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Are Tweets losing value?

A “Favorite” in Twitter has become the new Facebook-like “like”, BUT this means Tweets are losing value. One of the key values in a Tweet is in how many people read it, and Twitter enables this to extend across multiple networks. Therefore how many people RT or reTweet it in to...

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How to find the answer to anything

I still get amazed on an almost daily basis how intelligent people ask others in person or on social media questions that if they’d only typed the same set of words into Google they would have found the result instantly! It’s true. By far the biggest tip I can ever give anybody...

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WhatsApp – what’s up??

No matter how hard I look at this, I still can’t see a justification for Facebook paying $16b for WhatsApp. The media speculates that it’s to acquire 450 million users, many from emerging countries who aren’t using Facebook at all, but many of them will be (which makes them worthless)...

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My Top Tips for Managing Twitter Accounts

Twitter was born in March 2006 and launched to the world in July of that year. I’ve been a daily Tweeter since April 2007 – just after it’s big launch at SXSW when it really started to capture the public’s imagination. Over that time I’ve built up a sizeable following and people often ask...

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Wait – don’t unfollow that account!

I’ve noticed recently a lot of people unfollowing followers in Twitter who haven’t struck up a conversation with them. Now of course they are entirely within their rights so to do, but before you use mass-unfollow tools, or even do this manually, I’d recommend just thinking whether those users...

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Why the face you see in the mirror may be irrelevant

Let me begin by saying I’m not in any way a psychologist (although I do have a fairly meaningless diploma in ‘success’ coaching which covers some...

My Top Tips for Managing Twitter Accounts

Twitter was born in March 2006 and launched to the world in July of that year. I’ve been a daily Tweeter since April 2007 – just after it’s big...

First thoughts on the new Apple Watch

Apple revealed the much rumoured Apple Watch at their Cupertino keynote on September 9th. I previously predicted that they would use this device to start...