James Medd

  • Social Media Marketing Manager
  • Paris

I am working in Emailvision as 'Community Manager' in the Paris office. I take care of Emailvision's online presence through social networks.

I have a huge interest in all things social media and web and am also a big sports / music and film fan. Check out my twitter, I tweet cool things.

My middle name is 'Peter'.

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Trending News right in your Facebook news feed

At the start of 2012 Facebook let users know that they will be rolling out slowly more adverts within the news feed, like it or not. A Facebook spokesman said "Our goal is to do this thoughtfully and slowly....
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Pinterest launches new profiles but have they made a mistake?

The Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann, was recently talking at SXSW and mentioned the new changes coming to the profile pages. We’ll they have arrived.
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Facebook Offers - tested or leaked at Sunnyside Bar

I just stumbled across some content on my Facebook timeline which was a 'Deal' offered by a Sunnyside Bar for free fries! I thought it must have been some phishing content but about a click...
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Google+ Brand Pages are only as Social as you make them!

Many brands in the past have fallen into PR disasters on social media by not being overly social. Brands are often on the receiving end of disgruntled comments from customers or the wider public. How...
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#emailanswers How to Automate Campaigns for Inactive Subscribers

As discussed before inactive subscribers are not easy to reengage! These inactive people are not opening or clicking on your mails and these emails could even being going to their junk folder. Automating emails to...
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The latest in Twitter scams hitting my inbox #becareful

Twitter scams are now being more and more popular and in-your-face. This morning I have had two emails this morning telling me that a user has sent me a private message. The message which they...
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Is Google+ now setting Social Network standards and Facebook just following?

Facebook today has rolled out some new features which are looking very similar to those of a certain competitor who seems to be making a name for itself, Google+. Tom Anderson aka “Myspace Tom”, who...
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#emailanswers How to get in the Inbox of Inactive Subscribers

Reengaging with inactive subscribers is not easy. These inactive people are not opening or clicking on your mails and these emails could even being going to their junk folder. It is important for email marketers...
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Momentus Media and Buddy Media don't see eye-to-eye on Facebook Engagement

After reading Momentus Media's report 'Engagement and Interaction' tagged 'A scientific approach to Facebook marketing' I was left thinking, "I don't think I agree". I blogged back in April about Buddy Media's metrics on Facebook...
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#emailanswers How to Segment and Evaluate Inactive Customers

What do you do with those people who never, open, read or click on your email? As email marketers we want to be able to maximise ROI, so we need to get the most out...
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Twitter adds image upload functionality to official website for normal users

Twitter has finally added functionality for the average user to now add images to tweets via their official website www.twitter.com.
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[INFOGRAPHIC] What represents a successful email campaign?

Ever wondered what people would say to this question? For a marketer who is using email it is important that you can measure your own success and everyone does this in a different way. The...
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[INFOGRAPHIC] What is the primary goal for Social Media Marketing?

Emailvision ran a survey and collected the results to created this new infographic. We asked the question "What is your primary goal for Social Media Marketing?". The results offer an insight on the main objectives...
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Kick start your social media campaigns - Community Manager tips

The life of a Community Manager is not easy! Managing multiple social media activities, over multiple social networks, across multiple time zones is truly complicated. Fortunately for us help is on the way in the...
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#emailanswers What is Email Customer Reactivation?

The start of Emailvision Answers season 2 is here!! If you are not familiar take a look through season 1 - it's basically where email marketing experts will be answering the questions that all marketers...
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Guy Kawasaki sharing his Social Media Marketing tips

It's not often you get to be part of a private seminar with a serial entrepreneur, VC with a list of successful start ups and the former chief evangelist of Apple. Fortunately for me Emailvision...
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Increase Facebook engagement - the strategies which work best!

Facebook is always a tough call when it comes to the frequency and timing of posting messages. Unlike Twitter, which is a war to be seen, Facebook is a slower network with a much higher...
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Your Foursquare data gets Infographed at Fourgraph.me

Mashable recently let us all know about fourgraph.me. It takes your Foursqaure information and instantly creates a nice Infographic based on your account.
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Socialeyes: Chatoulette's less risqué counterpart

I guess you all remember chatroulette, the video conversation website where you would often see things that you wished you hadn't. Chatroulette at one point was seen as the "big thing" around the web and...
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Grandes Tendances 2011 de l’Email Marketing - Case study : KusmiTea

