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How To Create A Killer Hashtag Strategy

How To Create A Killer Hashtag Strategy

Discover how you come up with a hashtag strategy that really works for your brand and set you apart from the crowd!
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Blue Tick Nightmare!

Blue Tick Nightmare!

Social media is great. I work in it, so, of course, I’m going to say that, but it really is great. There’s a platform for everyone, whether it’s photos, video, news, connection with old school friends, or expanding your professional network, there’s a platform for you.  What’s not so great,…
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Maximising Engagement: A Comprehensive Guide for B2B Success

Maximising Engagement: A Comprehensive Guide for B2B Success

Social media is a powerful tool that businesses can leverage to create a dedicated community and attract customers. With over half of the world’s population using social media, it’s crucial for businesses to have a solid social media strategy to effectively engage with their audience. In today’s blog, we look…
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We are falling for data

We are falling for data

With only 3 weeks to go for the most romantic day of 2023, we can feel the love in the air! So we've done some digging through Brandwatch and GWI to unearth key insights around purchase behaviours, most discussed topics, and trends. Curious to know what we discovered? Keep reading! 👇
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SHOWSTOPPING SOCIAL PACKS A PUNCH

SHOWSTOPPING SOCIAL PACKS A PUNCH

A hero campaign for Billington’s Sugar – “First Time” Activating your existing audience or drawing new attention can feel challenging as a heritage brand. Whether you need to break down perception, launch a new product or simply maintain household penetration, brands need to continue to be bold with ideas and…
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Turning to TikTok for timely news

Turning to TikTok for timely news

TikTok is known as the best network for creating fast-moving, funny and musical content. There have been changes on the platform in the past year, enabling promotion of live streams and longer videos which have made TikTok more attractive for news publishers looking to engage younger audiences. While the news…
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Tiktok Insights

Tiktok Insights

Tiktok is booming. It is projected to reach 1.5 billion users this year and this growth shows no sign of abating. A recent study shows that it is taking up more and more of people’s time as well. With all this in mind, now…
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A Quick Guide to Help you Identify Target Personas

A Quick Guide to Help you Identify Target Personas

A Quick Guide to Help you Identify Target Personas
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5 Easy Social Media Marketing Tips for Small Businesses

5 Easy Social Media Marketing Tips for Small Businesses

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy! Learn five quick tips to help your small business with social media marketing.
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Social posts: effective ways to get your audience on board

Social posts: effective ways to get your audience on board

There is an argument for too much general content and not enough high-quality content in the world of social media. Each account may have its own purpose – and while each post will carry a different objective – a follow, a like or even a link click – the ultimate…
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Social Snapshot — 31.08.2022

Social Snapshot — 31.08.2022

It can be difficult to keep up with all of the new social media insights that emerge each and every day. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Check out the most recent social media news.👇 There is a new Circle in town 🪺 Sometimes all you want to do is…
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6 tips to humanise your brand

6 tips to humanise your brand

Discover our 7 ideas, tips, and steps to humanise your brand!
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New TikTok Guide Targets Creative Gaming Marketers

New TikTok Guide Targets Creative Gaming Marketers

TikTok data shows that 70% of mobile gamers say the platform is a great way for developers to get their attention. Should all brands be paying attention? The short answer is yes. In case you missed it, TikTok released a guide earlier this month for marketers…
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How to use Hashtags on social media 

How to use Hashtags on social media 

When it comes to promoting your brand on social, hashtags can be a key way to drive views, likes, and shares. 
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Top Metrics for Paid Media Campaign Performance

Top Metrics for Paid Media Campaign Performance

Top Metrics for Paid Media Campaign Performance
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Improve your Design Strategy

Improve your Design Strategy

Do you find your engagement dropping month-on-month? Are you writing snappy copy only to have your posts sink like a lead balloon?  It might be time to re-think your design strategy. Our friends over at Brafton have come up with this handy infographic, (see…
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Culture Codes

Culture Codes

Meta hosted a pretty great and insightful webinar last week, Culture Codes: How Platform Native Advertising Builds Brands with Humanity and I wanted to take a moment to go through it a little bit and share some of my thoughts.
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Instagram’s Reel big Update

