Internet Psychologist
When I was small, there was a TV programme called “That Was The Week That Was“. It was the first satirical programme on TV and set the ball rolling for later series such as “Not the Nine O’Clock News” and “Have I Got News for You”. These programmes poke fun …
Quizzes on social media are an effective and interactive way for engaging participants and generating new business leads. Find out how to use Facebook quizzes.
On Christmas Day, shortly after the presents are unwrapped and the chef for the day goes into the kitchen to start boiling the sprouts, the Internet will burst into life. For the past few Christmases, online activity in the UK has peaked between 10am and 6pm. That’s the eight-hour gap …
Interviewed for an article on the psychology of the phenomenon of “catfishing” online
Send Anywhere analyzes files sent and shared by Britons in 2017
The other day I received an email asking me for a “link swap”. The person who sent the email lavished me with praise about my website before saying they’d love to have a link on such a site. If I gave them a link, they promised me they’d return the …
The other day during a consultancy session with a food industry client one of the directors asked a fairly common question that I get asked a lot. When is the best time to post things on social media? The glib answer is, “when your contacts are using the networks”. However, …
How much time do you spend each day staring at a blank screen wondering what to type? Much more than you think is the answer. Years ago, “Writer’s Block” used to be the preserve of fiction authors who suddenly found their typing dried up. Unable to carry on writing they …
In this wide-ranging interview, Philip Calvert, the presenter of the “Social Media Warriors” podcast, looks at web psychology with Graham Jones, Internet Psychologist
Blogging is increasingly being used by businesses who feel restricted by other social media platforms. Even so, most businesses still do not blog.
Customers used to talk about their experience only to friends and family through word of mouth; now they talk about you online.
Holiday shopping season may see new attack types leveraging IoT devices, mobile platforms
Thanksgiving and Black Friday Post Strong E-Commerce Growth, Combining for More Than $3.9 Billion in Desktop Spending
Interviewed about the 25th anniversary of the text message
People who land on your website expect it to say “this is for me”. They need to identify with your site in a second. New research confirms this is the case for word of mouth too.