Kwiqq founder named Future50 alongside Twitter, Spotify..

This article has been reblogged from Kwiqq.com Revolution magazine released it’s list of 50 most influential people in Digital. In their own words: The Revolution Future 50 sets out to do the impossible: to name the individuals who will shape the digital industry of tomorrow. This time last year few people had heard to Twitter [...]

New report suggests Twitter for pointless babble and lazy people! [kwiqq]

Whilst Twitter is growing day on day, people are discovering new ways to use it. Many organisations and individuals have signed up to Twitter to promote and collaborate but a report published by Pear Analytics suggests that 40.55% of tweets are actually just pointless babble. Another interesting fact is that 5% of the Twitterers contribute [...]

The Social Networking Timeline [kwiqq]

Came across a fantastic article on the history of social network by two researchers from University of California-Berkeley and Michigan State University. You can read the whole research paper here. What I like about the article is the fact that it clearly demonstrates that social networking is not new. It has been around for now [...]

How Ecademy.com differs from other business networks! [kwiqq]

This is my analysis of Ecademy. Recently having seen a massive growth in my contacts on Ecademy (my profile), I decided to investigate what makes this business social network different from the others, like LinkedIn, Xing etc. Ecademy Unfortunately Ecademy doesn’t give the number of users or page views on their site. But it is [...]

How to setup LinkedIn group for Brand/Business [kwiqq]

LinkedIn is a pioneering business social networking website. One of the most popular social network for business professionals to connect with contacts and on some occasions make new contacts. In Europe its giving Xing a good run for its money. General bit of statistics on Xing v/s LinkedIn (source): Xing November 1, 2003 – 5 [...]

How to use ‘TwitBook-In’ [kwiqq]

I’m intrigued how many people ask me the question “How do you use Twitter ?” , “Any examples of LinkedIn being useful to your business ?” As a company which eats its own dog food i.e. market our service and product using social media we use social tools frequently. For the purpose of this blog [...]

Social Media Innovation is Dead? Two contradictory examples [kwiqq]

Social media has seen a constant growth in its adoption and acceptance. More and more commercial websites are adopting social media. Whether its a social media strategy or simple modifications like adding a ShareThis widget or YouTube video. Social media has been heavily reliant on usability and simplicity of its interface. Launching mainstream products, i.e. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]