I had the opportunity to talk to Duncan Cleverley, Hastings District Media Relations Officer, who is one of the contributors of the Hastings Police Twitter account to find out how he’s found using the channel of communication and the role of social media within the law.

Emily: It’s great to see that Hastings Police have recently got involved in using Twitter, what was the reasoning behind this?

Duncan: Hastings Police along with many Districts in Sussex Police have recently started to get involved in social media. A big part of effective Police work is being engaged with the public, listening to them and working with them. Social media connects us with more people and gives us an opportunity to engage with them in a way we couldn’t before.

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More and more brands are dedicating increasing amounts of time to building their fan base on Facebook. This comes as no surprise considering the incredible influence that Facebook has with consumers, who are spending more and more of their time on the platform, interacting with friends and brands and sharing experiences with each other.

In fact, Facebook’s dominance in the activity landscape of users is leading brands to invest heavily in creating Facebook based platforms, hoping to leverage the reach of users’ social graphs and as a result – more agencies are developing tactics to generate traffic to their clients’ brand pages and accumulate a high number of ‘Likes’. Read More »

Well this might come in handy as more and more of us play around with Google+.

So if you want to get around Facebook and save yourself some time this handy little video shows you how to transfer your Facebook friends to Google+ all at once. Read More »

Nice little infographic here form e-Dialog on the use of mobile email and what it means for marketers. Read More »