Instagram’s Reel big Update

For today’s blog I thought I’d talk about some updates that Meta has recently introduced to Instagram Reels, including a new 90 second length. Up until now, Reels have been confined to a maximum limit of 60 seconds.  According to parent-company Meta, these updates “will not…
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Fun facts about YouTube TV

Fun facts about YouTube TV

YouTube has announced a new milestone earlier this week of reaching 5 million subscribers in the past five years. YouTube TV originally launched back in 2017 in five US markets and is now available in ‘over 99.5% of households in the United States’, providing an alternative to traditional paid television…
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Social Media Tips – The Basics

Social Media Tips – The Basics

Discover some of the basic social media tips you need to know to succeed in today’s crowded, high-noise social media landscape.
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LinkedIn posts ideas for every day of the week

LinkedIn posts ideas for every day of the week

Running out of ideas on what posts to share on LinkedIn? Looking to create something engaging that would also perform well on the professional social network? Don’t sweat it! Here are a few quick wins for content you can share every day in a week. Check out the full infographic…
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Create impactful content on TikTok

Create impactful content on TikTok

TikTok is an entertainment platform powered by communities that drive culture and commerce.  This platform’s mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime entertainment force that is changing the way content and media are created and discovered from a creative perspective.  It’s no wonder that 66% of…
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TikTok Tips and Tricks

TikTok Tips and Tricks

Ever posted a video to TikTok to see it sink like a stone? Well, worry no more!  TikTok just shared an article with helpful tips and tricks on how to get the most out of your posts, which I thought was worth taking a closer look at.
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Social Snapshot – 30.03.2022

Social Snapshot – 30.03.2022

It’s that time of the week again. Take a look at the latest happenings in the world of social media through our social snapshot: Instagram is introducing Favourites and Following, two new options to choose what you see in your feed. Instagram has launched a new algorithm-free, chronological…
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Holiday conversations on Instagram up 213% this summer

Holiday conversations on Instagram up 213% this summer

Holiday conversations on Instagram up 213% this summer
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CJ appointed MD; and it’s EPIC

CJ appointed MD; and it’s EPIC

CJ appointed to MD - and it is EPIC
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Sony Europe: Twilight Football

Sony Europe: Twilight Football

In total, the Sony Twilight Football social media campaign delivered an ROI of €12.5 thanks to our partnerships, on a budget of just over 1% of the return.
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How to NOT spam your audiences

How to NOT spam your audiences

As marketers, we’re programmed to reach our target audience at every opportunity we can think of. But as an end user, there’s nothing more annoying than consistently being spammed by ads and messages that 1. You’ve already seen or 2. Aren’t relevant to you. So how do marketers serve ads…
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New Year’s resolutions for social in 2022

New Year’s resolutions for social in 2022

It’s 2022 and people around the world are setting their resolutions for the new year. If you’re aiming to make this year more productive on social, here are a few simple New Year’s resolutions that can help you improve your brand’s presence.   Creative visuals With visual platforms…
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Design Trends for 2022

Design Trends for 2022

  Ahh yes, we all love some trends, don’t we? And why not end the year with a look at some design trends for 2022 as predicted by the lovely people over at 99designs. 90’s Nostalgia: Who doesn’t love 90’s aesthetics?! With Gen Z bringing…
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China, the social innovator and trendsetter

China, the social innovator and trendsetter

  Everyone loves social media, and China is no exception. With over 931 million active monthly users, it is the largest social media market in the world! However, in China, social is nothing like what you and I are used to. The platforms are different, with advertising, algorithms, and influencers…
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Episode 68 : Serious Social – China – The social Innovator, opportunity and trendsetter

Episode 68 : Serious Social – China – The social Innovator, opportunity and trendsetter

Ep 68: Serious Social – China: The social Innovator, opportunity and trendsetter China is home to the world’s largest social media market, with over 931 million users. In this week’s Serious Social episode, Katy Howell is joined by Domenica Di Lieto to discuss social media in China,…
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Cookies Policy

Cookies Policy

Last updated  – 08/05/2018 We use cookies. Not the delicious kind, but the ones that deliver website functionality, social media features and traffic analytics. By continuing to use the immediate future website, you’re consenting to our cookies. Oh, and if you want you can check out our …
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How does social listening help brands to remain competitive in the Age of the Customer?

