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THE #SocialToday SHOW video and show notes - 3 October 2016

Here’s the recording of this morning’s THE #SocialToday SHOW with discussions on the week’s social media news. Plus there are the following usual features in this 18 minute show:

• Question time
• My numbers of the week
• Secret social media tip
• Tools talk
• And finally

The SHOW is aimed people who work with social media - enjoy the recording below:

Useful links from today’s show

LinkedIn
Official Guide to Employee Advocacy

Periscope
Improved discovery at periscope.tv

Tools talk
Social selling index score - Your Social Selling Index (SSI) measures how effective you are at establishing your professional brand, finding the right people, engaging with insights, and building relationships.

My number of the week
75% of B2B buyers consult social media prior to buying according to research from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College. Listen to podcast here.

Social media training from me
Upcoming social media workshops in Cheltenham and Cardiff. Alternatively, book me for a one-to-one session either in-person or via Skype.

Feel free to ask me questions on any aspect of social media by posting under this blog post, or by tweeting @intranetfuture.

Don’t forget to join me again next Monday at 9.30am for THE #SocialToday SHOW on Facebook Live.

See you again soon on social media!

THE #SocialToday SHOW - 26 September 2016

Here’s THE #SocialToday SHOW with discussions on the week’s social media news including exciting new features from social networks. Plus there are the usual features in this 18 minute show:

• Question time
• My numbers of the week
• Secret social media tip
• Tools talk
• And finally

The SHOW is aimed people who work with social media - enjoy the recording below:

Useful links from today’s show

intranetfuture.com/connect - example of Twitter DM button on a website (in this case, mine)

rapportive.com - displays senders’ contact information in your Gmail inbox

Upcoming social media workshops in Cheltenham

Feel free to ask me questions on any aspect of social media by posting under this blog post, or by tweeting @intranetfuture.

Don’t forget to join me again on Monday for THE #SocialToday SHOW on Facebook Live. Stay tuned on my social media for the start time.

You might also be interested in signing up to my Social Media Roundup newsletter which goes out at the start of each week with social media news, tips, tools and a useful person to know.

See you again soon on social media!

THE #SocialToday SHOW - 19 September 2016

Here’s THE #SocialToday SHOW with discussions on the week’s social media news including exciting new features from social networks. Plus there are the usual features in the 20 minute show:

• Question time
• My numbers of the week
• Secret social media tip
• Tools talk
• And finally

The SHOW is aimed people who work with social media - enjoy the recording below:

Useful links from today’s show

slidebot.io - great tool for putting together slide decks

Upcoming social media workshops in Cheltenham

Feel free to ask me questions on any aspect of social media by posting under this blog post, or by tweeting @intranetfuture.

Don’t forget to join me again Monday at the usual time of 8.45am for THE #SocialToday SHOW on Facebook Live.

You might also be interested in signing up to my Social Media Roundup newsletter which goes out at the start of each week with social media news, tips, tools and a useful person to know.

See you again soon on social media!

THE #SocialToday SHOW - 12 Sept 2016

Here’s THE #SocialToday SHOW with discussions on the week’s social media news including exciting new features from social networks. Plus there are the usual features in the 20 minute show:

• Question time - Are you publishing video and if so to which social network? Please answer in the Comments below.
• My numbers of the week - 1.29. Salesforce released a new study on global ad benchmarks. The findings show that Facebook’s global click-through rate was 1.29%.
• Secret social media tip - Don’t put social network icons on your website homepage. Why send people to your social networks as soon as they get to your website?
• Tools talk - fbdown.net
• And finally - The world’s first underwater Facebook post was made using smart console Aqwary.

The SHOW is aimed people who work with social media - enjoy the recording below:

Useful links from today’s show

facebook.com/livemap - a global map of Facebook Live broadcasts complete with pop-up previews

fbdown.net - allows you to download Facebook and other videos.

Upcoming social media workshops in Cheltenham

Feel free to ask me questions on any aspect of social media by posting under this blog post, or by tweeting @intranetfuture.

Don’t forget to join me again Monday at the usual time of 8.45am for THE #SocialToday SHOW on Facebook Live.

