If your twitter followers are giving you the silent treatment it may be time to use an app to prune them back… @amanda_hill of The Social Media Cafe shares twitter tips for this

Dying to tell you why blogging is best… is it time you used blogging to reach the parts other advertising cannot reach…? If blogging were a colour it would have to be the new black!

Is your idea of fanpage heaven loads of interaction? Mounting monthly users? Regular returners? Loads of comments? So what are you doing to generate the above on your facebook fanpage…? I love tagging, you know adding the @ sign in front of a name or page which then updates both your wall and theirs… with… [Continue Reading]

It can be lonely on-line but given the viral nature of facebook… it doesn’t take long to get in to the swing of things and pick up some friends… Once you get beyond a certain barrier you will see this pick up exponentially… like a snowball… gathering everything around it and growing bigger much faster…… [Continue Reading]

  Not getting it?  Not sure what to talk about?  Is it really about people having a cuppa… or a sandwich?  Nope… but it is about communicating in 140 characters or less… oh yes and it’s about connecting… with like-minded people… Seriously it is going some with over 145 million people currently using their micro-blogs… [Continue Reading]

How often do you get a fabulous catwalk to showcase the love of your life?  How mega putting your business and your services (or goods for that matter) on one of the best business social media platforms…! You can do this.. and how easy is it…?  Just log in to your LinkedIn account and over… [Continue Reading]

I am not suggesting you flash…. but feel free if no one is looking…. I am talking about some free on-line exposure… try these twitter directories… Directories Just Tweet It -A twitter directory sorted by interest We Follow - Follow people through popular tags Twellow - Find people by area of expertise At least these don’t charge… [Continue Reading]

There is always an element of risk with everything that you do, even walking across the road.  And social media is no different… however just because you are not watching or listening to what is being said about you or your company… does not mean that no one is talking about you and you should… [Continue Reading]

 Well there are a number underlying factors… but let’s look at just a few of them… and don’t worry none of them are rocket science… 1.  Fundamentally the human being is a nosey creature… we want to know what other people are doing and the twitchy net curtain brigade have migrated to the internet.  … [Continue Reading]

… no twits tweeting on your parade… no updates… no twellow, no twibbons tempting you to join a campaign, no noise… just the sound of silence… oer! There are lots of apps on the market to back your lifeline up… you can start with Tweetake which will send you a funky little .csv file… now… [Continue Reading]

  Everyone knows that sex sells… don’t they?  But it isn’t right for every product or service.. and what happens when the attraction fades? Cadbury’s have got away with it since the 60s with iconic ads stirring a potent mix of sexy women and phallic chocolate.  The 1920s bar started treading the path of forbidden… [Continue Reading]

  Sunk by YouTube rants on radio which cost Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen his World Record Breaking payday he has picked on another social media medium to restore his fortune. @CharlieSheen is now the new Twitter King sinking the world record holder of the fastest growing account after his decision to join twitter resulted in… [Continue Reading]

Separating business from friends on facebook really isn’t hard… a few simple tweaks and off you go! The best place to start is use lists… the easiest thing is a work and a friends/family list… people can be in more than one so have an organising session and get them in some semblance of order…… [Continue Reading]

If you don’t know what tagging is… it is involving friends, contacts or pages you like in things you are saying by using the @ sign.  This of course means everyone who knows them will also see what you are saying. On twitter it is their twitter name on facebook their name or the page… [Continue Reading]

  Let’s step it up a gear playing with twitter stats… now size matters to some people but really… I prefer quality over quantity… your choice and it does rather depend on who you are and what you do! Charlie Sheen has just amassed a massive following after his public outburst about one of his… [Continue Reading]

More renowned for their tea and scones the Women’s Institute have turned to social media to help calm a storm in a tea cup. The feisty females are hoping a facebook fan page may persuade the makers of Yorkshire Tea to reinstate their complimentary cuppas.  They are banking on the support of their 200,000 ladies… [Continue Reading]

  This twitter app reckons on creating a psychological profile of any public twitter account… and comparing it to the thousands it has in its database… It claims to analyse the traits you show with the content of your tweets… Mine are listed below… now given my journalistic background and my tendency to racy headlines…… [Continue Reading]

Social media is all about connections.  However there are some people you may not want to stay in contact with so here are some ways of managing your social media and disconnecting from people you need to sever ties with. You can use this free facebook application to check people who have moved away from you… [Continue Reading]

I like the snacking approach to social media… little and often… which is perfect for blogging! Pick a subject you can write about in some depth and split it in to segments. These bite-sized chunks form the basis of your blogs, facebook edges (yes that is really what your posts are called on facebook), tweets… [Continue Reading]

