Social Media Podcast 47 - Google+ has 250 million active users and Elvis IS alive and Tweeting!

Taking part in Social Media Podcast Episode 47 we have Gordon White,  Kyle Murdoch, Kirsty Hunter, Iain Murray however, this episode could well be renamed the Google Podcast because Iain was the only one who had done his homework.  Nevertheless, we do manage to get the odd non Google topic squeezed in!

As usual, the banter is good and the conversation moves along with good humour and, we hope, some interesting information from the world of social media and emerging technology.

We're fast approaching Episode 50; have you any ideas what we should do or, do you want to take part?  Let us know - email gordon@fatBuzz.com or kyle@fatbuzz.com.

Elvis gets a mention and, we chat briefly about Morton Fraser's fascinating podcast about what happens to your online stuff when you die.  We also pose some new questions for our friendly legal experts about using edited Tweets as testimonials in your marketing material - we will be interested to hear their opinion this!

There's really a lot in this one including:

• Google+ - Reposturing has begun and, 250 million active users?
• Introducing Nexus7 - Great if you like your tablet half baked!
• Google Play - Playing at being iTunes?
• NexusQ - Ideal for Androids
• Google Now - Big Brother's not watch you, he's directing you! 
• Microsoft Surface - Has it surfaced to soon?
• Waze - A great way to get people to your chip shop?
• Twitter - No longer feeding  to Linked-In - great news!
• Take some time to reduce the size of your community
• Mon.ki - A Google Chrome add on that enables relevant Twitter messages to appear on your search pages now out of Beta
• Google Analytics goes mobile
• Facebook Emails - Big bad Facebook have a glitch
• Elvis is alive and Tweeting!
• Morton Fraser's podcast - Do you have a digital sock drawer?  What happens to your stuff when you die
• New Media Breakfast - Who won the big Social Media v SEO The Face Off?
• Edited Tweets being used in Marketing material - one for our friends at Morton Fraser
• What length are your Tweets?

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Social Media Podcast 43 now available - Augmented Reality Apps can't change the colour of Iain's phone

Taking part in Social Media podcast Episode 43 we have Gordon White,  Kyle Murdoch, Kirsty Hunter, and Iain Murray.

This one was recorded last thing on a Friday and that weekend feeling was already setting in while we were taking a look at recent events, news and updates in the world of social media.  This light hearted exploration of all things social takes in a number of interesting topics and throws up the usual variety of opinions.



On Social Media Podcast No.43 we discuss the following:

• The Steve Jobs doll - We start by clearing up a question from the last podcast - can you patent a person? 
• Lead Generation - Kirsty finds some survey results from Hubspot about which social media platforms businesses find most effective for lead generation.  Link to article 
• Social Media Profiles - Recent cases where employers have been taken to tribunal for using information gained on social media platforms when considering candidates for jobs.
• Freedom of Speech - Does the law interfere too much in what's said on social media platforms?
• Facebook IPO - Are we about to see a new much more commercial model from Facebook and, is Sponsored Stories already going too far?
• Scottish Independence - Does Facebook's love affair with Ireland indicate the way forward for Scotland?
• Shazam - A great new way to link off-line and on-line activity
• Augmented Reality - We explore lots of great examples of practical, (and some not so practical uses of augmented reality.
• Pop-Up Books - Could these be a threat to traditional publishing in the future.  Link to Pop-Up Book video feature on Digital Buzz
• Business Cards of the future - Great idea for business cards with video content!  Link to YouTube Video
• Nissan's new augmented reality App - Choose the colour and spec of your car via Nissan's new App.  Link to YouTube video about Nissan's App
• Audi's augmented reality App - Another car manufacturer using the latest technology to preview its cars.  Link to Audi's App video on YouTube.
• ARMES using augmented reality in the architectural industry - Could this spell the end for model makers?  Link to ARMES Video on YouTube
• IKEA's iPhone App - Choose your furniture and see what it looks like in your home before you buy.  Link to IKEA video on YouTube
• Phoenix Car - Phoenix Car take a new approach to content.  Link to Phoenix "I want to go green" blog post
• Kindle - Bring technology to every generation.
• IonRoad - A really pointless App (unless it knows how to work the foot pedals!!!)
• GPSTuner - An almost pointless App!!!
• TweetDeck - It wasn't broken so why try and fix it?
• Symantec got hacked - PC Anywhere ended up everywhere!!!
• Apple iPad3 - Liesten to what we would like to see it do
• Phone Colours - Should men be allowed to have white phones?
• Windows 8 Tablet - What will it include and, will it spell a revival for Nokia?
• Groupon, is the bubble is burst? - Groupon don't deliver on what they said they would... again!
• Great Service deserves a mention - Well done Moo and Kimtag

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Social Media Podcast 42 is now available - Gordon explains why things are not so Black and White and much more!!

