toppers Facebook and Twitter. Have you overlooked Google+? Think again…Google+ has its purpose! This is your quick-fire guide to increasing your Google+

Top 5 speakers on social media

It’s no lie that when it comes to public speaking some people are just more natural at it than others. As a recent university graduate, I’ve had experiences talking in front of people as well as watching both lecturers and peers do the same. Anyone

Social Networks Explained: Soundcloud

Want to share photos of your dinner? Use Instagram. Want to share every small thought of your mind in 140 characters or less? Twitter. Want to release your creative side in the space of 6 seconds? Vine is for you. But what if you’re an

What is PR?

Let’s go back to basics with this post…   Ask any Public Relations (PR) practitioner or academic to define their career field and each answer will be indubitably different. PR is almost going through the transition from high school to college, to find its place

Will social media eventually replace the news?

  Twitter trends are a brilliant way of seeing what’s going on in the world. Too often, however, these trends point only towards the activities of Beliebers and the Kardashians, and include a hashtag that goes something along the lines of #3reasonswhyilovefarting. Lovely. Occasionally trends