Top WordPress plugins for 2010

by Matt Bannon on January 5, 2010

It’s the start of a new year, and what better time to start fresh with a new blog, and put in some of our favourite plugins!
In the past 5 and a half years, I’ve installed WordPress more times than I care to remember. Since 2004 it’s been my platform of choice for blogs, and in [...]

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The Hottest Posts of 2009

by Sam Mutimer on December 29, 2009

Wow! What a year it has been for the Thinktank Media team and the social media world. We have made some huge connections in 2009, from small business owners, personal brands to big brands and organisations, and it’s mostly down to ultilising social media as a way to connect and build our relationships. We want [...]

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Why do I want you to know Gary Vaynerchuck?

by Sam Mutimer on December 15, 2009

The purpose of this post is to share with you one of my role models within the online world. Damn this guy is so heart pumpingly great that I just had to dedicate a post to him. Why am I sharing this with you? In business, we all need outside influences that fire us up, [...]

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The What, Why & How of #Hashtags

December 9, 2009 by Natalie

In the words of Twitter themselves –“Twitter is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now”. By far my favorite feature on Twitter (at the moment) is the classic #hashtag. They are certainly nothing new, but no less very valuable to you.
What are hashtags?
 It is quite simply a [...]

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McDonald’s utilise Social Media to their advantage

November 30, 2009 by Sam Mutimer

With McDonald’s ranking 32 out of a list of the 100 top “most social” brands, they still have a way to go, however are in no rush to get there.
Below is a slide share version of McDonald’s Social Media Strategy. Notice that they are very disciplined to develop the right strategy for the brand first, [...]

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Successful Facebook campaign by IKEA

November 23, 2009 by Sam Mutimer

There has recently been an increase in the places businesses are choosing to spend their dollars marketing and advertising new products and services.  Facebook is now one of the powerful places where marketing $$$ are moving . This simply makes me beam! We can now roll out campaigns that are creative, catchy, have a reasonably [...]

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Social Media: ROI

November 17, 2009 by Sam Mutimer

“Our head of Social Media is the customer” – McDonald’s
“You can’t just say it. You have to get the people to say it to each other,” says James Farley, CMO Ford
Dell sold $3,000,000 worth of computers on Twitter
What do these statements say to you? For all of us it will be something different. I want [...]

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