Taking part in Social Media podcast Episode 42 we have Gordon White,  Kyle Murdoch, Kirsty Hunter, and Iain Murray.

All back and refreshed after the festive season break, we resume the usual banter and chat about social media, gadgets and relevant (and sometimes not so relevant) news items.  As normal, we have the odd disagreement and a few laughs as we talk through an interesting and varied list of topics and, for the first time, we announce the winner of our fatBuzz Social Media Podcast Green Award!

On Social Media Podcast No.42 we discuss the following:

• The Steve Jobs doll - Can you patent a person? 
• Linked-In - The user who claimed constructive dismissal because of content posted on his profile and his online CV.  For more information on this you can read the blog post by Innes Clark, Partner with Morton Fraser 
• Personal profiles - do you have a different persona on-line?
• Posting content - why do people share so much information on-line?
• Rupert Murdoch - he joins Twitter and immediately picks a fight with Google
• Steve Jobs book - what Kyle didn't have to say about it!
• MyPermissions.org - a new platform for managing your on-line permissions
• FitBit and Endomondo - Iain's useless fitness apps
• Augmented Reality - where is it at and is the cost of entry a barrier to greater uptake?
• QR Codes - Heineken's great campaign and other good ideas
• The new fatBuzz Social Media Podcast Awards - who wins our first award?  The Green Award
• Mark Zuckerberg - Gordon gets an email from the Facebook founder
• Top level domain names - the new top level domains - are they a license to print money?
• Wikipedia - the first internet strike
• fatBuzz.TV - a new resource from fatBuzz
• NetFlix - the UK launch
• Zappos - the recent data breach and the strange decision to shut down telephone lines and block the blog outside the US
• Facebook Insights - the new Facebook Insights has been released with lots of useful information for brands
• Recommended Blogs - do you have any blogs you would recommend to other listeners?
• Targeted Social Media Marketing - we discuss the benefits of building a relevant community

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 No.41 available now - Lots of Christmas banter and Edward Reid's single

Taking part in Social Media podcast Episode 41 we have Gordon White,  Kyle Murdoch Kirsty Hunter, and Iain Murray.  This is the "Christmas Episode" and, whilst we do go "off theme" once or twice, it is generally a Christmas edition.  There's the usual lively debate and a very special treat at the end - We have Britain's Got Talent's Edward Reid's Christmas Single recorded for Aberlour Child Care Trust.

We've put the single on the podcast so that you can listen before you buy!  Yes, we want you to go to iTunes and download the single - every single penny raised will go to help the children supported by the great work done by Aberlour.  So, as a favour to the Social Media Podcast team, please buy a copy of the single (or the full EP) it's well worth the money.

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As with recent episodes I have listed the topics in a slightly different way the feedback seems to be that you liked this method of highlighting the various topics we argue about.

On Social Media Podcast No.41 we discuss the following:

• The New Twitter Business Pages 
• @SantasPage - a fatBuzz experiment
• Twitter - Are brands truly engaged with their Twitter followers?
• Twitter - the new mobile App
• Google - The new home page layout
• Google+ - The new fatBuzz Google+ Page
• The "Big" Storm - #HurricaneBawBag
• Heineken's Christmas Tree - The giant TV Tree in Singapore
• John Lewis and Waitrose - A collaboration with QR Codes
• Christmas Apps - "Deck the Screens", Charlie Brown & Christmas List
• The Story of Christmas - A Social Network Christmas
• Iain's 3 stupid gifts - Listen and judge for yourself!
• Iain's new Samsung Galaxy - and the much better iPhone4S!!!
• Adobe - No further development of Flash Player on mobile devices
• Monitoring Social media during the holidays
• The fatBuzz Winter Gift - we reveal what it is
• Android open a store - in Australia! 
• Portable North Pole TV - ideal for the kids this Christmas
• Aberlour Child Care Trust - the Christmas single with Edward Reid

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Social Media Podcast Edition 40 is now available - Google+ may conquer the World (slowly) and, Apples may be cheaper next year

Taking part in Social Media podcast Episode 40 we have Gordon White,  Kyle Murdoch Kirsty Hunter, David McKinlay and Iain Murray.  This episode seems to have lots of laughter and plenty of the usual disagreements between Iain and Gordon - we may need another referee to decide who's right with some of these topics!

David McKinlay is our latest recruit at fatBuzz, he was thrown in at the deep end with this one because he only started his new role as developer the same day as we recorded this podcast - a big welcome to David, we look forward to his contributions in the future.