How does social listening help brands to remain competitive in the Age of the Customer?

The rise in popularity of social media networks like Facebook and Twitter made the customer more connected than ever before. As a result, if someone has a positive or negative experience with a brand, it can be shared with millions of people online. According to researchers, marketers, and business leaders,…
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Sony Rolly: Creative collaboration

Sony Rolly: Creative collaboration

The MP3 player, Rolly was created to fulfill one of Sony’s key objectives: to develop innovative, unique products. However, it had been designed with a Japanese audience in mind and consequently met with a poor reception from American consumers and technology media at its US launch. The aim of the…
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IBM: MQLs from social

IBM: MQLs from social

With a sophisticated product, IBM Tealeaf’s challenge was to reach and connect with senior decision makers to generate marketing qualified leads (MQLs). Detailed data informed platform choice The client only wants to gain attention from senior buyers –directors and CXOs. A methodical audit of social platforms assessed member profiles, seniority,…
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What metrics to track on social?

What metrics to track on social?

With so many metrics constantly popping up, the world of social media can be confusing. What should you be tracking? What’s important for your business goals? We’ll take you through the various metrics that every company or brand should be looking at, so you can stay on top of your…
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Employee Advocacy: time to get formal

Employee Advocacy: time to get formal

This is part two of our Employee Advocacy series. For part one, click here: https://immediatefuture.co.uk/blog/employee-advocacy-how-did-we-get-here/ We recently covered our initial findings from our Employee Advocacy webinar, sharing the insights gained from our expert panel on why there has been such a sudden rise in Employee Advocacy, and what…
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5 old social media approaches that work even better today

5 old social media approaches that work even better today

Back before social media was even called social media, brands were part of the conversation. Whether it was on Myspace, Flickr, Blogs, Habbo Hotel or the plethora of message boards – marketing comms was experimenting with talking direct to the customer. Now, 20 years on, the world has…
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Employee Advocacy: how did we get here?

Employee Advocacy: how did we get here?

Employee advocacy has moved centre stage in social marketing. It is accelerating as a program, pushing out its messaging in all new ways and putting employees at the forefront of business promotions and campaigns. What is driving this rapid increase in employee advocacy across social media, and what can we…
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Fleeting trends

Fleeting trends

  With social media companies all seeming to blend into one nowadays, it’s interesting to note the companies who know things aren’t working and can pull the plug before any more time and resources are spent on them… Yes, we are talking about you @Twitter.   Now, this is…
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Let’s Get Creative!

Let’s Get Creative!

  A few weeks ago we talked about the brand refresh, in which we touched on creative reasonings and processes. In this blog, I want us to delve a little deeper into designing with social media in mind. What it entails and how best to…
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Emerging trends in technology marketing – experts tell all

Emerging trends in technology marketing – experts tell all

“If you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where you’re going.” Of course, Maya Angelou’s famous quote was actually four lines of prose. The purpose of her abbreviated statement was clear though, respect and understand the past, to help you move to a better future. This is the essence of business networking.
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Episode 58: Serious Social – The long and the short of it

Episode 58: Serious Social – The long and the short of it

  Ep 58: Serious Social – The long and the short of it To celebrate the launch of our Technology CMO outlook report, Katy Howell joins forces with co-author, Kathryn Strachan, MD at Copy House, to share highlights from interviews with technology marketers and talk about…
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Let Us Go… Freshen Up

Let Us Go… Freshen Up

Who doesn’t love a refresh? Be it a new hairdo or a colourful wardrobe? In this case, I’ll be talking about our brand refresh – a labour of love for almost 8 (yes, e i g h t) months. Taking what we already had, simplifying it, and bringing out the…
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Episode 57: Serious Social – Sizzling stats and what to do with them

