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10th May 2010

Taking the fun out of Twitter

Reuters has reported that President Barack Obama has taken a swipe at the social media platforms that arguably catalysed his own rise to power. Addressing

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28th April 2010

To flop or not to flop

That was the question, but not anymore as apparently you will no longer be able to buy floppy disks. ‘Scuse me, I didn’t even realise

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putsimply
28th April 2010

Elections, brands and digital disenfranchisement

“Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all others that have been tried.”  Or so Churchill used to say.  The fact is, it’s

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Max Tatton-Brown
28th April 2010

Online PR and SEO: chicken and egg?

At Wildfire we believe that PR campaigns can and should add value to marketing budgets by boosting a client’s Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) activity.  But

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Lorraine Jenkins
28th April 2010

The digital economy bill: old solutions to new problems

This month the government shoehorned its controversial digital economy bill onto the statute books, during the pre-election wash-up period. The government’s bill was supported by

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Danny Whatmough
28th April 2010

The Lady & the Revamp

Over the last few months we’ve discussed the challenges facing the UK’s press, from national newspapers like The Times introducing paid-for content, to the closure

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Chris Bell
27th April 2010

Internet World – it’s time for trade shows to innovate

I popped into Internet World this morning to catch up with a couple of Wildfire clients. My very unscientific observations suggested that the show was

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Danny Whatmough
21st April 2010

Is the iPhone 4.0 leak just a big PR stunt?

Is this perhaps the biggest leak in tech history? If you were stranded abroad because of the #ashtag, you may have missed the pandemonium that has

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Danny Whatmough
16th April 2010

The social media election

First of all, is this really a ‘social media election’? On the back of the successful Obama campaign politicians everywhere have been talking about the

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14th April 2010

National Rail Enquiries reveals how hard it is to become truly social

There has been an interesting debate raging over on Reputation Online following an article that was posted yesterday looking at the a new blog from

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Danny Whatmough
14th April 2010

Microsoft ditches Vista

What? The operating system that was going to change the world?  The one that would compete with Apple? The one that everyone would want to

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putsimply
13th April 2010

Twitter launches advertising programme – Promoted Tweets

Reports this morning have revealed that Twitter is set to roll out its long anticipated advertising model this evening (UK time). This follows a series

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Danny Whatmough