In my training sessions on Blogging and Social Media I am often explaining to clients the benefits of RSS and am always surprised to find that many business owners are not aware of how it works or how they can use it. RSS is short for ‘Really Simple Syndication’ and it is basically a standard [...]
I feel like I have been saying the same thing for years regarding the Data Protection Act but its about 15 years since I submitted my first registration with the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) and still I regularly come across businesses who are completely unaware of their legal obligations when it comes to handling contact [...]
A new directive from the EU on websites which use cookies could have massive consequences for thousands of businesses due to lack of awareness of the law and the resulting fines. The EU Privacy Directive relating to this was first introduced in May 2011 and at the time it was argued that businesses in EU [...]
Most people became aware of the SOPA and PIPA debate earlier this week when jessicazeun.com and many other websites went dark or displayed an alternative page for 24 hours in an attempt to draw attention to the issue. The most prominent site to do this was Wikipedia raising a cry from students all over the [...]
For a while now I have been using the online influence ratings site Klout. For those who have not heard of this before it basically uses a range of algorithms on different social networks including Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Foursquare, Quora and more to estimate your influence and reach on the web. As more and [...]
I have been asked a few times about QR codes so I thought it was about time I wrote a blog post about them. If you don’t have a smartphone then QR codes are fairly useless to you, however as there are already 6.2 million smartphone users in the UK and smartphones now represent almost [...]
Recently a colleague introduced me to the concept of bit coins. The idea is that they offer a method for transactions which are too small for a debit or credit card payment but where the payment needs to be digital rather than in cash. In my e-commerce classes I often encourage students to debate the [...]
With the new Facebook business page layout comes another useful little tool which allows you to use Facebook with the profile of your business page rather than your personal settings. This means that when you post status updates or comments they appear to be from your page rather than you. You will notice the option [...]
