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	<title> &#187; Michelle O&#8217;Brien &#8211; Digital Strategist</title>
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		<title>Fluids Top 10 Tweets This Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle O'Brien - Digital Strategist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gang at Fluid Creativity wanted to share our personal top 10 tweets of the week. They were chosen for a number of reasons ranging from being informative to clever to down right hilarious. Enjoy.
@OwensDamien: I&#8217;ve only had time to scan the headlines but am I right in thinking that #NaomiCampbell has finally been put [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The gang at Fluid Creativity wanted to share our personal top 10 tweets of the week. They were chosen for a number of reasons ranging from being informative to clever to down right hilarious. Enjoy.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/OwensDamien">@OwensDamien</a>: I&#8217;ve only had time to scan the headlines but am I right in thinking that #NaomiCampbell has finally been put on trial for being awful?</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/louiespence">@louiespence</a>: I&#8217;m living for the Philips eyebrow trimmer &#8211; vibrating and battery operated &#8211; what&#8217;s not to love?!</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/Jason_Manford">@Jason_Manford</a>: Reckon White bread is harder to give up than Crack. At least with Crack there&#8217;s some social stigma attached.There&#8217;s no Crack section at Asda</p>
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<p><a href="http://twitter.com/Scroobiuspipyo">@Scroobiuspipyo</a>: Man hits girl. Roger Huerta (former UFC fighter) see&#8217;s. Man get knocked out. Win. <a href="http://urlm.in/ffud">http://urlm.in/ffud</a> Someone films it? Win x 1000.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/MiikeTeknoist">@MiikeTeknoist:</a> i think.. iam.. actually.. Jeremy Usborne.. it pains me to say it but  its kinda true.. then again theres a lot of Mark Corrigan in here also</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/bobotheeklown">@bobotheeklown</a>: Hmmm, interesting. Vonage Facebook call App <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/vonage-talkfree/ ">http://apps.facebook.com/vonage-talkfree/ </a></p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/Steve_Worsley">@Steve_Worsley</a>: In the wise words of Timon from the Lion King &#8211; &#8220;Are&#8217;ya aching? [yup yup yup] for some bacon?&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/Jaime_Markey ">@ Jaime_Markey</a>: Free book &#8211; yes pls! This Book helps u 2 move in2 the Digital era of awesomeness. Download for free: <a href="http://bit.ly/4R9rth ">http://bit.ly/4R9rth </a>(via @heth22) Fab!<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/indiaknight"><br />
@indiaknight</a>: Tempted to watch Naomi Campbell live feed. Love that she said turning up at trial was &#8220;big inconvenience&#8221;. Quel utter drag.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/MissCay">@MissCay</a>: @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/chrispople">chrispople</a> Am thinking of making chocolate meringue cake. And chocolate toffee muffins. Anything with chocolate really.</p>
<p>We&#8217;d love to hear what your favourtie tweets of the week are in the comments box below.</p>
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		<title>Fancy a New Challenge?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle O'Brien - Digital Strategist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fluid News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimisation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fluid Creativity are really excited to announce that we are recruiting. I am sure you have seen a number of posts from us recently but we wanted to take some time to tell you a little bit about us. We&#8217;re a small army of super creative coders, designers, artists, writers and relentless marketers all with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fluid Creativity are really excited to announce that we are recruiting. I am sure you have seen a number of posts from us recently but we wanted to take some time to tell you a little bit about us. We&#8217;re a small army of super creative coders, designers, artists, writers and relentless marketers all with an insatiable desire to take on any brief. With a multi-talented <a href="http://www.fluidcreativity.co.uk/about-us/">team</a> we combine our creative forces to develop original ideas, fantastic designs, wonderfully crafted websites and seamless web applications.</p>
<p>We started out life in 2001 and live out in the foothills of Hyde in Greater Manchester; with loads of transport links we’re easier than you’d think to get to. Our <a href="http://blog.fluidcreativity.co.uk/fluid-creativity-through-the-key-hole/">offices</a> are pretty sexy too, we&#8217;ve got a large and pretty meeting room with a Nintendo Wii, there&#8217;s a small gym and we&#8217;ve even got a space agency trying to put a man into orbit right next door.</p>
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Fluid are a growing business, we&#8217;re always looking to take on new talent. There are some fantastic opportunities with very competitive salaries on offer and the opportunity to progress rapidly: so what you waiting for get applying now!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fluidcreativity.co.uk/careers/seo-technician/ ">SEO Technician:</a></p>
