Author: Chris Norton

I received an outreach approach this morning about a new search engine which has been launched to rival the likes of Google Oparla, which pays users to search, claims to use social media technology to provide a more accurate search Visitors can...

As marketers, advertisers and PR practitioners are all scratching their collective heads looking at ways to benefit from using social networking it seems the very networks themselves are still struggling to figure out what to do Yes hot on the...

I loved the story last week about Chelsea starting to use Twitter to communicate directly with fans Basically, Chelsea FC has begun Twittering (under its mascot’s name) following a huge growth in fake Chelsea FC accounts I can imagine there are...

I have been busy this last week preparing and then running a social media workshop with a new client Basically, my team and I assessed the client’s current status quo and then held a workshop to ask why it was doing what it was doing I am now...

With the recent and growing decline of traditional newspapers there are several theories being touted around that could be attributed to the sudden drop in circulation and audience figures It’s true that the media has become accustom to reporting...

Following the story that Twitter was first to report the plane crash in the Hudson River story Tech Crunch has reported that Sky News has created a new job Its new Twitter Correspondent has been hired to ensure the Sky Network is on top of the...

I read an article in this morning’s Telegraph about criminals now sourcing and then stealing CV details and then applying for jobs under other people’s names to engage in fraudulent activity I have often thought about what is safe to put online...

I am sure you have all heard the latest that YouTube is to remove all of the music video content due to an argument over royalties A statement from PRS For Music (the body which YouTube is arguing with) stated: "PRS for Music is outraged on behalf...

One of my favourite journalist bloggers Sally Whittle has tagged Jed, Louise and I She has challenged us to share our top 25 tracks for a Friday afternoon Now I have to say I found this really difficult as there is so much good music out there and...

I am a bit tired today following a busy night at a client event in Huddersfield For the event we combined my two favourite things dance music and social media I booked a producer and DJ that I have mentioned several times  before on my blog Chris...