Episode 57: Serious Social – Sizzling stats and what to do with them

  Ep 57: Serious Social – Sizzling stats and what to do with them It’s BBQ season! And we’ve uncovered some sizzling opportunities for brands who want to reach the grilling parties – from equipment to meat-free choices, Brandwatch has come through for us and we’re…
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Episode 52: Serious Social – How to drive MQLs and SQLs through social media

Episode 52: Serious Social – How to drive MQLs and SQLs through social media

  Ep 52: Serious Social – How to drive MQLs and SQLs through social media In this week’s Serious Social Live, Colin Jacobs will be exploring how to drive sales qualified leads through better marketing qualified leads on social media. Tune in to discover what a…
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Best Instagram hashtags in 2021

Best Instagram hashtags in 2021

Hashtags remain one of the most effective ways to generate engagement on your Instagram posts in 2021. A report says that a post with at least one hashtag averages 12.6% more engagement than posts without any. So, it’s worth including them in your content strategy. They can…
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You can’t make this up.

You can’t make this up.

A few weeks ago, we wrote a piece on when it was best to stand out from the crowd, and if done right, can create some truly engaging content that sees other brands jumping on your bandwagon. The most recent occurrence of…
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Approaching your TikTok strategy

Approaching your TikTok strategy

] With 20.33 million daily active users, TikTok is fast becoming the place to be. What started as a platform viewed for the younger audience, the demographics of users have broadened (popularity increased during 2020), and more and more brands are exploring this new venture. But how should brands approach…
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Influencer marketing 2021

Influencer marketing 2021

Social media trends are quite often fleeting. Some find ways to adapt and evolve and stay relevant. Others are gone with the click of the fingers. One thing that is here to stay is influencer marketing. In 2021 brands are well aware that connecting with the consumers is paramount…
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Episode 37: Serious Social – Brand Personality Power

Episode 37: Serious Social – Brand Personality Power

  Ep 37: Serious Social – Brand Personality Power Join Belle Lawrence in this episode of Serious Social for best practice tips on tone, voice and copywriting. Discover how your brand personality online can make a lasting connecting with your audience and help you stand out…
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Episode 33: Serious Social – Social secrets from the insurance industry

Episode 33: Serious Social – Social secrets from the insurance industry

  Ep 33: Serious Social – Social secrets from the insurance industry In this episode of serious social, Katy Howell is joined by Ian MacArthur from Sagittarius agency to talk search and social and what insurance brands can teach us. Tune in for insight from our latest…
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Stealing social media ideas is a very good strategy

Stealing social media ideas is a very good strategy

Let me be clear I am not suggesting plagiarism. There is enough of that in the creative industries as it is. Instead I believe, whilst we are locked behind screens and away from the serendipity of the water cooler ‘eureka’ moments, we need to work hard to find inspiration. Mark…
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How to enhance your online event through social media

How to enhance your online event through social media

2020 has led to countless changes across the board – and for marketers, one big pivot has been with events and in-person activations. With new restrictions announced just this week, it looks like events will continue to happen online for the foreseeable future. Here are…
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Brands who claim an appetite for bold content are just virtue signalling!

Brands who claim an appetite for bold content are just virtue signalling!

We’ve all sat in brainstorms where detractors find reason or cause to not do something. The naysayers who police everyone and everything despite never being asked to do so. They’re also the people who never find a solution to the myriad of problems they’ve erected in front of every good…
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Write Your Way to Better Social Media Results

Write Your Way to Better Social Media Results

Writing for social media ads might seem like a no-brainer, but there’s a lot more involved than you may think. Social media is a noisy landscape, and you can’t simply rely on your creative to get your audience’s attention – you need them to buy into what you’re selling…
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Episode 17: Sounds in social

Episode 17: Sounds in social

Ep 17: Serious Social – Sounds in social The latest episode of our Serious Social podcast with our Associate Director, Belle Lawrence looked at the role of sound in social media! Listen now for a deep dive into how you can enhance your ‘sound on’ social…
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Tik Tok, Tik Tok, it’s time for businesses to jump in!

Tik Tok, Tik Tok, it’s time for businesses to jump in!