You might also be interested in signing up to my Social Media Roundup newsletter which goes out at the start of each week with social media news, tips, tools and a useful person to know.

See you again soon on social media!

THE #SocialToday SHOW - 5 Sept 2016

Here’s THE #SocialToday SHOW with my insights on the week’s social media news including exciting new features from Facebook, Messenger, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. This week’s broadcast is from The Growth Hub in Gloucester, where I’m providing a social media clinic. Plus there’s:

• Question time - Would you pay for a Facebook Page? Please answer in the Comments below.
• My numbers of the week - 33. One month after the launch of Instagram Stories a third of users are viewing the new feature plus 87% of Pinterest users who saw a photo of a product went on to buy it.
• Secret social media tip - Use embedded tweets.
• Tools talk - pixabay. A great library of free (and ‘to buy’) images
• And finally - @apple shows signs of life….sort of..

The SHOW is aimed people who work with social media - enjoy the recording below:

Useful links from today’s show

studio.twitter.com - Twitter’s new media library or download the iOS app (not available on Android yet)

pixabay.com - great photo library

Upcoming social media workshops in Cheltenham

Feel free to ask me questions on any aspect of social media by posting under this blog post, or by tweeting @intranetfuture.

Don’t forget to join me again Monday at the usual time of 8.45am for THE #SocialToday SHOW on Facebook Live.

You might also be interested in signing up to my Social Media Roundup newsletter which goes out at the start of each week with social media news, tips, tools and a useful person to know.

See you again soon on social media!

THE #SocialToday SHOW - Tuesday 30 August

Here’s THE #SocialToday SHOW with my insights on the week’s social media news including exciting new features from Facebook, Messenger, LinkedIn and Twitter. I gave you the news last week that LinkedIn have re-introduced hashtags (to mobile at least) and they’ve no officially confirmed. Find out how excited I am!….plus regular features:

• Question time - Do you blog? Please tell me about your blog in the Comments below.
• My number of the week - 75. In the latest quarterly survey from Sprout Social, 75% of social media users said they’d bought a product because they’d seen it on social media.
• Secret social media tip - Keep your regularly used hashtags in a text file or similar so you can copy and paste into the description of your Instagram posts.
• Tools talk - rapportive.com. An extension that integrates Gmail with LinkedIn.
• And finally - Journalist’s Twitter account suspended for tweeting Olympic gifs.

The SHOW is aimed people who work in or with social media - enjoy the recording below:

Useful links from today’s show

publish.twitter.com - info on Twitter’s new DM button for website

rapportive.com - great extension for Chrome and Firefox

Upcoming social media workshops in Cheltenham

Feel free to ask me questions on any aspect of social media by posting under this blog post, or by tweeting @intranetfuture.

Don’t forget to join me again Monday at the later than usual time of 9.30am for THE #SocialToday SHOW on Facebook Live - normally on Mondays at 8.45am BST.

You might also be interested in signing up to my Social Media Roundup newsletter which goes out at the start of each week with social media news, tips, tools and a useful person to know.

See you again soon on social media!

THE #SocialToday SHOW - Monday 22 August

Here’s THE #SocialToday SHOW with my insights on the last week’s social media news including exciting new features from Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and Pinterest plus:

• Question time - What’s your top social media tip? Please post your answer in the Comments below.
• My number of the week - 90. In a Fractl and BuzzSumo survey of 3 billion posts between December 2015 and June 2016, Facebook had 90% of social shares of popular articles. Twitter was distant 2nd with just 6%.
• Secret social media tip - Tag Twitter friends in promotional banners but don’t be spammy.
• Tools talk - we take a look at bookwhen. Great for taking bookings and payments on events.
• And finally - Man locked in shop overnight tweets his plight.

The SHOW is aimed people who work in or with social media - enjoy the recording below:

Useful links from today’s show

Lifestage App

Bookwhen

Upcoming social media workshops including LinkedIn Workshops in Cheltenham tomorrow, Tuesday 23 August

Feel free to ask me questions on any aspect of social media by posting under this blog post, or by tweeting me @intranetfuture.

If you enjoyed the show please share on Facebook and tweet the following by selecting the ‘Click to tweet’ button.

