Follow @marcoRecorder I only managed to attend one panel at this year’s Europcom. I really like this event. The topics are always very interesting and the participants' level of expertise is always quite high. I noticed that comms2point0, a regular invitee to this event, made a very good and comprehensive summary of both day one … Continue reading A few lessons from #Europcom 2013
Tag: Social networking
Discerning the Belgian social media sphere from the Eurobubble: mission impossible?
Follow @marcoRecorder When analyzing the social media sphere in Belgium I always find it hard to differentiate the Eurobubble from the "real" Belgian environment. Belgium has a very active and engaged online population, with users from many segments of society. In addition to politicians and journalists, many entrepreneurs, consultants and professors active on social media. … Continue reading Discerning the Belgian social media sphere from the Eurobubble: mission impossible?
You want to get retweets? use images
Follow @marcoRecorder Are you looking for retweets? Than add a picture to your tweets. Social media expert from HubSpot Dan Zarrella has carried out a study based on over 400.00 tweets which proves that tweets with pics have twice the chances to attracts tweeps' attention and get retweeted. Be careful though, the study also points … Continue reading You want to get retweets? use images
Is labelling yourself a “Twitterer” an excuse not to have a blog?
Follow @marcoRecorder Today I feel like asking you readers what you think about this. I see more and more people labelling themselves as "twitterers" or "twitteratis", meaning a sort of "Twitter bloggers" or "bloggers using only Twitter." On a related matter, there have been lately loads of debates about blogging and using Google Plus as … Continue reading Is labelling yourself a “Twitterer” an excuse not to have a blog?
Is Storify still useful?
Follow @marcoRecorder This is a genuine and honest question. Since tweets are embeddable, what is the point anymore of making Storifies? On 9th September 2013 Storify has been acquired by Livefyre. For those who don't know, Storify is a social media curation site which allows users to cull posts, such places as Twitter, Facebook and … Continue reading Is Storify still useful?
Interview with captain Europe
Follow @marcoRecorder It's a bird, no it's an aeroplane, no it's a eurocrat, nooooooooo it's Captain Europe. For the inhabitants of the Eurobubble, Captain Europe is not an outsider. Captain Europe, mild mannered civil servant by day and superhero... well, mostly at weekends and at other times on request. This is the description you can … Continue reading Interview with captain Europe
Interview with #RocktheUnion: raise awareness about the 2014 European Parliament elections
Follow @marcoRecorder I recently found out about "Rock the Union" ,a project intended to raise awareness about the coming European Parliament elections 2014. Together with a team of 5 people plus bus driver, Hans Mund the project's manager wants to go through all 28 EU Member States in an old English Routemaster between October 14th … Continue reading Interview with #RocktheUnion: raise awareness about the 2014 European Parliament elections
Our digital future is about enabling better productivity and decisions making to enjoy a better quality of life
Follow @marcoRecorder “Our digital future is about enabling better productivity and decisions making to enjoy a better quality of life.” I often hear that social media and digitalization are ruining our lives and worsening the quality of human interactions. I think there's a semantic issue here. Social media is not ruining anything, what can be … Continue reading Our digital future is about enabling better productivity and decisions making to enjoy a better quality of life
People’s obsession with followers and fllwrs
Follow @marcoRecorder Fllwrs is an app that's been around since 2011. The app checks for changes in your Twitter followers over time and it records followers that have been added or lost. The funny thing about this app's users is that, especially at the beginning, many of them forgot to untick the option not to … Continue reading People’s obsession with followers and fllwrs
Social media will destroy Belgium appalling service culture
Follow @marcoRecorder Belgium's service culture is disgraceful. This is not an assumption, it's a fact. Especially in the horeca business, staff is almost always rude, sloppy or unwilling to help. As a friend of mine well says : When you ask for food in a Belgian restaurant, waiters and cooks act like they are doing … Continue reading Social media will destroy Belgium appalling service culture
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