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Edward Stern is a guest blogger for My Dog Ate My Blog and a writer on online colleges and universities for the Guide to Online Schools.
Facebook is the most exceptional and exciting marketing tool in the history of the world, period. The social networking platform allows businesses to create a page, access 500 million and counting users, and target them based on location and interests. Never before has there been a way to reach so many people -- specifically, the ones you want -- so quickly and so affordably, as it's free to create a Facebook page.
However, like anything, there is certainly a right and wrong way to market through Facebook. If you do it wrong, you'll do serious damage to your marketing efforts, let alone the reputation of your company. Here's how NOT to market your business on Facebook; because sometimes, knowing what you shouldn't do helps you understand what you ought to be doing.
- Don't be THAT person who clogs feeds with daily updates on how amazing you are. The goal of social network marketing is to make them care, but there is no quicker way to further apathy and create disdain for your business than to spam the people who like your page. Don't spend every waking moment sending messages about how great your business is, especially when you have little in the way of backing it up.
- Do not offer deal after deal on Facebook, because you might get booted. Wanting to drive traffic and "likes" to your page is fine, but don't do it by offering miniscule Facebook-only deals. It'll frustrate your customers who don't live on the Internet and may even get you banned from Facebook; you have to get Facebook's approval to run a promotion on your wall. What you can do is publicize a promotion through Facebook -- but again, don't publicize it to death.
- Do not abandon your Facebook page to wither away and die. Social media can be confusing, and you may not always know the right thing to say, post, or promote. The best way to figure it out is to dive straight in and keep posting with persistence. Do not abandon your Facebook efforts after a week and a handful of "likes;" it's something you must build up, which takes patience and commitment, just like growing your business. Facebook is a free and unprecedented powerful marketing tool, so don't waste its potential.
- Your business' Facebook page is not your profile. It's good to give a human touch to your page and add pictures from the company picnic, but don't turn it into your profile or even something resembling a personal profile. Keep updates about your dog and that crazy bachelor party last weekend to yourself. When updating your business' Facebook page, keep it strictly business.
- Don't be shy about adding content to your page. Your clients want to see what your company is up to, so feel free to share anything that might be of interest to your client or potential client. Be sure to update regularly with wall posts, adding pictures, changing your info, etc. -- again, make a commitment and set aside time as part of your schedule dedicated to Facebook. A skimpy, unloved Facebook page is a waste of bandwidth and will live in Internet limbo forever, a sad testament to a failed effort nobody paid attention to.
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Movember? For those of you who don't know what Movember is, it's a charity initiative that started in Oz years ago which entails blokes in November across the globe to grow a Moustache all month. Many people chose to raise money for charities particularly for prostate cancer, but it's also a great way of raising awareness of the charities. I heard about Movember in early November 2010 and luckily I'd not shaved so had a chance to get on board. Unfortunately I hadn't heard about it early enough to raise awareness and cash for charity, so I'll do this next year with good preparation and hopefully earn loads for a worthy cause. I simply thought it would be cool to see / feel what it's like to grow my man hair for a whole month! Here are the results of my Movember!
The Movember tramp
Here’s me with just short of a month of hair growth from November. As you can see, I’m a fairly manly man, but not a REALLY MANLY man because my hair growth is not mega thick. I look like a tramp, my girlfriend hated it and I think I probably nearly lost my job in part because of it!
The Movember David Brent and Movember David Haye
Self explanatory this one. I’ve included some comparatory pictures for you too. I think this one actually suits me a little, although I do look like a proper mental weirdo. Not quite as nails as Haye, or as funny as Brent but then I'm no boxer or comedian!
Rufus / Handle Bars Movember
A personal Favourite of mine. Doesn't look so fantastic on me because growth either side of my pie hole is relatively thin, but you get the idea. I really enjoyed cutting this one! I'd love to have the handle bar Movember permanently however it's not epic enough to justify this!
THE MOVEMBER
OK, this is what I look like if I don't shave my moustache for a month. Would you have given to charity in exchange for me walking around donning this? I look like a paedophile rapist, or your average weatherman. Epic!