      Tik Tok for business has just recently launched, providing a plethora of tools to help brands and marketers utilise the short-form video app for their ad campaigns.     “TikTok For Business is where you can unleash your brand’s creative side.
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What You Need to Know About Social Live Stream 

What You Need to Know About Social Live Stream 

GlobalWebIndex has reported that 29% of total internet users have used a live streaming option on social media, and 13% have watched a live gaming stream. These figures alone tell us that live streaming is the new mode to watch – and that marketers…
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Eating up the food and drink trends in social

Eating up the food and drink trends in social

From baking banana bread to getting sick of our own cooking and ordering in, here are some of the key drivers and examples of the food and drink sector in social media: Eating and drinking at home After 4 weeks in lockdown, McKinsey reported that 46%…
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A New App from Facebook?

A New App from Facebook?

  A New App from Facebook?   Venue – an app that brings people together to experience live events in an interactive way.   What does this mean?   According to Facebook –   “Venue aims to give fans an interactive second screen experience, curated…
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Episode 10: Improving conversion

Episode 10: Improving conversion

Ep 10: Serious Social – Improving conversion Now is the time to reevaluate how you are gaining social media conversions. Belle Lawrence shares how tips and strategies for how you can best use CTAs, motivation and emojis. If you’re after more know-how to break the…
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Episode 9: It’s time to get social emotional

Episode 9: It’s time to get social emotional

  Ep 9: Serious Social – It’s time to get social emotional Why and how to be distinctive, empathetic and in tune. Away with the clichés, sad music and mentions of challenging times. Brands need to demonstrate EQ in their social content – Katy Howell explains…
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Bringing old content back to life (the right way)

Bringing old content back to life (the right way)

Don’t let the title fool you, we’re not suggesting that you simply reintroduce old content into your social feeds. In fact, we feel so strongly against this that we went as far as dedicating an entire Serious Social podcast episode to NOT repurposing content. There is, however, a way…
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Social Snapshot – 06.05.20

Social Snapshot – 06.05.20

As we’re all suffering lockdown fatigue, the social platforms are pushing on with new features to beat the isolation. A look at Q1 earnings, explains why there is a dash to create even more compelling reasons to stay on social. After all, there are more people spending more…
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Social Snapshot – 29.04.20

Social Snapshot – 29.04.20

This week it seems the social platforms have paid a lot of attention to user behaviours. They’re launching functionality aimed at hobbyists, pushing entertaining features  and challenging some of the comms products that have helped us through the first phase of lockdown. It feels like a week of…
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A cracking way to create the right content under pressure

A cracking way to create the right content under pressure

For many that have decamped to home working, repurposed content has served as a filler for the last month. Makes sense whilst we settled in. But your customers crave more and the opportunity to connect, entertain or be useful is just missed if you drag out every old piece of…
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Episode 6: No! Don’t just repurpose social content

Episode 6: No! Don’t just repurpose social content

  Ep 6: Serious Social – No! Don’t just repurpose social content So, how do we speed up creativity? How do we increase the relevancy for our audiences, and how do we create a well-oiled production machine? Katy outlines a framework for creating the right content…
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Why does your content look the same as everyone else in industry?

Why does your content look the same as everyone else in industry?

It’s a question that really puzzles me. Along with ‘why do some businesses try to mimic the market leader?’ or, ‘why do B2B companies continue to use awful stock photography of people pretending to be businesspeople?’ or, ‘why do travel companies persist with blue filters?’. At the risk of sounding…
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Ep 2: Serious Social – How to connect with you audience without disrespecting our societal challenge

Ep 2: Serious Social – How to connect with you audience without disrespecting our societal challenge

  Ep 2: How to connect with you audience without disrespecting our societal challenge Right now, as a Social Media Marketer the single most important thing you can do is listen. Tuning into what’s going on around you, within your sector and within social conversations will…
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Leave a light on

Leave a light on

While the streets are quiet and the shops are shut, the bars and cinemas are closed – and so are the theatres. But in the theatre, when they are “dark” (there’s no live production), there’s a tradition to leave a “ghost light” centre stage. Partly for the safety of anyone…
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Knowing your content goals from your channel strategy and your go-to-market strategy

Knowing your content goals from your channel strategy and your go-to-market strategy

