Facebook

Account Setup:
We will set up Facebook business pages, completing all relevant information, setting up relevant tabs, and assigning administrators.

Account Management:
When it comes to managing Facebook business pages, our flexible service is governed by the needs of your clients. We can post the occasional news item to the wall, or we can respond to all wall posts made within fifteen minutes, twenty four hours a day and seven days a week - whatever the level of service required, our dedicated team will provide.

Application Development:
With a sound understanding of the way online communities work, we build a variety of Facebook applications for our agency partners and their clients. We advise on design and development, and how to get the best from the facebook api.

Twitter

Twitter account setup:
We set up Twitter accounts on behalf of our clients brands, and advise on the best way to begin a campaign and increase followers.

Twitter account management:
We gain a deep understanding of our agency partners brands to enable us to successfully manage a variety of campaigns on behalf of the brand, whilst adhering to strict guidelines. Levels of service are governed by the needs of the client, and can include such things as responding to tweets directed at the brand, and brand mentions in general tweets, up to a level of service which requires us to respond to tweets within an agreed timeframe, 24/7.

Campaign solutions:
Twitter campaigns can be extremely successful, especially when integrated with a more general ongoing brand campaign. We align Twitter campaigns with your general marketing strategy, and advise on and implement promotions and ensure positive brand engagement.

YouTube

Account setup:
We set up YouTube channels and administration permissions on behalf of clients, either a basic account or a dedicated channel. We can then advise on the best way to utilise YouTube and all it has to offer, including advising on appropriate content.

Channel management:
We upload videos on behalf of clients, and then set keywords to ensure the videos have the best chance of appearing in search results, whilst promoting them through the brand website and other social media outlets a brand may have.

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Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Big Dot Media Limited uses and protects any information that you give Big Dot Media Limited when you use this website.

Big Dot Media Limited is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Big Dot Media Limited may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

This policy is effective from 1st September 2011.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

name and job title
contact information including email address
demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

Internal record keeping.
We may use the information to improve our products and services.
We may periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.
We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following by e-mailing us.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A fee of £5.00 will be payable to cover administration costs. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Big Dot Media Limited, Lindum House, 44 Wellington Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 7BX.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Big Dot Media Limited is a registered company in England No 6737238 and the registered office address is Lindum House, 44 Wellington Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 7BX. Correspondence can be sent to this address marked for the attention of the Company Secretary.

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