I bet this American wished he had… he has just spent a stint in jail for bigamy after being outed as bigamist by facebook…. I am sure he didn’t mean to broadcast it to the wrong audience… he just proudly updated his status and posted the wedding pictures of his second wedding pictures on his facebook page… [Continue Reading]

We all hate change, really.. admit it… fiddling for the sake of it and just a little improvement here.. a tweek there and before you know it… it’s a very different beast in front of you… and guess what social media platforms do this all the time… especially facebook. However, sometimes… change is good… There… [Continue Reading]

Do you really have a problem of what to talk about on twitter?    Judging by the chatter in the meetings I have been part of none of us has a problem actually communicating so why is twitter an issue? Yes you only have 140 characters… but that does include links, pictures or documents… so… [Continue Reading]

If you are Essex, London or Hertfordshire… you had better watch out… You are likely to be immortalised in my ramblings if you are not careful… Really… do something silly and it’s a red rag to a bull… instant attraction that creates a charge for the laptop… highly entertaining and perfect blog fodder… thanks for… [Continue Reading]

Forget supermarket sweep… If you go down to the supermarket today you are in for a big surprise…. a new game is spicing up your shopping… and giving shoppers more than they bargained for… Well ok you may be… if you wake up and don’t do it on auto pilot… supermarket staff are on red… [Continue Reading]

    You really want to impress… you have spent ages making sure you look the part… not too over the top of course… but an effort has been made… you think about what to say, what they look like, what they enjoy doing and perhaps even where to meet… First things first… you’ve put… [Continue Reading]

We chat, share, have some fun, meet new people, search for stuff, find people and places and do all manner of things on-line we would normally have had to do in person only 10 years ago… so how about actually helping some people who may not have time for or acess to an on-line world…… [Continue Reading]

  As an avid people watcher social media appears to have evolved some new species….from those that can’t stop checking who is facebooking, tweeting, myspacing and youtubing them to those who know it all, can copy those who do and not forgetting the junkies who have to have IT… So let’s start with the GURU…… [Continue Reading]

What do you mean it’s not a garden? You get your seed beds all nice and weed free… you know what you want to grow… prepare the ground, dig it over, rake out the bits your don’t want and add some fertilizer or feed… Now are you a vegetable or a flower grower… or maybe… [Continue Reading]

    As I always do… I turned up to vote on Thursday… I didn’t have local elections but did have the vote on should we be changing the voting system… when I went in about 4pm they had seen 100 people from 7am… so if they had posted in on facebook would the turn… [Continue Reading]

        A huge crowd of people, celebrities, dancers and the public got involved in this flash mob in London to help publicise child trafficking and prostitution… please use your social media contacts and networks to get it out in the world… and what a brave little star singing her heart out… social… [Continue Reading]

Hootsuite – the free version is still worth a shot – one of the better dashboards around to help manage up to 5 social media platforms… Free Website builder… not word shattering put perfect til you have some money to a professional one Twitback – free twitter background Free time recording software Need to track… [Continue Reading]

It is always appreciated when customers tell you what they have got out of your work and this is a very rewarding world.  These are just a few of the testimonials received at The Social Media Cafe.   Angus Grady   “Amanda and The Social Media Cafe have had an enormous positive impact on our business. The training… [Continue Reading]

Yes it is posible and there are several ways you can add a proper shopping cart to your facebook fanpage. In fact you can even make it your landing page if you like… 1. We can add a 520 pixel wide wordpress site to your page as a landing page and a site in it’s… [Continue Reading]

We can all use facebook… course we can.. what’s not to know?  But actually there are a few little tricks that can get you seen all over the show that can cost you friends, customers and face… one of these is tagging. For those of you who don’t not know what this is it is… [Continue Reading]

  It could almost be a scene from the latest James Bond blockbuster… sensitive industrial information needed on a high-flying couple so a spy with a tangible cover moves in next door to befriend the pregnant wife and steal the secrets… great fiction right?  Except it’s real and the super spy was tripped up by… [Continue Reading]

  Was the revelation that Twitter revealed the details of an anonymous blogger following a court order really a landmark ruling and who really won? The California court case costing a Tyneside council an estimated £70,000 was uncontested so Twitter handed over the user’s details… but it is reported that both Google and WordPress had… [Continue Reading]

It is very annoying being notified that someone has commented on your blog, only to find it is from someone selling something very random… suits, websites, all manner of odd things really… but what I don’t get is how they think it will help them… Yes back links are very useful, but only when linked… [Continue Reading]

