When you are a student, you are used to sit and listen to your lectures talking about various subjects and take notes. Last Friday, I was invited to come to London Met Uni to talk to a group of second year students about social media and how they can use it to build up their personal brands online and to find a job.Returning to my ‘old’ university to play the other part – being a lecturer – was something quite unreal. Continue reading
First BlogCamp of 2012 – in Birmingham
It was an amazing day! I’m so glad that our hard work has paid off and that the event went without a glitch. Phil and I have been helping Sally Whittle plan the event for months. There have been some last minute changes but I must say (…and I really hope that the 100+ bloggers who attended will agree with me on this one) it was a BlogCamp to remember.
Here are some highlights for you: Continue reading
Anatomy of a Job Interview [Infographic]
If you’re looking for a job then print this out. I’ve come across the Anatomy of a Job Interview Infographic by accident and found it very interesting. It provides solid and useful advice for any job applicant.
Check out the “not so common questions” on the bottom of the infographic – it’s very clever. Continue reading
Google+ Redesign
Google+ has been going pretty strong since its launch less than a year ago (…believe it was June 2011?). In less than a year, is has attracted 170 million users – the number of people who actually use the network on regular basis is speculative (Google just won’t tell). Last week, Google enhanced Google+’s layout and introduces a new ‘simpler’ design. Continue reading
How to Get a Job Using Social Media
There are thousands of job sites across the Internet, some are great and others are not, and searching through these can be a very long process. Fortunately for you, you can now use social media to build you online brand and find a job.
It worked out for me. When I finished university in 2010, Continue reading
The D-Day – My Speaking Debut at #SMWLDN
When you work in the PR industry you are expected to be confident, bold and perfectly comfortable presenting your ideas to others. You could be pitching to potential clients or speaking at industry events. Everyone who knows me knows I’m one of the people who know awful lot of things, but when it comes to public speaking….errr, that’s not really my comfort zone. Continue reading
UK Social Media Stats
Questions like ’How many Facebook Pages there are in the UK?’ or ‘Who is the most popular UK brand on YouTube?’ always come up. Either your clients wants to know, or your peers are trying to find out. There is always somebody going on about who’s the best, biggest, most popular, etc. Continue reading
Social Media Week Kicks Off
Social Media Week has finally arrived! Filled with interesting digital seminars, engaging social media sessions, 1-2-1 workshops and many others, this year’s event promises a fun ride for all.
YouTube uploaded One Hour Per Second video
YouTube has created a new channel One Hour Per Second and shared this amazing visualisation presenting some interesting stats about how many videos are uploaded to YouTube. Continue reading
Using QR codes in real life
We’re starting to see them everywhere now, they look a little weird at first – just some black dots and lines arranged in a square pattern on a white background – and they don’t tell us anything until we decode the information with a mobile reader (QR Reader for iPhones, QR Droid for Android phones). Then this black and white ‘something’ takes you to a hidden information – a picture, website, contact details, video, game, survey, etc. It could be anything! That’s the beauty of it! Continue reading
