Archive for August, 2011


The development of native apps for mobile devices like the iPad and iPhone is often an expensive process. Many of the small-medium sized businesses I speak to are struggling to find the necessary budget to develop content for these platforms, despite the increasing significance of online mobile marketing and communications.

Unfortunately for them iPhones, Androids and tablet PCs are now almost ubiquitous on the Stockholm subway. Every day I see commuters gazing into their Facebook app, online newspaper, Twitter client or so on. (more…)

As most of the savvy practitioners in the social media sphere have already been telling us, there’s a new kid in town and he’s big.

But before rushing to sign up Google+ to the team once it’s rolled out, businesses would do well to think about how and where this giant fits into the team.

The new tool is likely to be an asset but anyone who has attended a Quest PR social media seminar will know , that, in a new world, some of the old rules of the game still apply, chiefly “focus” and “integrated planning.” (more…)

As an advocate of fusing traditional PR and social media, Quest PR works with a select  number of fantastic partners who champion social media and help small and medium sized companies to grow. Joanne Ernst is our special guest at our September 7 seminar where she will demystify Search Engine Optimisation and provide tips on what to do and what not do. To book your place on the seminar please email charlotte@quest-pr.com. (more…)

Many new social media sites heralded as ‘the next big thing’ have come and gone, but when Google+, a new social media site has been developed by Google – you have to sit up and take notice.

Despite all of Google’s failures in social media with Google Wave and Google Buzz, Google+ has attracted a great deal of interest and a high uptake, attracting 20 million users in three weeks. (more…)

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