As with the last episode I have listed the topics in a slightly different way the feedback seems to be that you liked this method of highlighting the various topics we argue about.

On Social Media Podcast No.40 we discuss the following:

• Google+ - flop, success, slow burner? - we discuss this at length 
• Google+ Business Pages - could this be the making of it?
• Facebook - the new Timeline
• Social Media Privacy Settings - an even greater need to take control
• Google Music and Google Video - the latest news
• Google App Store, iTunes and iCloud - what's been happening
• Spotify, NetFlick,ILoveFilm - they all get a passing mention
• Steve Jobs - A sad loss
• Social Media Strategy - why you must have one
• QR Codes - A look at Dean's new Recipe Book and QR Codes
• Touchnote - they're doing Christmas Cards
• Banjo App - Iain explains what it does
• SiRi - why it can't find www.fatBuzz.com
• UVoucher - Iain gets cheap Pizzas
• CardMobili - Iain explains this pretty pointless App
• AA Safety Cameras and Cams Ahoy - Why Gordon doesn't need such Apps
• Sky+ and SkyGo - what's happening with these new versions
• Smartr and Xobini - how the curate your engagement
• Aura PR - We answer Laura's question about using video for business
• iPad - Should Apple go cheap to protect market share - a good argument to finish

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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!

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Social Media Podcast No 37 The Facebook Edition...and other things!

Let me say from the outset that we made a cardinal error with this podcast - Gordon White, Kyle Murdoch and Iain Murray all gathered to record this episode at the appointed time, sat down to discuss (very roughly) what we would talk about then discovered no one had brought the recorder! Fear not, fatBuzz usually find a fix for such problems and we actually recorded it via one of our large Sony cameras.

The edition does tend to focus a lot of Facebook; largely because we had just completed three "Facebook for Business" New Media Breakfast in the preceding six days! In that period we had all attended the Entrepreneurial Exchange Conference at Gleneagles where much of the speaker's content was about the use of social media in their businesses.

We also discuss the relevancy of your community and the need to develop a following that is relevant to your business and, the usefulness of Twitter and Facebook Lists.

We talk about a couple of influential social media business people, Michelle Mone of Ultimo and Richard McKay of Richard McKay flooring.

Other subjects include:

• Tommy Sheridan blogging from jail (But now he isn't!!!)
• Groupon's timing on going to the market
• Glasgow's Great Deal and Edinburgh's Great Deal
• Facebook Deals
• Facebook Sponsored Stories
• The diabolically bad Facebook Mobile Platforms
• QR Codes - Mitch Joel's blog about how they can create a negative experience for a brand
• Gaynor MacIntyre of MacIntyre's of Edinburgh and her QR Code
• WAZE - An application for traffic management using Geo-Tagging and Twitter
• Cloud Computing, Apple iCloud, DropBox, Google Cloud etc.
• Two Boys Opera and the viral video - Can I be Your Friend?
• Personal Branding Online with Jennifer Holloway
• To book a 1to1 meeting with Jennifer email fiona@fatbuzz.com
• Our new Social Media Podcast Facebook Page

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Social Media Podcast 36 now available...Sallie Goetsch the boxing referee

Social Media Podcast No.36 is slightly longer than the usual podcast but, well worth listening to.  Following Social Media Podcast No.34 (The boxing edition), Sallie Goetsch contacted us about the stats Iain and I were using to argue the case about Android vs iOS, she was concerned that we were not comparing like for like so, we invited her to explain.  In Social Media Podcast we enjoy some light hearted banter about the argument and Sallie explains the difficulty with statistics and why we should beware who is presenting them.


We also took the opportunity to have a conversation with Sallie about her work and some social media related issues, during the chat we discussed the following:

• The power of podcasting as a communication tool
• Sallie's forthcoming podcast workshop
• Audioboo and other "simple" ways to podcast
• The deterioration of the English language, bad grammar and people's fear of writing

I'm sure you'll find the conversation extremely interesting with a suitable balance of fun and serious commentary.  Following the interview I also comment on something that Sallie does very well and others do very badly; deciding when something should be said off-line as opposed to on-line.

The usual team of Kyle Murdoch, Iain Murray and myself (Gordon White) then go on to discuss a range of topics from the world of social media including the following:

• Telstra's social media training progress
• Social Media Policies - Link to examples on www.socialmediagovernance.com
• The rising popularity of QR Codes (Quick Response Codes) and how fatBuzz use Kimtag as a single QR Code linked to all of our on-line places
• Personal branding and the importance of your reputation online - Link to www.reputation.com
• The forthcoming New Media Breakfast on Personal Branding with Jennifer Holloway
• EBay Shops - Does a 100% positive feedback rating add to the sales value of your EBay store?

