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GarethLangston - who has written 21 posts on The Sign-Up.to Blog.

Originally from Birmingham and now residing in the south I have recently joined Sign-Up.to as Media Coordinator, making me responsible for graphics and content across a number of platforms.

When I'm not at work I'm most likely to be found in the kitchen or slumped in a beanbag clutching a control pad. Amongst other things I enjoy music, films and cake.



Choose your audience: Facebook launches location targeting

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 ~ Gareth Langston (21)

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Facebook pages can now target posts by country, city or language.  This gives you far more control over who sees your updates and allowing you to maintain a worldwide presence from a single page. To use this new feature enter your update and then click the drop down box next to the share button. Select [...]

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Project Retweet

Monday, November 23, 2009 ~ Gareth Langston (21)

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We have been keeping an eye on Twitter’s Project Retweet for a while now, so when Mashable broke the news that retweets had been spotted in the wild we scanned our accounts and found that one of our test accounts has the feature enabled! Retweeting is where you post the content of a tweet from [...]

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Engaging with your Facebook Fans.

Monday, October 5, 2009 ~ Gareth Langston (21)

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More than half of social network users become a fan or a follower of a brand on social networks. Most of these people seek out the brand themselves, or find them through suggestions from friends. Once someone becomes a fan of your brand they are opting in to receive your content directly into their home [...]

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Post your Facebook Page Status to Twitter..

Thursday, October 1, 2009 ~ Gareth Langston (21)

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Facebook have released an application to post your Facebook content direct to Twitter. Head to http://www.facebook.com/twitter and you can enable Facebook to Twitter postings for Status Updates, Photos, Links, Notes and/or Events.

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Get yourself a Facebook Vanity URL..

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ~ Gareth Langston (21)

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A vanity URL is a short link to your Facebook Fan Page, for example, http://www.facebook.com/signupto You can register your short URL at Facebook.com/username. This page allows you to set your own personal URL as well as the URL for any page you manage.

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The New Sign-Up.to!

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 ~ Gareth Langston (21)

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You may have noticed this blog looks a little different. It isn’t just the blog that has had a new lick of paint however, our team have spent the last few weeks hard at work to bring you the brand new Sign-Up.to.

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Facebook adds Status Update Tagging

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 ~ Gareth Langston (21)

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Facebook has just launched a new feature which is set to change the way we post and interact drastically. One of Facebook’s most innovative and useful features is phototagging. Now they are bringing this functionality to posts and status updates so you can tag friends in your messages as you would with @replies on Twitter.

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Adding bespoke content to Facebook Pages

Thursday, September 10, 2009 ~ Gareth Langston (21)

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Facebook appears to be, on the surface of things, the least customisable social network in terms of design, particularly in comparison to Myspace or Youtube, However, due to its modular nature and the application platform it is surprisingly easy to add custom content to your Facebook page. The most useful application for adding content to [...]

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Great Facebook Content

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 ~ Gareth Langston (21)

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Facebook is a unique opportunity to put your content directly into the home feed of your Facebook Fans. To make the most of this your content needs to be valuable and engaging. Most of this is going to be specific to your business and it is only through knowing your userbase (something Facebook Insights can [...]

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Create a consistent brand image across Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Thursday, September 3, 2009 ~ Gareth Langston (21)

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One of the key elements of your Social Media Strategy should be creating a consistent brand image across all platforms. This is often a daunting task due to the various limitations of each platform but in this article I’m going to show you how a consistent image can be obtained easily. I’ll lead with Facebook [...]

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