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Ever wondered how other sectors are using social media, and whether you can steal a tip from the advertising or entertainment profession to boost your business? Top 5 Examples Advertising & Marketing If you’re in advertising you will have to bite the bullet on social media if you want to continue to offer a full …

Infographic by- Shanghai Web Designers   Sociologist Michel Foucault once said: discourse is power. The one who has information and uses it to engage in a conversation, or, in other words, the one who communicates effectively is the one who leads. Information and communication are what bring some to the top, and their lack is …

Infographic by- Shanghai Web Designers

  If the formal organisation is the skeleton of your business, then the informal network is its central nervous system. Employees gathered around the water cooler are just as likely to be passing on tips for better working practice as details of last night’s TV. So how can companies harness the speed, skill and efficiency …

      Internal communication in business is basically the dialogue between employees and employer, and the dialogue between work colleagues. 1. Meetings with boss and employees – top down approach 2. Colleagues review of meeting afterwards – bottom-up approach 3. Newsletters, annual reports, memos and emails from the boss 4. Colleagues review of internal …

  If you are reading this content on a website, you’re obviously tuned in to the internet for business or pleasure. But what’s all this talk of Web 2.0? And what does it mean when colleagues talk about using social networks for business? Online Social networks have spread over the web in the last few …

(fig 1 XKCD – Online Communities 2007 – The changing Social Media Landscape)   In 2007 a XKCD created a map of the social media landscape (fig 1) and in 2010 XDCD have updated the map (fig 2). The interesting feature of the map is how some social media applications have fallen from grace and …

  Click here for interactive version Brian Solis of outline a most comprehensive look at the Twitter Eco system: Ring 1: Branding Ring 2: Geographics Ring 3: Interest Graph Ring 4: Dashboard Ring 5: Event Management Ring 6: Live Streaming Ring 7: Geo Location Ring 8: Relationships Ring 9: Marketing and Advertising Ring 10: Rich …

Paul Butler (a Facebook Engineer) put together a stunningly visual social media map connecting pairs of friends on Facebook from their respective locations across the globe. What came out was a beautifully rendered map of the world with countries in all five continents aglow. Streams of fluorescent blue lines overlap each other across this representation …