These are some of the main things we chat about during the podcast.  In addition, we mention Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Cloud, LoveFilm, Audible.com and, Silverlight.

We also refer to a very useful piece of research conducted by Buddy Media which is available as a pdf download on Mashable - Facebook Engagement Data

Finally, we leave the podcast with an invitation to take a look at the latest marketing campaign from Range Rover for the new Range Rover Evoque.  We intend to discuss this on the next podcast so, please take a moment to have a look and make a comment about it before we record Social Media Podcast 37.

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Social Media Podcast edition 32 - The new office and interior design with John Dick & Son

In Edition 32 we have the usual free flowing conversation about all manner of thisng social media, and a few that are not!

We review the recent New Media Breakfast with Tommy Mitchel of NVT Group where he talked about Cloud Computing, we discuss the new Facebook Pages and generally discuss some of the recent developments in social media.  We are also joined by special guests, Sall  and Bruce Dick of John Dick & Son who talk about their recent adoption of social media and they help us review a few iPad Apps for Interior Design which include: Decor Advisor, Cool Hunting, Houzz and Dream Home.

We also compliment AudioBoo for some great cistomer service when we needed help ahead of a very unusual Burn's Supper.  There is also a qick review of a great App for artists called ArtRage and we also get a plug in for Gordon's Facebook Page - Gordon White's Art

Other things mentioned include: deck.ly audible.com dropbox

We have decided to use a new hashtag for the Social Media Podcast #SMPodcast  We will be using the #SMPodcast to let you know when we're recording the podcast so that you can ask questions or suggest discussion topics. So, please follow the hashtag so that you can keep up to date with our recordings.

Finally, if you would like top be on a podcast either in person or, via Skype, please contact me at gordon@fatbuzz.com and we will try to get it organised.

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Social Media Podcast 31 - Phoenix head to NADA San Francisco and, the usual social media chat

In No.31 (not 32 as introduced at the start of the podcast) enjoy the usual banter with Gordon White, Kyle Murdoch (fatBuzz) and Iain Murray.  eventually we are joined by Russell Smith, Sale and Marketing Director at Phoenix Car Group.  We look at recent news and events around the world of social media and give a brief round-up of the New Media Breakfast about sharing content.  A special thanks to Mitch Joel for his contribution to that event.

We then move on to discuss a range of topics including, Facebook Sponsored Adverts, CNN's iReport, DropBox iPad App, Prezi iPad App, the Dodo Case for the iPad, Citizen Journalism and much more.

Russell Smith then joins us to talk about the 15 strong team from Phoenix Car Company going to the annual NADA convention in San Francisco to learn more about customer service.  He explains how the attendees staked their claim to a place on the trip via social media and, how they will be sending regular reports back from the convention via social media. We also suggested to Russell that Sallie Goetsch (Social Media Podcast No.24) might be able to help those who are new to blogging if they experience any difficulties whilst in San Francisco!!!

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Social Media Podcast 27 Now available...

On Social Media Podcast 27, Gordon White, Kyle Murdoch (fatBuzz) and Iain Murray (ConnectedFM) explore various Twitter related platforms like TweetTim.es, TweetMeme, Paper.li and many others.  We also talk about Linked-In Signal, the new Digg, Google and StumbleUpon.

Iain Murray tells us about his recent social media strategy to promote ConnectedFM at the Total Workplace Management conference in London and how he used a mixture of conventional advertising and networking with social media.

For the first time we are featuring an unreleased band, Unique Nights from Belfast, Northern Ireland. This is something we will do in future so, if you are a singer, songwriter or band, please send us your track and links to your web site and we'll get you on the podcast.

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Social Media Podcast No.22 now available...and a solution for Steve Jobs

The Social Media Podcast team are back to discuss a variety of social media topics including: the iPhone 4 problems and our revolutionary solution - The iGlove.  Here we see Shona Lyttel modelling our solution to the current iPhone 4 problems.  This is a prototype with full iGlove branding in the fatBuzz pink — a truly wonderful solution for Steve Jobs.

We also discuss the successful launch of Connected FM's new networking site, Connect with FM and Iain Murray brings us his usual offerings from the world of gadgets, Apps and, software including: Poyzo, dlvr.it, the Wired iPad App, and various others.

The Buzz network from fatBuzz also launched last week and we discuss how that network will be used in a slightly different way from the Connect with FM network; a good example of how Niche Networks can be used in a variety of ways. 

It's often light hearted and always informative, this episode is well worth a listen.

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