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Granny DJ and the viral equation

I like this equation on Mashable explaining why this video will go viral.

Elderly Person + Incongruous Activity + Proper British Accent = Instant Pass-along

Happy seventh birthday Onemanandhisblog

Adam has just celebrated seven years on Onemanandhisblog. What an achievement - and this is just one of his blogs. I have hit a very dry patch on this blog and this despite the fact I have lots of things in my head that I want to post about.

Adam's work rate is pretty extraordinary and he is always a good read. Well done to you, sir. 

Social media cheat sheet

Like this table of social media tools and their impact on:

• Customer communication
• Brand exposure
• Traffic to your site
• SEO

Useful look at redesigning a 'bad looking' website

Good reading here for anyone who is embarking on redesigning a site. Although this was not a live redesign it is a good look at the process and approach of designers looking to design moneysavingexpert. 

It may look like an ugly site but it is hugely successful.

Here is part 1 of the redesign process and part 2.

 

Great piece of content marketing for The End Of The Party

Hats off to Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer newspaper's chief political commentator whose new book - The End Of The Party - has caused a huge rumpus in the UK media.

Particularly liked this piece of content marketing for the book, which I read in print today in the Guardian.  

Rawnsley's thoughts on print and web made me laugh though.

There is a difference between 'everybody knows' as conjecture and getting to a point where you are sure enough to put it into print. It is an important difference between bunging up a bit of scuttlebutt on a website, and putting something down on pages of a national newspaper.

Video: what is a browser?

We build sites for everyone - important to remember that.

Creating a visual language for BBC online

Great post on how the BBC is creating a visual language for its digital services (from my colleague Ed).

Presentation: Measuring the influence of social media

Measuring the Influence of Social Media

View more presentations from Brian Cavoli.

Try this for an annual report

Dan Meyer's 2009 Annual Report from Dan Meyer on Vimeo.

Pew's report on social media and young adults

Great post on Computer Weekly's social enterprise blog looking at the social media tools teenagers and young adults are using.