  Yesterday I was chatting to a company director who I had done some research on-line on… I think he was quite surprised at what came up.. especially as most of it was very out of date… and included some personal family stuff and previous work related roles… You are very foolish if you think… [Continue Reading]

Today I had a facebook clear out… my 35 outstanding friend requests I have is nothing compared to a client I am working through over 290 outstanding ones… Anyway I digress… some I said yes to immediately and put in a list… some I deleted without blinking – those without a profile picture.. if you… [Continue Reading]

I often hear “But I don’t have time to do anything”… really? Or are you just not using the time you have well.  You can always find time to have a cup of tea or other habits you use on a daily basis… so get in the habit of planning your social media strategy.  Hootsuite… [Continue Reading]

There are millions of plugins available for wordpress… some good, some bad and some dangerous… there is every possibility that some will conflict with each other so be sure to pick them from the wordpress site… I have picked 10 goodies but feel free to suggest your own… As you may know I am a… [Continue Reading]

          November’s twitter webinar…. Don’t forget to follow Amanda or Dave

Do me a favour – well actually it’s for yourself… log in to your LinkedIn account and search for what you do and where you are….. where do you come?  If it isn’t in the first few pages you may as well not be on there…. this webinar will help you find out how to… [Continue Reading]

You really should be blogging for business… there are lots of reasons but just the seo benefits alone are powerful enough…  take a look at this social media cafe webinar and see how you can be seen as the authority in your world with just a few simply planned blogs that will get you seen… [Continue Reading]

This is a very quick way of showing you are an expert at what you are involved in… you can curate content in blogging without actually having to write it – and still be credited with the quality of the content.   Here are 3 videos showing you how to do the same.    … [Continue Reading]

Love these sweet (sorry!) social media icons… use them on your blog or site and then let us see what you have done… Description Chococons Iconset icon set can be downloaded for free from The Social Media Hub, however, The Social Media Cafe does not hold any rights for this icon set. This icon set has… [Continue Reading]

Fabulous t-shirt social media icons… use them on your blog or site and then let us see what you have done… Description This set can be downloaded for free from The Social Media Hub The Social Media Cafe does not hold any rights for this icon set it is the property of its respetive creator.… [Continue Reading]

Let’s raise a glass to these social media icons… use them on your blog or site and then let us see what you have done…   Description This set can be downloaded for free from The Social Media Hub – we do not hold any rights for this icon set it is the property of its creator.… [Continue Reading]

If you don’t plan how on earth can you expect anything positive?  2012 is our olympic year – make it yours for your business… after all you wouldn’t expect our olympic hopefuls not to plan and train would you? So how can your social media succeed if you don’t have a plan or a social… [Continue Reading]

It’s very easy not to be organised… but actually with a little and often approach to your accounts you can be on top of everything in your business and this free accounts package is available on line to help you get to grips with it.                 It has… [Continue Reading]

Serious social media tools are powerful in the right hands… are they yours? LinkedIn Training Workshop Tuesday 9th February 2012, 9.30am-1pm Get ready to learn: How to optimise your LinkedIn Profile to be seen on page 1 Why you should ask for recommendations What other applications you can add to your profile Where your target market… [Continue Reading]

WordPress made simple We will take you step by step through – domain names - hosting - adding wordpress - themes – plugins - widgets - creating menus - seo - posts pages - social media icons and lots more.   Learn how to add legal pictures to your posts, make them measure up in google, link other pages and find ways to… [Continue Reading]

A great track from this diminutive diva… and I think even better than when she first performed it… If, as this wicked track says…  ”It’s a Mystery” I could help… facebook is as complex or simple as you want it to be – but really it’s all about starting a conversation.. so why not pop… [Continue Reading]

It’s amazing that twitter almost went in to meltdown last night as the sad news of Whitney Houston’s demise leaked from her Hollywood Hotel. Hashtags like #Whitney and #DearWhitney started flooding the site within the hour of her passing. Today’s UK newspapers almost didn’t have a look in as every fact or whisper was repeated… [Continue Reading]

Welcome to the overview of the online social media training course…  here we will be going through the curriculum – getting you ready for the journey and sending course notes and starter videos for you to get ready for a bite sized meal of social media… Our intensive 2 days social media training course has… [Continue Reading]

Do you have facebook fanpage envy?  Seen a competitor has just zipped past you with thousands of likes on their page? Then how have they done it and why?  Well there are loads of ways.. they could have bought the fans… they are not really fans just numbers… they won’t interact or do anything other… [Continue Reading]