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Ensuring your event is a surefire social success

Ensuring your event is a surefire social success

If you’ve gone to the effort of planning an online or even offline event, then you’re going to want the result to be a fantastic experience for everyone involved. It may seem obvious, but by breaking the planning into into pre-, during and post- event, you’ll be better able to…
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The GIF that keeps on giving

The GIF that keeps on giving

These looping clips have come a long way since their creation 30 years ago. And it isn’t just the 18-25 year olds who are obsessed with video and GIF sharing; everyone else has jumped on the bandwagon too. Whether you love them or fear their infantilising impact on language, it’s…
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Live Event Social Media Checklist

Live Event Social Media Checklist

Pre-planning is absolutely vital to effective social media before, during, and after a live event. The recent evolution of live social has led to a mass increase in live video streaming and events are a huge part of that. According to…
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Should your brand be on every social platform?

Should your brand be on every social platform?

5 years ago, a lot of people argued that brands should be on every major social media platform: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Tumblr. Now we’re wondering… was this such a great idea? Well, all things considered, probably not! Let’s look at how everybody spits out content online: news, press…
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60 Second Social 02/05/17

60 Second Social 02/05/17

B2B marketers, meet your new best friend, LinkedIn Matched Audiences! The new feature includes three new targeting capabilities; website retargeting, account targeting and contact targeting. The new targeting options are similar to that of Facebook’s custom audiences, and Twitter’s tailored audiences, but will they prove…
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Win-win with retargeting

Win-win with retargeting

Reporting back to senior management with low conversion rates can become the bane of one’s life. And then to top it off, you are probably working extremely hard to persuade for more budget towards your social campaigns. It’s 2017, and you shouldn’t have to battle to prove the success rates…
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60 Second Social 27/03/2017

60 Second Social 27/03/2017

The prime suspect in #60SecondSocial this week is LinkedIn. The Sales Navigator has been beefed up with an enterprise plan, CRM syncing, and PointDrive integration, tapping into its user base of more than 465 million professionals. We haven’t forgotten about Instagram, who introduced two-factor authentication & Facebook who have designed yet another ad…
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#60SecondSocial – Your essential guide to last week in Social, in just 60 Seconds

#60SecondSocial – Your essential guide to last week in Social, in just 60 Seconds

Social evolves at breakneck speed; channel changes occur daily; and development roadmaps are sometimes hidden from us. It has become harder than ever for marketers to stay abreast of what they need to know. To be able to push the boundaries of campaigns and deliver…
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How do I go about managing social media to help my business? Or should I?…

How do I go about managing social media to help my business? Or should I?…

If you are you one of the companies that isn’t utilising your social media channels, or maybe hasn’t even started using social media yet, then here are some great reasons why you need to do so. Many companies today are using social media by posting updates to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter…
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Consideration for your corporation social media strategy

Consideration for your corporation social media strategy

There has been so much written about social media strategy for small businesses.  Almost everyone uses social media today as it’s very much a personal medium that works, and a few employees engaging directly with customers on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn can be a natural extension of any small businesses…
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Why get a dog and bark yourself?

Why get a dog and bark yourself?

You already know why your business needs a social media presence, as you’ve already experienced that social media provides a golden opportunity to talk to your existing and prospective customers or engage with those who will shout about your brand.  Its highly likely that a social media presence is something…
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The Art of Repurposing High Performance Content

The Art of Repurposing High Performance Content

It’s always nice to see your work do well. When you see the results of a campaign and a certain piece of content or chunk of copy performs better than you expected it’s wonderful. But why not expand upon that? In the music industry you don’t…
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6 social tips for 2017, that you can benefit from NOW

6 social tips for 2017, that you can benefit from NOW

It’s said if you want to know what technology will be in mainstream cars in future years, you should review what is in a Mercedes S Class, today. The vision of S Class, becomes tomorrow’s reality. Much like the Mercedes S Class, CES has evolved into a beast of future…
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How to choose the best social media channel for your business

How to choose the best social media channel for your business

Social media is at its peak, it couldn’t be a better time to grow your business online and reach new audiences. It’s no longer an option, but rather a must for every business looking to expand. In a world where social media channels are rapidly being launched and developed, we…
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Facebook and Instagram’s biggest updates of 2016

Facebook and Instagram’s biggest updates of 2016

2016 has been dramatic for a lot of reasons. However, in the social media industry we’ve had our own upheavals. This year has seen unprecedented change in the top social networking sites, something that a few people could have predicted. Having previously been on the consumer side of social networking,…
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How is your social media strategy working for you?