<p>Fluid Creativity requires an SEO Technician to join our growing online marketing team. This is an entry level position suitable for a web savvy someone, preferably with experience of working with website code and / or content.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fluidcreativity.co.uk/careers/seo-consultant/ ">SEO Consultant:</a></p>
<p>Fluid Creativity requires an SEO Consultant to join our growing online marketing team. This position is suitable for someone looking to advance his or her career in a forward thinking and growing company. The ideal candidate will have worked with website code and / or content, and have some previous client-facing experience.<br />
<a href="http://www.fluidcreativity.co.uk/careers/php-web-developer/ "><br />
PHP Web Developer:</a></p>
<p>Fluid Creativity are continuing to expand their highly skilled team of web savvy developers, designers and marketeers. We are looking for a talented new PHP web developer to join us at our lovely studios in Hyde, near Manchester.<br />
<a href="http://www.fluidcreativity.co.uk/careers/business-development-executive-/ "><br />
Business Development Executive:</a></p>
<p>Responsibility for increasing sales of Fluid Creativities web and Internet services through generating new leads. The selected candidate will be responsible for the full sales process.</p>
<p>We pride ourselves on a great working environment and don’t just take our word for it hear what the team have to say:</p>
<p>Michelle O’Brien, Digital Strategy Consultant says: “I love working at Fluid, the people are great, the studios are really fun and it’s miles from the regular boring offices I’ve worked at in the past. One of the huge benefits for me is Fluid are always open to new ideas and we’re currently working on some really exciting new projects”</p>
<p>James Chapman, SEO Consultant added, “The opportunity to work in a hands on client facing role with a range of clients from a variety of sectors is as much a pleasure as it is a challenge.  It&#8217;s also great to be working alongside talented designers and developers who you will always be learning from.  What I especially like is that there&#8217;s no ego about Fluid and everyone is encouraged to chip in with ideas, regardless of their speciality.  That and there&#8217;s 4 chip shops nearby.”</p>
<p>We would love to hear from you, if you fancy a chat please don’t hesitate to give us a call on 0161 368 9814 or drop us your CV with a covering letter/email to <a href="mailto:careers@fluidcreativity.co.uk ">careers@fluidcreativity.co.uk </a></p>
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		<title>Fluids Last.fm Playlist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle O'Brien - Digital Strategist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With our glorious leader being away this week so was the staff ipod with pretty much every song you can imagine on and so begun the battle of the mp3’s and let me tell you we didn’t half clash from motown classics to cheesy pop to hard core hip hop and heavy rock!
We were almost [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With our glorious leader being away this week so was the staff ipod with pretty much every song you can imagine on and so begun the battle of the mp3’s and let me tell you we didn’t half clash from motown classics to cheesy pop to hard core hip hop and heavy rock!</p>
<p>We were almost at considering no music at all when one of our lovely SEO boys Matt had a great idea to set up a playlist of <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/fluidcreativity">last.fm</a> where we can all add our own favourites. Check out what been playing at <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/fluidcreativity">Fluid</a> this afternoon.</p>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3906" title="Picture 4" src="http://blog.fluidcreativity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Picture-4-562x479.png" alt="" width="562" height="479" /></p>
<p>As you can see we’ve had a real mix but it seems to have gone down well with the Fluid crew, (never thought I’d see the day we’d all agree on music!) If you’ve got any recommendations we’d love to hear them.</p>
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		<title>Our Top 12 Twitter tools and applications.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle O'Brien - Digital Strategist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are hundreds of great tools that do hundreds of great things on Twitter. I wanted to share Fluids Top 10 with you. If you are a regular Twitter user some of these won’t be new to you but if you’ve just started with Twitter and trying to get your head around it these will [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are hundreds of great tools that do hundreds of great things on Twitter. I wanted to share Fluids Top 10 with you. If you are a regular Twitter user some of these won’t be new to you but if you’ve just started with Twitter and trying to get your head around it these will hopefully help you get to grips with it faster.</p>
<p><a href="http://search.twitter.com/advanced">Twitter Search</a><br />
I recommend Twitter search to everyone, I think it’s great. I use the advanced search tool to key in target key words within a number of miles of Manchester. Its great for getting specific localised news and finding new followers based on their tweets.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3737" title="Picture 12" src="http://blog.fluidcreativity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Picture-121-638x417.png" alt="" width="638" height="417" /></p>
