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Don’t act surprised when your online train is full!

Community Building / Social Media for Enterprise / Social Media Strategy / Social Media Tips and Tricks / Social Networking

I'm stood in a jam packed South West Trains carriage at Richmond heading into Waterloo on a brisk February morning in 2012, Olympics year. The doors have just beeped open but there is no room for anyone else on the carriage. There is a very angry lady outside shouting down...

eSocialMedia continues to expand with the addition of Gareth Mason to the team

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Gareth has joined eSocialMedia after 6 years in corporate finance, where he specialised in the sale of non-listed UK companies. Prior to this, Gareth was a professional rugby player for 9 years. An unashamed science geek, with a degree in chemistry, Gareth has been brought on board to develop the...

Amy-Jane Cahalane Joins eSocialMedia!

Company Information / General

Amy-Jane joins eSocialMedia after 6 years of working in Local Government. Her most recent role was Economic Development Officer at Bedford Borough Council, where she led several large scale projects and ran events across Bedfordshire. Amy-Jane is a self-confessed ‘Social Media Junkie’ (with no future plans to visit rehab!). She...

Content rises to take its seat at the top table

Social Media and Blogging / Social Media for Enterprise / Social Media Tools / WordPress

I recently sat squeezed into the basement room of a pub in London's East End. Even though we were within hearing range of old Bow Bells, this wasn't a place of cor blimey Cockneys having a knees up. It was a packed house of around 100 people who all...

Why every business needs a corporate story

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Some months ago I was waiting heart-in-mouth to run a corporate story session for eight alpha-males preparing to sell their extremely lucrative software business. They had convened at 8.30 for a high-level strategy meeting before starting my session at 9.00. Would I be able to convince these men they...

Creating The Perfect Recruitment On Boarding Process

Social Media for Recruitment / Social Media in London

Our most recent Direct Resourcing Think Tank was hosted by Sara Philp from British Airways and the recruitment topic was On Boarding. Nothing to do with boarding flights but rather how to on board people into jobs and into your organisation. The event was well attended with recruitment leaders...

Kieran Hannon from eSocialMedia featured in The Guardian

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Click here to read what Kieran Hannon from eSocialMedia has to say about social media and the digital age in a recent article published in "The Guardian"

Is it necessary to take out social media insurance for your company?

Social Media for Financial Services / Social Media for Insurance / Social Media for PR

There are many risks associated with using social media. Chartis insurance actually provide social media insurance. I’ve provided a list of these risks below. The risks do not, however, outweigh the opportunities associated with using social media effectively. In this article I provide a list of the risks and...

Social Media and The London Riots: 4 months on

Facebook / Social Media and Blogging / Social Media in London / Social Networking / Twitter

We all watched the news as youngsters damaged and looted properties across London during the London riots and images of a city in chaos were broadcast to the World only a year before the Olympics are to be hosted in London. The riots damaged the London tourist trade, retailers...