Posts in the ‘Social Media’ Category

Startups Nigeria (Beta) Version 2.0 Officially Released

Friday, January 1st, 2010

I am very excited to announce the official launch of the new Startups Nigeria platform (SN 2.0), built on an open…

Another 1st from Starcomms!…Isn’t that MTN’s line?

Monday, October 26th, 2009

After about two weeks of announcing the launch of a new feature that allows their subscribers send Twitter updates via SMS…

MTN Nigeria, Arik Air Tunes to Twitter

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

It seems that Nigerian companies have started going crazy for social media platforms especially Twitter. I’m not surprised since Twitter has…

Oceanic Bank Bans Facebook!

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

I got the scoop just a few hours ago that Oceanic Bank PLC (the macro-finance bank, if you like), has…

Has UBA Group Gone Social Media Crazy?

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Since I started using and talking about social media, I’ve always thought that Nigerian companies would start adopting these online…

How to Cope With an Online Brand Attack

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

If your brand – personal or business – has been (or is being) attacked online, you need to work at…

How to Turn Online Forums into Social Media Communities

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Online forums are becoming more and more popular in Nigeria especially with the success of Nairaland. Nairaland.com has been around…

Zenith Bank Now on Twitter!

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

It didn’t come as a surprise to me that Zenith Bank Plc has adopted social media tools for communication, since the…

Social Media Lessons Learned from Barack Obama

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

It is no doubt that the U.S President, Barack Obama effectively used social media tools, which resulted in a successful…

How to Build your Brand via Marketing 2.0 Tools

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Today, many smart companies are moving from (high-cost) mass advertising to (low-cost) direct marketing which puts the company and their…