Social Media Podcast Edition 39 now available - Everybody's leaving Facebook again!!! Twitter kiss the Blarney Stone

Taking part in Social Media podcast Episode 39 we have Gordon White,  Kyle Murdoch and Iain Murray with the usual lively discussion. There's been lots to talk about since the last podcast, Mr Zukckerberg has seen to that.  So, as you would expect, the recent Facebook changes feature heavily at the start of the podcast but, we also find time to talk about a host of other topics.

For this episode I have listed the topics in a slightly different way and I would appreciate your feedback about whether this is better than the post Social Media Podcast No.38.


On Social Media Podcast No.39 we discuss the following:

• Facebook - the changes so far
• Facebook - more changes to come
• Facebook - mobile platform
• Google+ - should they be worried?
• Facebook - privacy settings more important than ever
• Personal Branding - more important than ever
• Communities - how many people can you realistically engage with?
• Twitter - Kissing the Blarney Stone
• Scotland - should it become a tax haven?
• Groupon - all's not well
• Tumblr - what's Richard Branson up to?
• JellyBook - like Groupon it's finding it difficult to do deals
• Social Media Week - a success in Glasgow
• Your social media - who controls it?
• QuickBuzz - the new fatBuzz video tips
• Facebook - scams
• Linked-In - Is it the most improved platform?
• Collaboration - It works, live with it!
• Hashtags - powerful yet misunderstood
• Direct Mail - It works, live with it!
• Gordon's New Car - well done Victoria Beckham
• Augmented Reality - is it on the wane
• Hashtags - ours needs to be used more often #MediaPodcast
• PressReader - still impressing Iain
• Dodo Case - the most exclusive case in the World!
• Apple - complaint about an AppleStore purchase from Gordon!

We hope you enjoy the podcast, if you have any comments to make or topics you would like us to discuss please leave them here on the blog or on our Facebook Page.

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Social Media Podcast 38 - Now available - Google+ and Iain's confession...

We are back after a short break during the holiday period, on Episode 38 we have Gordon White, half of birthday boy Kyle Murdoch, Kirsty Hunter and Iain Murray for some lively discussion and the usual measure of banter and disagreement!

We start with a chat about Google+ - could this be something that Iain and Gordon agree on? - You need to listen to find out!  We explore what Google+ is and who is it competing with and, is it one major social media platform too many?

Facebook has also undergone some major changes since the last podcast so we look at what's new here and what we can expect in the near future.  This discussion also questions how good, or bad, the big 4 (Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In and Google) are at actually communicating with their users - your thoughts on this would be much appreciated.

Other topics we explore along the way include:

• Social Media in the workplace - are attitudes changing?
• Iain confesses he's finding weaknesses with Android
• Apple's customer service - is it the best you can get?
• Steve Jobs and his retirement - Can he be replaced?
• What's next for Apple?
• App Stores - Are there too many around?
• Widgets vs Icons
• Coca-Cola's Facebook Fan Page was not originally set up by Coca-Cola which leads us to chat about the difficulty brands are having with talking to their end users for the first time.
• IKEA's new television advert and how it is part of  a campaign that includes some very clever YouTube/Facebook promotion
• QR Codes and their increasing popularity as predicted by Social Media Podcast 140 years ago!

We also give a big thanks to CC Chapman for the fantastic video introduction for the last New Media Breakfast and also to Jennifer Holloway for the first of her guest posts on the fatBuzz Blog.

Finally, we take a look at some Apps that have caught our eye including: Press Reader, News360, Nova, Optiscan, CatchNotes, Zinio and TouchNote.

We hope you enjoy the podcast, if you have any comments to make or topics you would like us to discuss please leave them here on the blog or on our Facebook Page.

Play the podcast here:

Subscribe/Download Social Media Podcast on iTunes

If you have found this post interesting please share it with your online community using either the Twitter, Facebook and Share buttons below. Thank You.

You can also follow the Social Media Podcast on Facebook now - visit and "Like" the new Social Media Podcast Facebook Page HERE.