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San Francisco: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Published on April 26, 2012 By Nick Taylor

Those of you who follow my blog know that about a month ago I returned from an eye-opening trip to San Francisco, a city I had been seriously considering relocating to because of my desire to work in social media marketing. The original catalyst for the trip was to meet up with an old friend from [...]

Forget Pinterest – Why You Need XeeMe

Published on February 22, 2012 By Nick Taylor

While the social media world is busy clamoring on about Pinterest, aka “digital crack for women” and off debating the merits of leaving Facebook, some of us have been quietly looking for new ways to efficiently increase our SM presence. XeeMe, a relatively new service that launched in August of last year, could be about [...]

Blogging The Two Halves in 2011

Published on December 31, 2011 By Nick Taylor

It’s that time of the year to look back upon the past year’s successes and failures, all with the aim of improving and fine tuning site strategy in the New Year! According to Google Analytics, here’s how The Two Halves performed in 2011: Top 5 Most Popular Posts 1. Top 5 Social Media Trends for [...]

Social Proof is the New Currency in Marketing

Published on December 27, 2011 By Nick Taylor

If you have been following the latest trends in social media, you have probably noticed that sites attempting to measure online influence have been popping up like mushrooms after a rainstorm. With the mass of content available online, the marketers behind it certainly all have a vested interest in jockeying furiously for position. For a great [...]

Social Media’s Explosive Growth In Places You Would Least Expect

Published on September 26, 2011 By Nick Taylor

As those of you who follow the topic know, social media sites like Facebook have actually begun losing subscribers in early adopter countries like the US, Canada and UK. Facebook is currently experiencing the most growth in countries that were initially slow to adopt social media. These include BRIC countries like Brazil, India and China, all at [...]

Highlights of the Past Year on TTH

Published on May 2, 2011 By Nick Taylor

Almost a year has elapsed since the re-design and upgrade of the website, meaning that it is time to highlight some of the more successful content, topic categories and sites generating traffic on The Two Halves blog. Please share your thoughts. Top 7 Countries Generating Traffic (Please note that the %’age figures in the parentheses below [...]

Privacy Concerns on the Server Farm

Published on April 30, 2011 By Nick Taylor

In the third installment of the Guest Blogger feature on TTH, my techie/photography buff/former business school classmate and friend Jon Baker* based in Seattle tackles the issue of privacy on the Internets! Are the conveniences of modern day life worth the perpetual breach of privacy that they entail? Be sure to comment and let your [...]

Top 5 Social Media Trends for 2011

Published on March 28, 2011 By Nick Taylor

As social media matures and the technology behind it becomes ever more powerful, here’s my subjective take on the big trends in social media to look out for in the year 2011: 1. Micro location While location has long been a topic in social networking, this is the year when specific (micro or niche) location [...]

Guest Blogger Jared Dillian on Greed

Published on March 16, 2011 By Nick Taylor

In the newest installment of the Guest Blogger feature on TTH, my friend and finance whiz Jared Dillian* based in South Carolina discusses a topic as timely as ever: greed! Please comment and let us know whether you agree or disagree with his bold thesis. FYI, Jared has a new book about his time at [...]

Savski Blok party

Published on March 30, 2010 By Nick Taylor

Pripravite se na koncert leta 10. aprila v Ljubljani, kjer bodo med 15.00 in 20.00 uro nastopile glasbene skupine in izvajalci iz Savskega naselja, vključno s Trkajem in Jacuzzyjem… Trkaja že poznate, veliko vas pa še ne pozna Jacuzzyja (Jakob Krall), producent v Railroad Studios Ljubljana, poleg pa še pesnik, pevec, reper, audio inženir in [...]