So, my last post talked about the challenges faced by larger companies in maximising social media, particularly location networks.  It sprang from discussion on Quora about the ownership of social media. Then I read Dave Briggs’ post ‘Doing away with social media officers’ (follow the links in it to get full value) in which he…

Great day at Monitoring Social Media in London yesterday.  I signed up because I was particularly interested in the content aimed at small businesses. In my view, there is an urgent need to make it all more accessible and manageable for time poor business owners, many of whom are sceptical about the effectiveness of social media….

So, this week, the regional press has been full of the findings of a survey conducted by the Forum of Private Business which, as I learned today, is a “not-for-profit organisation that can help with every aspect of running a business”.  The survey apparently found that over half the Forum’s 5,800 members (UK) are using…