Using Facebook New Lists

This week Facebook has made a number of changes including changing the way information is displayed in your personal news feed.  Updates are now displayed based on ‘Top Stories’ – Facebook identifies which are your ‘Top Stories’ based on...

Problems with HootSuite Search Columns

Have you noticed problems with HootSuite over the summer? During August, I found that my search columns were not updating.  I have a column set up to show me all tweets that mention “concisetraining” OR “Concise Training” This is so that I just...
LinkedIn Profile Changes

LinkedIn Profile Changes

Just looking at my LinkedIn profile this morning and noticed some minor developments that I wanted to share as well as some areas that it is worth revisiting.: 1. Optimize Profile.  This is a button that comes up on the right if you click Edit or View your profile....
Training – Benefits, Questions and More

Training – Benefits, Questions and More

{EAV_BLOG_VER:8f67e92aa9a53e83} In these times of recession, training is often one of the first things that gets cut in a company.  How can a company justify the time that it takes to train each member of staff – let alone the cost.  IT training in particular...
5 Useful Twitter Tools

5 Useful Twitter Tools

As we know, Twitter is a great tool to use to listen to and engage with your customers.  There are additional tools around the basic Twitter.com interface that you should be aware of to make your use of Twitter more time efficient. 1. HootSuite (www.hootsuite.com) I...
A review of the Amazon Kindle

A review of the Amazon Kindle

After several months of consideration, I treated myself to a Kindle last week. It is primarily for personal use to avoid taking quite so many physical books on holiday – but I can see a significant business use as well. I have to say right up front that I love...