Monthly Archives: March 2011

GeeknRolla: Rock star or one-hit wonder?

By Linda Cheung Billed as “The awesome annual conference for tech startups in Europe” GeeknRolla was launched just two years ago in 2009. In 2010, over 500 attended despite the travel chaos caused by the volcanic ash cloud. People in … Continue reading

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Could Twitter replace email?

By Linda Cheung Without wishing to highlight my age, I remember email being something new and exciting when I was at university. We had time limits on our usage and emails could only be sent internally. When I started work … Continue reading

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Lex2011tweetup: All the leading tweeting lawyers in a bar. How could it not be fun?

By Linda Cheung (@LindaCheungUK) I don’t have a voice this morning and memories are hazy, but this is what I do remember… Matching faces to avatars When I first started work, networking events were about putting faces to the voices … Continue reading

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Tweet as if your Grandmother was reading

Following on from yesterday’s post on how not to market your brand on Twitter, I see Chrysler also made a massive goof at the end of last week. Mistakes happen, and one of the things we have noticed is how … Continue reading

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How not to use Twitter to market your brand

Over the weekend Bing became the latest brand to get stung trying to build a marketing effort around human disaster. Oh Bing, how could you be so naive? What happened next is a wave of anti-Bing blog posts and Tweets, … Continue reading

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Twitter Clinic: #FF, DM and RT explained

By Linda Cheung In the last Twitter Clinic I explained what hashtags are and how they can increase the reach of conversations. Some readers then asked me about the “mystifying acronyms” that often litter tweets: #FF, DM and RT were … Continue reading

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Building for the Valley – Bootstrapping tips from Tweetmeme

by Mark Bower Yesterday Linda and I were guests at an excellent Thames Valley Innovation and Growth (TVIG) event “Building for the Valley”. The session was delivered by Nick Halstead, CEO and founder of TweetMeme. As a TVIG-sponsored start-up ourselves, … Continue reading

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