Let’s be honest, we sometimes overcomplicate marketing activities. Planners can be accused of planning a plan to create a plan. Creatives are claimed to create complex artwork for the sake or showcasing their talent. Strategists are believed to strategise the best approach for strategic construction of a tweet in line…
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Graphic Design Trends for 2020

Graphic Design Trends for 2020

Companies have been making use of eye-catching visuals for a while now, more so within the past year.  All you need to do is take a look at the Apple App Store and see the gorgeous illustration for their stories, and with the end of the year fast approaching, we…
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Discover the benefits of social listening

Discover the benefits of social listening

Social media marketing benefits businesses in many ways, not least as it facilitates a unique, direct relationship with your customers. However, many businesses, despite having and managing a social media presence, are failing to recognise one of the key benefits of this media – social listening. What exactly is social…
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Why employee advocacy should be part of your marketing plans

Why employee advocacy should be part of your marketing plans

Meet employee advocacy, the first cousin to influencer marketing. Your employees are generally the best advocates you have. They can be a credible and creative way to build brand recognition and instill trust in your business as well as generating word of mouth. And let’s be really honest, where you…
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GBBO: All eyes are on Twitter

GBBO: All eyes are on Twitter

Episode 1 *spoiler alert* don’t read unless you’ve watched! Even before season 10 of Bake Off started, social was alive with intense anticipation. By 7.45, according to Brandwatch data, there were over 24 thousand posts on Twitter from 7,898 authors – suggesting that enthusiasm for the show had people posting…
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B2B Nerds Unite

B2B Nerds Unite

We love a good B2B brainstorm – it’s one of our (many) nerdy fascinations. So, when given the opportunity to attend the B2B Marketing Ignite 2019 conference, we simply couldn’t resist. Not to mention, our dear friends and clients at Fujitsu would be speaking on account-based marketing,…
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What Should I Be Measuring on Social Media?

What Should I Be Measuring on Social Media?

It’s a question we’re frequently asked, and one that doesn’t seem to go away. It’s clear there is still much confusion around the metrics you should pay attention to, versus those that are nothing more than a positive signal. Too many people in industry mistake the latter for stellar achievement.
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Understanding the Social Tech C-suite

Understanding the Social Tech C-suite

This is one audience tech brands want to reach. The audience where 70% are the decision makers and the rest influence the purchase. We took a look at who they are, what they talk about and what motivates them. And produced a report which digs into…
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5 top tips to keep your summer social game COOL

5 top tips to keep your summer social game COOL

Seasonality is a very important factor in the marketing world. Our behaviours online certainly change over the seasons. Only a couple of months from now hits the summer slowdown. Consumers are spending less and employees are holidaying more, and a lot of businesses fall into sloth-mode. But, you can also…
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What Makes A Killer Social Media Content Strategy?

What Makes A Killer Social Media Content Strategy?

At the heart of your social media strategy are two things – your audience and content. By not putting the effort and time into producing valued and engaging social media content that will motivate your audience, you will be left feeling extremely frustrated with your results. Thankfully it isn’t an extremely…
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Collaborate with Pinterest’s influencer API

Collaborate with Pinterest’s influencer API

Once overlooked, Pinterest has been going from strength to strength in the social stratosphere. For travel, beauty, and fashion brands, it offers the perfect opportunity to showcase products or experiences, and now they’re looking to improve their influencer offering. Pinterest have realised influencers are becoming more and more active on…
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Create thumb-stopping content with just one click

Create thumb-stopping content with just one click

Time poor, but feeling creative? Fret no more. A couple of weeks ago Facebook announced its Creative Shop, a simple way for brands and marketers to easily convert static images into video. You may be lucky enough to have a wonderful design team who can whip up some amazing…
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Is the Instagram effect having an impact on TripAdvisor?

Is the Instagram effect having an impact on TripAdvisor?

We all know that the trend of taking photos of your food and sharing them on Instagram is nothing new. However, now it seems we’re not only taking photos of our food to document what we ate, but to help others decide where to eat too. More so than ever,…
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Will cashing in on WhatsApp pay off?

Will cashing in on WhatsApp pay off?