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<p><a href="http://wefollow.com/">We Follow</a></p>
<p>We Follow is a Twitter directory, you tag yourself with any key words you think sums you up and find people within an industry or interest. You can also find people within your area too. If your new to Twitter and looking for interesting people to follow this is one of the best tools.</p>
<p><a href="http://friendorfollow.com/">Friend or Follow</a></p>
<p>It’s a great tool to find out if who you are following are following you back. It can be quite hard not to get offended with some of them though. It’s also a great way to look at who your not following back as you might have missed some right gems.  It’s always nice to see who your mutual friends are too.<br />
<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3738" title="Picture 10" src="http://blog.fluidcreativity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Picture-10-638x350.png" alt="" width="638" height="350" /><br />
<a href="http://www.bigtwitt.com/ ">Bigtwitt</a><br />
Sometimes 140 character just isn’t enough if you have more to say use Bigwitt to write your message, post and a link will send you back to this page. The guys at Fluid like Bigtwitt because like Twitter its nice and simple and doesn’t over complicate it.</p>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/ ">Bit.ly</a><br />
If your not using Bit.ly to shorten your links then why? Not only will Bit.ly shorten your links it will track them providing great statistics with number of clicks on your links. Shortening your links makes it so much easier to share more on Twitter! Twitter clients like TweetDeck work with Bit.ly to shorten your links automatically.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3739" title="Picture 14" src="http://blog.fluidcreativity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Picture-14-638x298.png" alt="" width="638" height="298" /><br />
<a href="http://twitpic.com/ ">TwitPic</a> / <a href="http://www.twitvid.com/ ">TwitVid</a><br />
Again another simple tool that allows you to put pictures up and post pictures to Twitter. It brilliant for uploading pics for your phone. TwitVid is the same for video.</p>
<p><a href="http://twittercounter.com ">Twitter Counter</a></p>
<p>Twitter counter is fantastic for looking at your Twitter statistics, it will even send you a weekly email with an update on your Twitter account and a projection for the coming week.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3740" title="Picture 17" src="http://blog.fluidcreativity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Picture-17-638x444.png" alt="" width="638" height="444" /><br />
<a href="http://twitsay.com/">TwitSay</a><br />
A really cute little app for Twitter that allows you to record a message and post to your Followers.</p>
<p><a href="http://tweetreach.com/">Tweet Reach</a><br />
As I am sure you have realised by now I love my Twitter stats and this tool has to be my favourite. If you get your Tweet retweeted a number of times its always really interesting to see how many people it reached. Granted not everyone is online looking at that exact moment in time but its still a great way to see how many people 1 tweet has the potential to reach.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/ ">TweetDeck</a><br />
I could write a whole blog post on Twitter Clients as there is so many to choose from. I favour TweetDeck as my Twitter client as I manage multiple Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin accounts and find it works best for me. Other staff at Fluid use <a href="http://www.tweetie.com/">Tweetie</a>, <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/">Twhirl</a>, and <a href="http://www.echofon.com/twitter/mac/">Echofon</a>. Choosing the right Twitter client for you is really down to personal preference and what your usage is like. Maybe try a few and let me know which ones are your favourites.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3751" title="Picture 3" src="http://blog.fluidcreativity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Picture-3-638x255.png" alt="" width="638" height="255" /></p>
<p>And finally I just wanted to share with you 2 tools I do not use but have people ask me all the time “how do I send personalised auto direct messages” and “how can I send schedual tweets when I am out of the office or on holiday”.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitterdmer.com/ ">Twitter DMer</a><br />
The general consensus on auto DM’s is don’t do it. It&#8217;s inpersonal and annoying and people will unfollow you as a result of it. Twitter DMer personalises custom direct messages still in my opinion for the sake of 2mins just send someone a personal message.</p>
<p><a href="http://twuffer.com/ ">Twuffer</a><br />
This is another application I think could be very useful but one I don’t use. I would rather tell my followers “I am going away” or “have a great weekend” so they know what that I am going to be offline rather than put out schedualed tweets, it defeats the point of using Twitter. I understand why someone would use this app and I have heard it’s very good so just wanted to highlight it.</p>
<p>Every Tool we recommend is so easy to use, they’re free and will only take you a few minuets to set up or link to your Twitter account. I would love to hear what you think of my favourtite Twitter tools and which ones you would recommend.</p>
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