Hitler Movember
Just a little hitler fun, always goes down a delightful treat. Lolocaust. 
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Facebook is a funny old piece of on-line communication isn't it? It's affected or impacted basically everybody whom I know and associate with. Facebook brings people together and breaks them apart, in an oh so public domain! I've been brought together and torn to shreds by Facebook in the past, but overall I think that Facebook definitely one of the most innovative and useful tools of this, and possibly any, decade (if you don't agree with this please comment and voice your opinions below in the comments section!).
Anyways, that's my very short opinion on Facebook. Now for a little light hearted banter from MachineDaena. I've trailed through the web to find a select few amusing Facebook statuses for you, please enjoy, share, like, comment and maybe one day make one of these yourself to repay me the favour of laughter! We call enjoy a good Facebook Status!
(HINT! Click to make them bigger!)
Tails publicly comes out of the closet
You can f*ck my girlfriend, but DO NOT steal my food
God invented Facebook, probably?
Just add sugar to Sweden your coffee
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I recently went to watch "The Social Network" at the cinema and found myself keen to get back into blogging! This seemed to be a big hobby of Mark Zuckerberg and if it's good enough for him I'm willing to keep at it! Zuckerberg got rich quick as an offset from his blogging, what more encouragement does one need!
I was also encouraged when I looked at my blog visit numbers since it started, and even though the volume isn't huge, certainly nothing compared with Mark Zuckerbergs or facebooks would have been, I was getting visitors even when the blog was inactive. I'm hoping to improve the blog and generate huge traffic as I'm experimenting with learning this aspect of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and SEM (Search Engine Marketing) in my work activities at Xi Training and obviously keen to do the same on a personal level.
I was also encouraged when I looked at my blog visit numbers since it started, and even though the volume isn't huge, certainly nothing compared with Mark Zuckerbergs or facebooks would have been, I was getting visitors even when the blog was inactive. I'm hoping to improve the blog and generate huge traffic as I'm experimenting with learning this aspect of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and SEM (Search Engine Marketing) in my work activities at Xi Training and obviously keen to do the same on a personal level.
"The Social Network" is basically about Mark Zuckerberg and how he started and grew facebook or 'thefacebook.com' as it was known in its infancy. It portrays Zuckerberg I feel in a very honest light and not as you might have expected to be as a total angel, which is something I certainly liked about the film. The film checked back and forward to one continual scene about how facebook actually happened, and of course all the associated problems Mark Zuckerberg encountered, and then to scenes assumingly recently when Mark went through the courts some years after facebook was started. So we had split scenes between Mark and his various associates or old friends and business partners sat round a table arguing with lawyers, and then scenes with drunk american college kids shaping their social lives around computers at Harvard. Sounds pretty boring. . . far from it. The Social Network is a fantastically gripping film, and I'll tell you why later in the article.
Anyone that knows me knows that I studied Business Enterprise at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and that I'm a keen aspiring entrepreneur. For this reason, I got quite emotionally involved in the film because I could see early flaws in how business was run by Mark Zuckerberg and his then financial director or CFO (Chief Financial Officer) as the Americans say. Conversely I could also really appreciate the good aspects of how things escalated with Facebook and the genius ideas that caused this.
There is a !Eureka! moment in the film where Zuckerberg realised that people are attracted to 'exclusivity' - something that he leveraged when first rolling out his Social Network "thefacebook.com" to Harvard students (and ONLY Harvard students), and another similar moment where he realised social circles revolve around gossip with particular attention to 'relationship status'. All of this seems common to us now that we're accustomed to Facebook and use it daily, but at the time to think of adding just a simple 'relationship status' to someone's personal social page was quite astounding and real genius!
What I liked most about The Social Network was the way it was different to all other films I've seen. From the way it was filmed (cutting back and forth), to the unusual nature of content (social networks) whilst also maintaining a real underlying business theme.