After Facebook introduced the WhatsApp Business app in September last year, it’s looking like it’s set to be their next moneymaker. In contrast to the standard app that revolves around conversation between family and friends, the Business app is designed for businesses to interact with their customers by providing real-time…
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How Social is Scoring at this World Cup

How Social is Scoring at this World Cup

As this World Cup gets underway, it’s worth reflecting on how changes in social media engagement are coinciding with the major shifts currently taking place in sports consumption. These converging trends are positioning social at the centre of sports entertainment, not just as a way of connecting with fans away…
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The many faces of Instagram Video

The many faces of Instagram Video

Once upon a time, a captivating picture and a smart line was all you needed to advertise your business. Now, those times are long gone. We all know that Facebook, who still leads the way in social advertising, recently came up with a feature that requires ads to be moving…
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Pinterest tests wide-format promoted videos & increases efforts to court Entertainment brands

Pinterest tests wide-format promoted videos & increases efforts to court Entertainment brands

According to Pinterest, the platform has seen a 180% uplift in video views in the last year. That figure tallies with what the other social media giants are saying about video, which cements the idea that brands, and social offerings, have to be on the front foot…
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Is VR the next step for social?

Is VR the next step for social?

As marketers, we’re always looking for the best way to interact with our customers and to create meaningful and engaging interactions with them. We do this through email marketing, TV and print advertising, social media, and now some brands are doing it with virtual and augmented reality. As we’ve mentioned…
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Now YouTube Studio has left beta we all have improved analytics

Now YouTube Studio has left beta we all have improved analytics

Remember June last year when YouTube announced a beta trial of YouTube studio, its new hub for Creators? It’s been a while, so you’d be forgiven for not remembering.  The good news is, after 9 months of testing, the new hub will be rolled out to everyone…
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YouTube just updated its live-streaming offering

YouTube just updated its live-streaming offering

For years YouTube was the go-to platform for video content and only had a relatively small live-streaming offering. When it came to live videos, we saw a number of platforms enter the arena; Periscope and Meerkat to name but a few. And more recently we’ve seen Facebook’s video proposition go…
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What is Vero?

What is Vero?

It’s the new social media app being touted as the next Instagram, and celebrities and influencers alike are flocking to give it a try. The platform was actually started years ago and positioned itself as a competitor to the other social giants in the space; i.e. Facebook,…
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How to maximise Facebook Lives within ANY organisation

How to maximise Facebook Lives within ANY organisation

Spoiler alert: if you’re not using Facebook Live then you should be – even if you’re a B2B brand who DOESN’T believe they work for you! We use them and we’re smashing it for Fujitsu. If it’s not working for you, then you’re not using it correctly, or addressing the…
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A new addition to the Instagram family

A new addition to the Instagram family

Social platforms have become much more than a place to share words and pictures. You can stay in touch with your Aunt, play Scrabble with her and tag her in hilarious cat videos. Social has long replaced traditional forms of communication like writing, to keep in touch. In many cases,…
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Instagram launches huge changes to Stories

Instagram launches huge changes to Stories

Christmas has come early in the world of Instagram with two new features which will change the face of Instagram as we know it! Pretty huge, right? So, what are the new features? The first of the two features is Highlights. This new feature will appear directly underneath your bio…
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What will be in your 2018 social strategy?

What will be in your 2018 social strategy?

It’s that time when we start to reminisce about the year we’ve had. What went wrong? What was a success and what can we do better next year? We’ve seen updates galore from all platforms. Twitter increased their character limit, Snapchat launched a self-serve ad manager, and we’ve lost count…
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5 kinds of YouTube videos driving shopping patterns

5 kinds of YouTube videos driving shopping patterns

Over the last few years, video has shown its might in every way across social media platforms. No longer the preserve of costly and time-consuming production studios, the medium has been revolutionised by social media. Immediate, available and free, the reach of digitised video has meant a plethora of new…
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A look back at a summer of travel on social

A look back at a summer of travel on social

Summer holidays are a distant dream for most of us, now that we are headed towards the end of the year. All we’re left with are the pictures and memories on social media. Whilst we look fondly back on this summer, the Travel industry can use this post-holiday…
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