Don’t forget to join me again next Monday for THE #SocialToday SHOW on Facebook Live - every Monday at 8.45am BST.

You might also be interested in signing up to my Social Media Roundup newsletter which goes out at the start of each week with social media news, tips, tools and a useful person to know.

For more information on how I can help you as an entrepreneur or someone who works with social media, please visit my Services page.

THE #SocialToday SHOW - 15 August 2016

Here’s THE #SocialToday SHOW with my take on the latest social media news including exciting new features from social networks plus:

• Question time - What’s the main benefit of social media to your business?
• My number of the week - 53. 53% of those surveyed in a Facebook/Nielsen survey said that they’re more likely to shop with a business that they can message directly.
• Tools talk - we take a look at drumUp.
• And finally - Chief Constable leaves his Facebook Page open to the public.

The SHOW is aimed at small business owners and people who work with social media - enjoy the recording below:

Useful links from today’s show

Facebook Ad Preferences

drumUp

More on ‘Dom’ - Domino’s new Messenger bot

Go to www.facebook.com/charitywater or search Messenger for @charitywater to interact with the world’s first bot that takes donations

Upcoming social media workshops including Advanced Social Media Workshop this Thursday

Feel free to ask me questions on any aspect of social media by posting under this blog post, or by tweeting me @intranetfuture.

If you enjoyed the show please share on Facebook and tweet about it like Rachel Davis of RT Social Media.

Don’t forget to join me for THE #SocialToday SHOW on Facebook Live every Monday at 8.45am BST.

You might also be interested in signing up to my Social Media Roundup newsletter which goes out at the start of each week with social media news, tips, tools and a useful person to know.

For more information on how I can help you as an entrepreneur or someone who works with social media, please visit my Services page.

THE #SocialToday SHOW - 8 August

Here’s THE #SocialToday SHOW with my insights on the week’s social media news including exciting new features from social networks including Instagram Stories and Twitter Unlock cards plus regular features:

• Question time - What’s your biggest issue when it comes to social media? - please post your answer in the Comments
• My number of the week - 74. The age of Mavis Williams aka #OlympicNan
• Tools talk - we take a look at Sanebox (hat tip to Felicity Read of Leapfrog PR for this one)
• And finally - find out the room at Facebook HQ that even Mark Zuckerberg can’t access

The SHOW is aimed at small business owners and people who work with social media but anyone is welcome to watch the recording below:

Useful links from today’s show

Twitter Dashboard

Example of new LinkedIn Influencer videos - What’s the #1 thing founders should avoid doing in a pitch meeting?

Mavis Williams aka #OlympicNan Twitter profile @mavise42Mavis 

Get $5 off Sanebox

Upcoming social media workshops

Feel free to ask me questions on any aspect of social media by posting under this blog post, or by tweeting me @intranetfuture.

If you enjoyed the show please share on Facebook and tweet about it like Rachel Davis of RT Social Media.

Don’t forget to join me for THE #SocialToday SHOW on Facebook Live every Monday at 8.45am BST.

You might also be interested in signing up to my Social Media Roundup newsletter which goes out at the start of each week with social media news, tips, tools and a useful person to know.

For more information on how I can help you as an entrepreneur or someone who works with social media, please visit my Services page.

THE #SocialToday SHOW - 1 August 2016

Here’s my commentary on the week’s social media news including the latest quarterly results from Facebook and Twitter plus new developments on THE #SocialToday SHOW which also features:

• Question time - If you were given £500 to spend on Facebook Ads what would you spend it on? - please post in the Comments.
• My number of the week - the story behind a significant stat from last week
• Tools talk - news of a new social media tool or development of an existing one
• And finally - a quirky social media story

The SHOW is aimed at small business owners and people who work with social media but anyone is welcome to watch the recording below:

Feel free to ask me questions on any aspect of social media by posting under this blog post, or by tweeting me @intranetfuture.

Don’t forget to join me for THE #SocialToday SHOW on Facebook Live every Monday at 8.45am BST.

You might also be interested in signing up to my Social Media Roundup newsletter which goes out at the start of each week with social media news, tips, tools and a useful person to know.

For more information on how I can help you as an entrepreneur or someone who works with social media, please visit my Services page.