The first Social Media Single: “Credit Crunch Christmas” by Micky P. Kerr

Posted on 19. Dec, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Engagement Marketing, Social Media Strategies

Social Media Christmas Number One

Earlier this week I shared how Peter Hartey, a recent attendee of the Social Media Starter Course was seeing some fantastic online success around a social media project he launched after attending the course in October.

Hot on the heels of Peter’s good news, I’ve been contacted by another Social Media Starter Course attendee with details of a fascinating social media project, this time featuring a Christmas single!

Liam Walsh of Ask Me PR is currently promoting an inventive musician’s Credit Crunch-themed Christmas single using social media.

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Landmine Charity MAG Kicks Off Ambitious Poetry Prize Using Social Media

Posted on 16. Dec, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies

MAG (Mines Advisory Group) Poetry Prize 2009

It’s not often I get the opportunity to combine social media with a worthy cause and so I was rather excited to hear that one of the last attendees on the Social Media Starter Course has joined forces with MAG (Mines Advisory Group), the Manchester landline charity, to kick off an ambitious online poetry competition using social media.

Peter Hartey is behind Poetic Republic, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of the poetic arts and humanitarian causes.  Poetic Republic was born out of Poetica, a completely open writing forum based in Central Library, Manchester.

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