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Isy Suttie from Channel 4’s Peep Show and future Formula 1 Star Jon Lancaster join our Twitter Q&A for Charity

Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies

Isy Suttie, Channel 4 Peep Show star and future Formula 1 driver Jon Lancaster get behind 7 Wonders in 7 Days

Our social media fundraising project 7 Wonders in 7 Days continues to gain momentum with comedienne Isy Suttie who plays Dobby on Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show and future Formula 1 driver Jon Lancaster participating in a second social network powered Q&A for the project tomorrow.

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Social Media Is “Social”, Consultant Imposters: You’ll Be Found Out!

Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies

I recently received a message on LinkedIn that reminded me that social media is, well, “social”.

With so many jumping on the ‘social media consultant’ bandwagon, I was reminded that people talk and that reputations eventually sort out the wheat from the chaff.
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Real Fresh TV hosts the UK’s first Facebook Q&A tomorrow, Join Us!

Posted on 17. Aug, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies

As part of our social media powered charity fundraising project, 7 Wonders in 7 Days, we’re hosting the UK’s first charity-focused Facebook Q&A tomorrow in association with Diabetes UK, the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes.

We’re looking for travel enthusiasts who suffer from the condition and we’re asking one simple question:

How Far Can You Travel With Diabetes?

Have you got an interesting travel story to tell?  Do you have diabetes?

Join us at the 7 Wonders in 7 Days page on Facebook tomorrow August 18th from 10am to 5pm.

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Social Media Usage in the FTSE 100: Company Profile – ARM

Posted on 16. Aug, 2010 by Ross Enston in Social Media Strategies

This article forms part of a study on social media usage amongst FTSE 100 companies.

Each company in the FTSE 100 index was reviewed on its usage of such social media tools as RSS feeds*, blogs, online video, podcasts and social media platforms like Flickr and Facebook on its main website and on occasion, on websites of well-known subsidiary companies.

*RSS feeds are a simple way of delivering fresh versions of a website’s content to online readers automatically.

According to the Guardian.co.uk Business Glossary:

“The FTSE 100 index comprises the 100 most highly capitalised blue chip companies on the London Stock Exchange, representing approximately 81% of the UK market.”

Here’s how the the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) supplier, ARM (ARM.L) stacked up.

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Practical Marketing Training: The Learning Social Media By Doing Course

Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies

Image credit: handsongourmet on Flickr

I’m sharing this after getting asked for practical examples of what companies have achieved after attending our social media marketing training courses.

Here’s what a company we recently trained achieved in half a day at the Learning Social Media By Doing Course, our Level 2 course social media training course.

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Introducing Ross Enston

Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by Ross Enston in Social Media Strategies

Hi, I’m Ross Enston.

I have recently finished a research Masters in Computer Science and my interests include, Science, Technologies and new methods of Communication.

I am currently working at Real Fresh TV on an internship, researching the use of Social Media within FTSE 100 companies. Each week I will deliver a review and share my findings and suggestions.

I’m fascinated with how social networking sites have become part of our daily culture and excited with ability to link up and communicate to a vast array of people all over the world, instantly.

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Real Fresh TV’s Monthly Social Media Events Guide – August

Posted on 23. Jul, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Social Media Strategies

Wow, where did July go?  It flew by so fast we didn’t get round to posting details of any events!

Well, here comes a roundup of upcoming social media and digital content events taking place in the region in August.

Want to add your event to the list?

Contact us at least one month before your event and we’ll publicise it! Call it a media partnership in the making…

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Real Fresh TV Helps Contact Theatre to UK Social Media ‘First’

Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies

Manchester based social media training and implementation consultancy Real Fresh TV has helped Contact Manchester to a UK ‘first’.

Contact Manchester is the first UK theatre to successfully combine activity on Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and their own social network to deliver an international theatre exchange festival.

Real Fresh TV provided website design and development and social media strategy, training and implementation support on Contacting the World, Contact Manchester’s pioneering international theatre exchange project for young people.

After its success as part of Liverpool’s City of Culture in 2008, Contacting the World returned home to Manchester in 2010.  Read our review of the February launch.

The biennial festival brings together young performers in traditional theatre, dance, spoken word and hip hop all aged 16-25.

The participants, representing 15 different theatre companies from 11 countries around the world are twinned together in the spirit of cultural exchange to create brand new performances inspired by each other during the six month project.

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Social Media Usage in the FTSE 100: Company Profile – Aggreko

Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by Ross Enston in Social Media Strategies

This article forms part of a study on social media usage amongst FTSE 100 companies.

Each company in the FTSE 100 index was reviewed on its usage of such social media tools as RSS feeds*, blogs, online video, podcasts and social media platforms like Flickr and Facebook on its main website and on occasion, on websites of well-known subsidiary companies.

*RSS feeds are a simple way of delivering fresh versions of a website’s content to online readers automatically.

According to the Guardian.co.uk Business Glossary:
“The FTSE 100 index comprises the 100 most highly capitalised blue chip companies on the London Stock Exchange, representing approximately 81% of the UK market.”

Here’s how Generator Rental Company Aggreko (AGK.L) stacked up.

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Social Media Usage in the FTSE 100: Company Profile – African Barrick Gold

Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by Ross Enston in Social Media Strategies

This article forms part of a study on social media usage amongst FTSE 100 companies.

Each company in the FTSE 100 index was reviewed on its usage of such social media tools as RSS feeds*, blogs, online video, podcasts and social media platforms like Flickr and Facebook on its main website and on occasion, on websites of well-known subsidiary companies.

*RSS feeds are a simple way of delivering fresh versions of a website’s content to online readers automatically.

According to the Guardian.co.uk Business Glossary:
“The FTSE 100 index comprises the 100 most highly capitalised blue chip companies on the London Stock Exchange, representing approximately 81% of the UK market.”

Here’s how the Gold producer, African Barrick Gold (ABG.L) stacked up.

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