This film is bound to be a winner because it relates directly with something that almost everyone uses everyday, Facebook and social interaction, but this aside I hope there are others out there that appreciate it for its innovation, its business contexts and its emotional involvement. Sure it has the odd cliché moment as many teen based movies do, what do you expect when watching a film about a teen virgin geek, but all in all I'd highly recommend watching this film, especially if you appreciate learning, business and enterprising genius.
I'll continue to use my Social Network, but probably from a slightly different perspective. I'll also be thinking slightly differently next time I stare upon a computer geek, not that I do this often.
Email daena.hayhurst@gmail.com for enquiries, ideas, opinions and proposals. Don't forget to follow me and tell you friends about me. MachineDaena
Sony are innovators - think of most technological advances within the audio and console entertainment sector and only one brand really comes to mind, that's Sony - queue sentimental memories of personal tape players, disk-man, mini-disk, PS1. They have also had massive success in other areas such as personal computers (particularly laptops), digital cameras and even robotics. Everyone has experienced a 'Playstation' moment whether that's your first time playing grand theft auto for the PS1 to hammering the call of duty releases on PS3 but what will your memory of PS4 be? Well you may soon find out because concept art for the new Playstation 4 has been released signalling that the new console is in development - this shouldn't come as a surprise to you.
I did some investigating and found images of the most popular concept image that is being thrown around and as you can see its very impressive. I'm still looking forward to the release of Grand Turismo 5 which we keep getting teased with but now I have a new bitch to look forward to! With the designs you can see that they've keep similar ergonomics to the controller as their original PS1 layouts and much of the branding is in similar fashion to how it's always been for the Playstation phenomenon.
I personally thought that despite how much of an advancement PS3 was it was still rather bulky -very heavy and not particularly well put together in terms of design. With the new designs they've added the clear glass to improve the coolness and make the product suave, smaller looking and actually more innovative. The console looks like it will have touchscreen technology on it similar to that of the ipod era and it will no doubt increase it's diversity into the 'entertainment' sector by incorporating more blue ray type funcions. My guess is that they will have an easy UI audio feature that won't require the system to be fully booted like an ipod docking station and possibly heavy reliance on web entertainment and content. For now It's safe to say these teasers are enough to get you thinking and possibly a little excited?
Email daena.hayhurst@gmail.com for enquiries, ideas, opinions and proposals. Don't forget to follow me and tell you friends about me. MachineDaena
Thought I'd take a moment to review the Iron Man 2 film. I went to watch this last Wed's for Orange Wednesday at Lancasters Vue cinema. Being a massive fan of Iron Man's first installment, largely because of it's individualism from any other film I've seen and it's cool cars, gadgets and Robert Downey Jr's laid back suave sense of humour, I knew that Jon Favreau, the producer who also stars in the film as Happy Hogan - Starks body guard slash personal manager, would have the vision and pedigree to match if not top the IM1. I wasn't let down!
I first chose to take another view of the first film the night prior to refresh myself before heading out the following day with some mates Birkett, Yearron, Stu Peters and his Mrs. Now one thing I noticed from the first film is that they seemed to avoid (and very effectively I might add) making too many hero cheesy clichés and for those of you that took the time to watch the extra scenes on the DVD will see that some of this was present but cut from the final edit. I was pretty keen to see if they'd manage to make a good hero film but avoid the horrible cringy moments that most other films of this sort can't manage. I'm pleased to say that despite one or two minor Hollywood lines they successfully did this, although they let themselves down a little near the end when Iron Man stood next to a child who had an Iron Man mask on and banished an enemy with the line "Nice job kid"! 
The effects in this film were just as cool as in the first movie and there was a more logical focus on how 'Stark Industries' takes an interesting change in business towards bettering peoples standards of life through technology which mean't some of the more extravagant scenes had a good setting. Which brings me nicely on to my next positive, the fight sequences between Iron Man and various foes including the excellent Mickey Rourke, were action packed and full of innovation. Another slightly cheesy moment where Iron Man takes down around 10 foes in one foul swoop sees him employ a Cyclops style laser like move that sees all enemies drop in an instant and his suited partner ask him why he didn't use that move sooner rather than 5 minutes into the scene - Stark replies "because it's a use once only move" -nevertheless awesome FX! Scarlett Johansson brings a new edge to the table by suiting up as an avenger and looked nothing short of fucking stunning to offer gwyeth Paltrow some much needed competition for Starks attention.