Cyrille Saulnier, Client Service Director at Emailvision explique: la présentation était destiné à présenter les tendances pour 2011 en email marketing, avec à l’appui, l’exemple de Kusmi Tea. Kusmi Tea a notamment mis en place...
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Moonpig.com get it wrong with their email list...but did say sorry

Yesterday I received a email marketing campaign from Moonpig.com, it was general, told me about Valentine's Day, nothing special. I didn't think about the fact I received it, I know I have purchased from them...
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YouTube changes default embed code and goes all HTML5 friendly

It was very quietly done with no warnings on the YouTube website or when I logged in but YouTube has changed its default embed code to a new 'iFrame' code which is more HTML5 friendly.
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ANSWERS: Email Lifecycle - How to Make Your Email Life Cycle Successful

In the firth and final installment of Emailvision Answers, Saima Alibhai, an Account Director lets you know how you can make your email life cycle successful!  
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VIDEO: The inspiration behind Christmas eCard 2011

Emailvision recently sent out its annual Christmas card wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. But what is the story behind the ecard and what does it all mean? The card includes a...
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Emailvision is giving you a lot more on Facebook than you think!

Emailvision is making the most of its presence on Facebook and offers you Careers, Videos, Emailvision Answer and other videos!
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What is cool for kids and teenagers in the world of technology this holiday season?

With the holiday season just around the corner have you thought about what the kids want this Christmas? These stats might answer the question of what you should be pushing through your email campaigns, what...
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ANSWERS: Email Lifecycle - How to Communicate with Lapse Customers

In the forth installment of Emailvision Answers ,Saima Alibhai, an Account Director gives tips on how you can communicate with lapse customers.  
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Social Network Advertising: Where is the bang for your bucks?

As social media marketing budgets slowly rise where should you be investing?
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ANSWERS: Email Lifecycle - How to Communicate With Very Active Customers

In the third installment of Emailvision Answers ,Saima Alibhai, an Account Director gives tips on how you can communicate with very actives customers through email marketing.
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Facebook: Don't lose your mobile phone!

Many people are obsessed about their privacy, with good reason, and Facebook is listening. Zuckerberg's team is launching a feature that will allow you to get a one-time password sent straight to your mobile phone....
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TOP: 13 ways to personalize your email campaigns to maximize the response from recipients

Marketers are always trying to maximise the response to their email marketing campaigns. Personalizing your campaigns can help do this by creating a one-to-one communication channel between you and your customer. We all know the basics...
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Facebook: The New Features

Facebook held an event at it's Palo Alto headquarters in California yesterday to make a big announcement. A bunch of new features were unveiled. This was also streamed live on livestream.com. New features including a new...
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TOP: 10 ways to make sure your email marketing campaigns get into the recipients inbox!

As always our experts have been giving us their advice on the things email marketers need to know! This week they gave us 10  ways to make sure your email marketing campaigns get into the...
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TOP: 15 ways to increase customer loyalty through email marketing campaigns

In this weeks 'Top of the Week' we asked our internal experts what are the "Top way to increase customer loyalty through email marketing campaigns". This is what they said...
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TOP: 38 songs to listen to while creating your email marketing campaigns

In the third 'Top of the Week' we asked the question to our internal experts "What are the top songs to listen to while creating email marketing campaigns"? This is what they said.
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ANSWERS: Email Lifecycle - How do you communicate with your prospects?

The second of 5 videos from Saima is regarding how to communicate with your prospects. Remember if you have a question please contact us through any of the methods written below. Enjoy the video.  
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TOP: 18 reasons your email marketing campaign will fail!

18 reasons your email marketing campaign will fail!   In the second 'Top of the Week' we asked the question to our internal experts "What are the top reasons an email campagin will fail"? This is what they...
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ANSWERS: What are the main steps of the email marketing lifecycle?

This is the premier of 'Emailvision Answers'. The concept is for our internal experts to answer questions in front of a video camera for 2 minutes and then put them on the internet for all...
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TOP: 17 reasons you should create email marketing campaigns

17 reasons you should create email marketing campaigns   We asked the question to our internal experts "Why should you use email marketing campaigns"? This is what they came up with!
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Twitter developing new features for business

During 2010 Twitter is expected to roll-out new features developed for business users. Many small businesses are still not utilising Twitter to tweet about their expertise or using it as a customer service channel. These...
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5 ways in which a company can utilise Twitter lists

The basic reason Twitter lists are helpful, is that they group a bunch of people into one place. These are streams of updates from chosen people you want to see, often within a specific topic...
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