Have you used Google Cast?

Have you used Google Cast?

by | Sep 29, 2014 | Google, Personal Opinion

I do quite a bit of bespoke social media and Microsoft Office training for clients – I go to their site and plug into their equipment.  I do have my own projector and screen but many clients like me to use their TV to project my screen. This works fine –...

Representing yourself or a business on Twitter?

by | Aug 28, 2014 | Social Media

Way back in 2011, I wrote a post about selecting a Twitter username.   In the post I talked about using ConciseTraining as my username, but use a photo of me, Mary to ensure I show some personality in the account.  During the post, I did mention that I might have to...
Did you know Twitter displayed analytics?

Did you know Twitter displayed analytics?

by | Aug 19, 2014 | Twitter

If you have a Twitter Ads account, you can get some interesting data on your organic tweets (even those you are not using for promotion). If you don’t have a Twitter Ads account, you can sign up for one at https://analytics.twitter.com – submit your payment...

Different ways to use Google+ Hangouts

by | Aug 13, 2014 | Google+

Have you used Google+ Hangouts yet?  They are a unique feature of Google+ that allow you to either have up to 9 other people in a private webinar or allow you to livestream webinars to YouTube to allow anybody to listen to the webinar and ask questions via text. Aside...
Google+ is three years old

Google+ is three years old

by | Jun 26, 2014 | Google+

In my last post I gave 4 reasons that you should be on Google+ which got a good level of response across my social networks. In particular I was contacted by Eddie O’Driscoll from DPFOC who wanted to share the Infographic (below) his company had just created....
Four reasons you should be using Google+

Four reasons you should be using Google+

by | Jun 17, 2014 | Google+

Since Google+ arrived in 2012, there has been a great deal of talk around whether businesses should use it or not.  I have always liked the tool but there have been some issues, not least of which is that the Google+ audience is less engaged than on some of the other...