There are lots of reason to go and see this film, it follows on very well from the first film which I thought was a pleasant change and the screenplay is superb. I find myself being reminded of the James Bond films although I'd have to say Iron Man and Iron Man 2 would bring James Bond to the 21st, or even 22nd Century! The cast worked well together on the big screen and one of the only real down points I can think of is how annoying Justin Hammer (CEO of Hammer Industries - Stark Industries rival arms company) was. He's got a kind of eerie look about him that made me want to leap up and punch the projection but then I think that's probably the desired emotion the writers wanted to plot. All in all I thought the film was outstanding - it shows a weaker more human side to Stark and in one scene he's even drunk in his outfit at a party (to some damaging effect to his house!) however despite this alterer side IM's good intentions still prevail as you'd expect, sorry for the spoiler! This film is a mish mash of Hancock, James Bond and Xmen and whats more it reveals more about the Avengers involvement. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said he is happy with the results of Iron Man 2 and predicted that Iron Man 3 will be in theaters by 2013. "We do have a contract with Robert Downey Jr. to do it, and it will come after The Avengers", Feige has been quoted to have said. Jon Favreau said that although the character would need reworking, the Mandarin would be in the third film - this all adds up to some exciting Marvel Movie times ahead but for now I'd highly recommend seeing and enjoying Iron Man 2 on at the cinemas - don't wait for this one to come to DVD guys!
Email daena.hayhurst@gmail.com for enquiries, ideas, opinions and proposals. Don't forget to follow me and tell you friends about me. MachineDaena
I calculate that if my date of birth is 11th Feb 1986, I will be 10,000 days old on June 29th 2013. Now I know that it seems ridiculous to be thinking about this given that it's three years until the date however I really do want to stage the most over-exaggerated, ostentatious and ridiculous birthday party you've ever been to! I mean MTV shit! Entertainment, bands playing, huge venue, fireworks, amazing food, casino entertainment, shit loads of bodies, fire eaters, clowns, bouncy castles, magicians, Susan Boyle playing the bongos, the lot! I want celebs there to wish me luck with my next 20,000 odd days and I want it to be a massive success. I need to save some cash so that I can fund this but can you honestly say that you've been to a birthday party where the aforementioned factors have been present? We all know the answer to that! What more reason do I need to make this happen! So who wants to come to my 10,000 day old birthday? Because I also want outrageously flamboyant invites to send out too!
Email machinedaena@gmail.com for enquiries, ideas, opinions and proposals. Don't forget to follow me and tell you friends about me. All comments welcome. Love MachineDaena
Hi, I thought I'd start this blog by introducing myself and take it from there. Well the dude on the right is me, Daena Hayhurst (MachineDaena or Pokergeezer7) with a bit of an old school hero of mine Sonic the Hedgehog or to put it another way, a random fancy dresser from a recent night out (legend).
I'm currently 24 and have been educated at Manchester Met uni with a degree in Business Enterprise. I've got experience as a recruitment consultant but more recently have been looking to online initiatives to make me money. My ambitions are to start and run my own business and to inevitably get rich in the process. I fancy myself as a bit of an entrepreneur but have yet to prove this really! I'm quite into gaming, sports, keeping fit and learning new things. I also socialise way too much as I have a habit of not being able to say not to people. My good points are honesty and integrity, as well as just being a genuine kind fella. My vices are tendencies to drink plenty and gambling. I guess for now the aim of my blog is to let people know who I am and what my aims are and as things progress I'm sure I'll post about things that annoy me, do it for me, rage me or just things that I believe people may want to hear my opinions on. For now I'll say nice to meet you and take it easy :D
