Construction Professionals – Learn how to use Linkedin

January 24, 2012 · 0 comments

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I’ve been asked whether I might consider helping construction professionals learn how to use Linkedin properly so I’m planning a seminar. I’d like to choose a couple of venues in the UK to deliver it. I’m currently researching venues and locations around the UK for this workshop. If you’d like me to deliver a workshop [...]

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After a lull of a few months, new Twitter Phishing Scam phrases appear

January 16, 2012 · 2 comments

On Friday morning I started to get some new Direct Messages on my account (see examples in image) with phrases like: “Want to lose any weight? go here: [link removed] best product for losing weight” And then later, “You seen what this person is saying about you? [link removed] terrible things..” The first one of [...]

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Some practical ideas for filtering leads out of Twitter

13 January 2012

Here is a conversation some of my friends had yesterday on Facebook. Thought it might be useful to some of you twitter people. Peter Syme Twitter ? I really need to nail this. Background. I have various twitter streams running and when we do answer them they are driving business however, is their anyway to [...]

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Architecture Student uses Social Media to be a part of the AEC community of construction professionals

5 January 2012

People who don’t use ‘Social Media’ often ask me why those who do use it, go on about it so much. One reason why this is such a concern is that there isn’t enough exposure for the good that it does. Like any other tool, social tools on the internet can be used for useful [...]

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Live Blogging your Events – Five reasons Why it matters

24 October 2011
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Are you holding a conference or seminar to which the public or professionals are invited to attend? If you use the internet in any way to publicise your events, or you want to, consider what advantages Live Blogging the event might bring. In this short article I’m going to investigate some of the reasons you [...]

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Who should I follow on Twitter to get followers?

15 September 2011

The important thing to realise with Twitter is that it is assymetric. You don’t have to follow back and people you follow don’t have to follow you. This is an advantage to you, but you need to take that advantage. Because there is no absolute requirement for reciprocal following on twitter, it means following and [...]

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New twitter phishing scam preys on curiosity about criticism

23 July 2011
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I had a direct message from a friend on twitter today asking about a direct message she’d had from someone she followed. The direct message said, “Someone said this real bad thing about you in a blog….[link removed]” If you click the link it takes you to a website at tnijurl.com and then a ‘twitter [...]

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Twitter isn’t real life

3 June 2011

I’m involved in a project to share twitter as a business tool with a skeptical audience via the trade press at the moment. It is insightful. I’ve been thinking about the reactions some people have when I tell them I use twitter. These include Really? I’d have thought you’d be too busy. Then there’s You’ve [...]

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Twitter introduces a one click ‘follow’ button – try it on your website

1 June 2011

Yesterday Twitter introduced a one-click ‘follow’ button – see examples to the right sidebar of this blog post. The idea of the button is that you can allow people who are signed into twitter to follow you with one click, from your website, blog or other web page. A very useful tool as it associates [...]

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Linkedin – getting recommended the right way

14 May 2011
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One important aspect of your Linkedin Profile is the endorsements you get from people you know on Linkedin. Endorsements give your profile credibility by linking it back into ‘real life’. So how to get the five endorsements Linkedin recommends you aim for? We were discussing this on twitter tonight and the suggestion arose that getting [...]

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