Archive for the “Social Media” category

Join us for the #TQSwarm

by Matt Burgess on October 18, 2010

As usual when posting about things involving my employer: caveat emptor, see the disclaimer in the sidebar, yada yada etc… There’s quite a few cool things happening over at Tourism Queensland lately… not least of which is our current Facebook (…)

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Dear Twitter: Cut it out.

by Matt Burgess on January 9, 2010

Ok, enough is enough. Over the last few months, I’ve noticed this trend getting worse, and even – unthinkably – worse from there. Everyone on twitter these days seems to be a “social media expert” in their own heads. And (…)

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The new Retweet function, and what it means for twitter competitions…

by Matt Burgess on November 12, 2009

So unless you’ve been living underneath a rock for the last few days, you’ll have heard that Twitter is rolling out its new retweet settings. If not, I really encourage you to read Ev’s post, as it gives a great (…)

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Razorfish release FEED09. In other news, you should be reading it…

by Matt Burgess on November 9, 2009

So Razorfish have just released their FEED ’09 Report, and all I will say is: you should be reading it. If you’re at all interested in how consumers are engaging with brands in the new digital world, then this is (…)

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Chris Brogan at New Media Atlanta

by Matt Burgess on September 29, 2009

Thanks to Run Level Media, you and I can watch Chris Brogan’s recent presentation at New Media Atlanta. It’s just over an hour long, but well worth a watch if you’re working in-house and at all interested in “selling social (…)

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Things I find hard about Social Media #2

by Matt Burgess on August 14, 2009

You can read Part 1 of this series here: “Things I find hard about Social Media #1“. Now, I present you with “Things I find hard about Social Media #2″ **** Demonstrating ROI on Social Media. ‘Nuff Said. . . (…)

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Things I find hard about Social Media #1

by Matt Burgess on August 3, 2009

So, lately I’ve been delving ever-deeper into the world of social media. [If you follow any of my social profiles, you might have seen that lately (and don’t even get me starting on measuring metrics of social media… that’s going (…)

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