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It’s that time of year again..time to look back over the past 12 months then to look ahead to the next year. Here’s a summary of this blog’s most popular posts of 2011.
10 . The UK’s top 25 tech PRs on Twitter — This post summarizes tech journalist Jack Scholfields list of the top 25 tech PRs in the UK.  I wonder if he knows I’ve left yet?
9. Map your Linked In contacts — This a cool tool to visualize your professional networks to gain a better understanding of where …

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Each month I wrap up news and stories featured on this blog into a free email newsletter, and today April’s Social Media News has been published.  This month a range of subjects is explored including:

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UK’s top 25 tech PRs

LinkedIn’s personal news

SoMed in marketing

Isle of Man Twestival

MySpace loses users

Facebook’s questions

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February Social Media News
Free report:  Who is talking about you in social media?
Podcast: Social  Media News  summer

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Isle of Man Newspapers’ parent introduces paywall
Study shows PRs are not liars
How do the news media work?

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Tweeps in almost 200 cities around the world are busy today getting ready for Twestival 2011, the annual Twitter celebration and fundraiser.  It’s the third year running for the iniative and this year each community is working to raise money and awareness for a local charity. 
Twestival uses social media for social good by connecting communities offline on a single day to highlight a great cause and have a fun event. It is the largest global grassroots social media fundraising initiative, and this is the second Isle …

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I was very happy to help social media expert Owen Cutajar out at yesterday’s Isle of Man Forward Ladies seminar: Unlock the benefits of Social Media.It was hosted and sponsored by PDMS and Digital Design, the Island’s largest software developer.
Forward Ladies is the  largest women’s networking and business support organisation in North England supporting more than 12,000 women throughout Yorkshire, the Humber, Isle of Man, Manchester and Merseyside.
Interest in social media in business is very high among Forward Ladies, the event was sold out.  In fact, we had …

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Learn how to unlock the benefits of social media for your business at a Forward Ladies business development seminar taking place in the Isle of Man on Thursday.  The event is open to both Forward Ladies members and non-members. Gentlemen are welcome too.
Learn how Facebook, Twitter, blogging and other online networks can help your business. Owen Cutajar, Isle of Man-based consultant with a background in IT and business strategy, will look at  how social media is changing the way people communicate and how businesses can leverage social networks to drive …

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Things are looking decidedly different this month. That’s because I’ve had to dump TweetLevel as the tool to measure Twitter influence.  It’s been on the fritz for several weeks now.  I contacted Edelman (the company behind the tool) about the problem and the reply was that the company is working with Twitter to solve the problem and that they’ll let me know when things are sorted.  But I missed doing the Isle of Man rankings last month and didn’t want to extend the break.
So this month, for first time ever …

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Businesses woke up this morning  to find their Facebook page has had an  upgrade that makes it look and work more like a personal user profile.
According to Facebook’s ‘Facebook Pages’, the new features are designed to help manage communication and increase engagement.
Unlike the Facebook user profile, a page is not for the average ‘man on the street’.  Instead it’s a platform for organisations, public figures, businesses and brands. However  the revamped pages will have a lot of the same features that are included in the redesigned profiles that launched early …

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This is the final league table for this, the year that Twitter really took off in the Isle of Man. I’m tracking about 500 Island profiles, but I’m sure there are probably a lot more. Funnily enough some of the  names that were on the top of  the first ever Twitter popularity table (February 2010) still rank highly.  And, there are plenty of newcomers too.  The same can be said of the influence table.
This month, we have two brand new entrants onto the popularity list. Congratulations to @alexharrissm and @annagoldsmith! …