I have been to a number of these, some were informal and others were formal. Indirect ones were more of meet ups with tweeps to catch up which ended up being tweetups. Then the direct ones were actually organised by different brands, campaigns, individuals and organisations. What Are TweetUps? These are real life meetings organised…
You better wake up to YouTube
I do a lot of reading on social media and recently technology as a whole plus yeah other funny thing on the internet. This week i noticed that this year has been called the year of the videos. Yeah i have a You Tube account but i never visit it. To me it like less…
The Do's and Don'ts on LinkedIn
I have been on LinkedIn for 4 years now and i have learnt a lot while engaging from that platform. Some of these things i have learnt have helped me find the does and don’t on this platform so that you can move forward in your engagement and connection. The following below are my does…
Choosing a Social Media Consultant For Your Brand
A social media consultant is essentially the eyes, ears and voice of your company online. This means you need someone who can raise your brand awareness, deliver traffic to your website, and boost you on line while keeping your company’s reputation on top. So how do you hire the right person?=> First you find out how…
What is your Brand Site or Landing Page Saying?
“Hello, I am a landing page. My job is to greet you when you click on ads, email links and social media posts. You can find me by scanning a QR code also. You come to me because you want something. You have requested my presence on your screen by taking a very specific action,…
Using Foursquare to Market And Grow Your Business.
Foursquare is a social media platform that you can use for your own personal use or as an effective strategy of advertising your business. Many businesses large and small are using Foursquare and other social media in order to keep their customers up-to-date on events and to reach out to potential customers. What Is Foursquare?…
How You Should Make Twitter Work For You.
Am a tweep actually am called by my friends an addict which i will not deny, according to twitter i tweet 20 tweets per day. Not an addict as i thought i was or as people who see me think; it only 140 characters per tweet making it 2800 characters a day, like a blog per day. Any way…
My Social Media Glossary
Attention – I pay attention to my fans and followers on my online community, because i know these are real people. Blog – I don’t care what field you are in, you should be blogging so that you reflect your brand or organization; hence building readership among other thought leaders in your field. Community –…
How To Know If Your Social Media Platform Is Working For You
The year 2012 has come to an end and Social Media has embraced a number of brands in Uganda because of the hue and cry by many internet pressure pushers and most well stated importances for these brand’s images. These brands have embraced every social media network out there that can work for them but…
Measuring Social Media Marketing Content
So you have been posting tweets, updates about your brand and you have received some commentaries, replies, retweets but you are not sure of how many people you have reached with your posts and who were really interested in what you were saying. The formulas below can help you figure it out as a brand…
Marketing Tips I think Every Marketer should know.
For the last 3 years i have been marketing products, services and talent, and these tips have helped me move forward in my work. I have been combining them from the day i started marketing and referring back to them for guidance. So now as am making sure my roots dig deep in to Social Media away…
What 2013 holds for Social Media Marketing (SMM)
So am here thinking if this is how 2012 has been with Social Media, what does 2013 have in store for us and how will it affect our work and brands. I have consultanted my best friend Google and he gave me a lot of review from Mashable to Social Media Examiner but then I found…
Social Media Quotes
Early this Black Monday morning before the blues set in, I looked for some inspiration so that I’m well equipped with encouragement , knowledge and power to move on with my day. So I called my best friend Google and asked him to help me with some quotes, Social Media quotes. This friend of mine never disappoints, he empowered me. Below are the…
Social Media sharing
‘Share my post, Please’, ‘Comment’, ‘Like my post’, ‘Re tweet’; is like ‘Everybody! Stop what you are doing. Tell me how good i look. Like me and tell your friends how good i look.‘ Every day online you get these different requests indirectly and directly. Some you are forced to comment and others you do…
Social Media Lessons
Social media has been around for like 15 years now, it has employed web- and mobile-based technologies to support interactive dialogue and “introduce substantial and pervasive changes to communication between organizations, communities, and individuals.” For me social media is a window to the outside world, a window to new knowledge, its education, its communication, sharing,…