Twitter Tips

Social Media Explosion

Expect a flurry of social media activity between now and the end of June 2010. In 11 days time the World Barista Championship 2010 kicks off in London, coinciding with Caffe Culture, an established annual cafe bar tradeshow. The organisers are expecting 10000+ visitors to the event, and a large number of these have a [...]


Using available media options to remain visible in a crowded marketplace

I was prompted to review the visibility of the 5M Coffee Blog in light of recent changes we have made to the site structure and it occurred to me that we had not ‘claimed’ the blog on a number of search media services such as Technorati, thus slipping under the radar of searchers who look [...]


Storing contacts in the digital age

Not too many years ago, most contacts were kept on paper, in address books or on a rolodex. Nowadays most contacts are stored digitally. With the recent surge in social media and web 2.0 technologies, we are embracing technology in new ways, storing contacts, client data and supplier details electronically. When Twitter went offline for [...]


10 coffee tweets per minute on Twitter and growing…

Judging by the #coffee tag usage more and more people are tweeting about their coffee experiences. Sadly not all posts are on topic and the word coffee is being used liberally, but there are some nuggets contained in the tweets. The best way to keep on topic is to follow those who consistently tweet about [...]