My (or our?) Social Media tragedy

I’m just getting to terms with the fact that Twittering too much is making me loose my appetite for blogging. It seems that I’m learning and chatting so much already that I’m loosing valuable content to blog about. If that wasn’t enough I just realised that I had signed up to way too many social [...]

Anderstand.com: Bespoke web development [kwiqq]

Today we are announcing the launch of our bespoke web development arm: Anderstand.com Is Anderstand different from Kwiqq ? Anderstand is the parent company of Kwiqq, social networking platform. All the sites we undertake at Kwiqq are social networking or social media products. Whist Anderstand aims to help clients develop websites of variety of genres. [...]

Live Webchat (1pm today): Managing Cash Flow [kwiqq]

During the economic downturn CASH IS KING. I can’t emphasise enough how important it is for a SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprise). Several media companies including  BBC’s Panorama have covered cash flow. Although the programmes left entrepreneurs and business owners with more questions than answers. With banks not lending to businesses, things can quickly start [...]

Twitter for dummies [kwiqq]

For most of the followers of the Kwiqq blog Twitter seems to be the most obvious marketing/communication tool. Although I still get the occasional question: ‘What is twitter?’ The video below (from last year) answers the question really well !

Using Twitter at work = More Followers (graph) [kwiqq]

Twitter is a fantastic tool for engagement with people. It certainly removes the fluffy bits of communication, as seen on social networks, email, videos etc. With only 140 characters to play with, you have to get straight to the point. Engagement is a two way process. You have to participate in a conversation and contribute [...]

Tenner to build a multi-billion pound economy [kwiqq]

Entrepreneurs ‘can lead us out of recession’ ? After seeing a big chunk of value being wiped off our economy. Its up to the entrepreneurs, campaigners, financiers to pick up the pieces and create a sustainable economy. Where should we start to empower the leaders of tomorrow with the skills they need? Perhaps, Make Your [...]

WTF! Another Business Coach Website (yuk!)

Business / Life coaches are an important part of our economy. This post highlights the trends witnessed amongst coaching websites! They make me wonder, in this day and age of free blogging platforms and SaaS (Software as a Service), why would someone spend £149 + VAT on such templated websites ? Salient features of these [...]

List of APIs for your Social Networks [kwiqq]

Updated (18/02/2009) the Instant Messenger / Voice Chat We believe 2009 is the year of the APIs (Application Programming Interface). Whether it is to login using OpenID, Facebook Connect or just to easily uploading videos to YouTube. The obvious advantages are: lower the barrier to entry for niche social network, quickly build content (on your [...]

Economic Recession…? Well Kwiqq is hiring ! [kwiqq]

Image via Wikipedia At Kwiqq we are always bucking the trend. Whilst many organisations are firing people left, right and centre, we are hiring. We are currently looking for a junior / graduate developer (Full Time). Specifics: Responsibilities & key outputs •    To work on Kwiqq client projects and Kwiqq product as directed. •    To [...]

Disconnecting Facebook Status from Twitter

As you might already know there is a Twitter application which constantly updates your Facebook status. Although I have found it useful on several occasions i.e. getting questions answered etc. I also found it to be annoying as my Facebook profile looks seriously boring. In addition its making my friends annoyed about a constant list [...]