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Helen is Managing Director at Alchemy Social, a social technology company and Facebook Strategic Preferred Marketing Developer.

Facebook Graph Search: Prepare your Page

By Helen Crowley // 18 January, 2013 – 10:20 am // No comments

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook chief executive at the launch of Graph SearchFacebook’s search bar has been uncomfortably inadequate for a long time; it feels a bit like a book search on an early 2000s university library PC.  I always used to end up going back to the shelves armed with the alphabet. Read more »

Revolutions in Facebook Reach

By Helen Crowley // 21 December, 2012 – 10:30 am // No comments

Recently I took part in the Open Graph panel at the AllFacebook Conference, and found myself sitting next to Jon Morter, the guy that runs the Condescending Corporate Brand Page on Facebook.  He also started the successful campaign to get Rage Against the Machine to UK No.1 at Christmas 2009 instead of the X Factor winner.  So, yeah, he’s a bit of a revolutionary hero.  Read more »

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