We advertise a bit on Facebook. We don't spend massive amount of money on it, so I was interested to get a survey from them on our experiences with their advertising platform. But what really captured my attention was the simple, yet very effective, choice of wording on the "thank you" screen when I completed the survey: Nicely done Facebook, very nicely done. … [Read more...] about Simple Yet Effective Choice of Words
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Guinness Think We’re All Dumb?
Corporate Facebook pages and Twitter accounts can be interesting to follow. Some of them share useful information, others keep you up to date on various promotions and news. But some are almost offensive in the way they interact with the public Guinness Ireland's Facebook page, for example, posted this update before the weekend: Yes, it is a pint of Guinness, or if … [Read more...] about Guinness Think We’re All Dumb?
Tongue In Cheek Marketing
James and I throw ideas backwards and forwards a lot. Generally speaking, however, he knows what I'll like and what I'll hate. This week he came up with a couple of very nice images for two very different things. One is for a talk I'm giving at a conference later this month. I'll be talking about domain names and how choosing the right one is important and, hopefully, how … [Read more...] about Tongue In Cheek Marketing
Embedding Youtube Videos With Captions Turned On
Some YouTube videos come with captions. If you're posting a video in French or Serbian then it might not be a bad idea to turn on the English language captions (if they exist) Unfortunately YouTube's default embed code these days does not include any of these options, as it's a rather simple iframe You can, however, add the captioning to any video if you use the older … [Read more...] about Embedding Youtube Videos With Captions Turned On
Playing With Facebook Timeline Options
I quite like the Facebook timeline. It's got its uses for both people and business pages. However some of the options on it strike me as a little odd - especially if you're filling in your "past life" ie. pre-Facebook activity. Do people actually share pre-Facebook relationship information? I'm not sure I'd be overly comfortable with doing that. I am "friends" on … [Read more...] about Playing With Facebook Timeline Options