People tend to interact more with "rich" media than they do with plain text links. So when you share a link on Facebook, Twitter or other social media networks you'll find that those links that contain "media", such as images and video, will get more interactions. Apart from anything else, they'll stick out more on people's news feeds. If you're using Wordpress as your … [Read more...] about Fixing and Debugging Rich Media Sharing on Facebook and Twitter
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Sponsoring Irish Internet Awards Compared
We get hit up for sponsorship all the time. So I generally know how much all the awards events are charging (before they do any discounts) So who is the most expensive? Of the three annual awards that we know of (Eircom Spiders, IIA Net Visionary and Irish Web Awards) the single most expensive award is currently the Eircom Spiders (formerly known as the Golden … [Read more...] about Sponsoring Irish Internet Awards Compared
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
Posterous Dies – Posts Imported
With Posterous being shut down - supposedly yesterday - I have imported all the posts from my Posterous account into this site. You won't notice the posts unless you peruse the archives, but they're there .. They also look a bit odd, but I thought it best to preserve them somehow.. even if it did look a bit odd ... … [Read more...] about Posterous Dies – Posts Imported
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