How is your social media strategy working for you?

Today many companies are using social media tactically by posting updates to Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ or Twitter, but few have a social media strategy which helps them use social media to support their business goals. Social media works best when it’s part of an integrated E-communications strategy…
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Struggling to develop a Social Media Strategy for your business?

Struggling to develop a Social Media Strategy for your business?

As a business, have you ever asked the question “Why are we struggling to make social media work for us?” or “Do we have the right social media strategy for our business?”  If the answer to both questions is No, then you’re not alone as the real challenge of social…
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How B2B brands can avoid defaulting to job titles when segmenting in social

How B2B brands can avoid defaulting to job titles when segmenting in social

We have been banging the audience-first drum relentlessly for the last few years. Why? Because it is the best way to deliver results in social. More recently I discussed the merits of micro-targeting in social media: finely slicing your customer segments to ensure you can deliver relevancy at scale.
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Facebook to launch Slack rival within the month

Facebook to launch Slack rival within the month

While it is traditionally used in the office as a way to avoid work, Facebook might be about to change all that. Many companies use an internal communication tool such as Slack, Yammer, HipChat or Asana to assist in project management and team collaboration and so…
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Who scores highest on the Twitter buy-o-meter?

Who scores highest on the Twitter buy-o-meter?

A goldrush of sorts is happening in the tech world amidst rumours that Twitter could be up for sale and the list of potential suitors for the channel is growing by the day. It’s hard to tell at this point who the serious contenders are. However, this hasn’t stopped the…
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Social media offers important benefits to businesses

Social media offers important benefits to businesses

It is quite hard to find an individual who has not heard of or does not use any of the popular social media platforms of the day, and the same thing can be said about most businesses.  No matter what your company sells it needs to harness the power and…
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Top 3 Instagram Tools

Top 3 Instagram Tools

Despite its popularity, Instagram is a bit behind other platforms when it comes to management tools. It’s like Facebook’s little sibling that has its friends and a little community but is still trying to catch up with Facebook, not fully realising its full potential just yet. Being a younger sibling…
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How much should your social advertising cost?

How much should your social advertising cost?

We presented at the B2B Summit recently, talking about paid social media. Interestingly, the question on everyone’s lips was; how much should social advertising cost? What are the benchmarks for investment and returns you can expect? Well, a Salesforce report (download) gives us some interesting paid social…
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12 years in social – the lessons we have learnt

12 years in social – the lessons we have learnt

So last week immediate future turned 12 years old. That’s 12 years we’ve been working with brands in social media – it doesn’t seem possible does it? Surely social media didn’t exist back then? OK, it wasn’t called ‘social media’ in 2004. It was working with…
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Mo’ content mo’ problems

Mo’ content mo’ problems

First of all, I am not quite sure what is compelling me to right 90s hip hop inspired blog articles at the moment, so don’t ask… After recently presenting at a LinkedIn event, I found one of my favourite slides that optimises my thoughts on content and the internet right…
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5 reasons to throw your social strategy in the trash

5 reasons to throw your social strategy in the trash

What! Yup. If you have just one social strategy then you may as well consign it to the dustbin. Social is now too sophisticated for one strategy with a social channel (platform) agnostic approach. Every social network now has different audiences, varying behaviours and whole swathes of content formats that…
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Why our social curiosity certainly ain’t killing any cats

Why our social curiosity certainly ain’t killing any cats

Firstly, it’s a bit of a stupid phrase really isn’t it – curiosity killed the cat. I’m sure some stupid cats have died but if we were curious enough to confront a moving car on a busy road then I am sure we would too… If you ain’t moving then…
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Professional Persona Targeting on Twitter

Professional Persona Targeting on Twitter

Times have changed, that’s a fact – and you can take that to the bank! I remember a time, a simpler time – when Facebook was all fields, 3-way calls reigned supreme and if you wanted to reach an audience with an advertising message all you had to do was…
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Pro tips for powerful B2B Social Content – PART ONE

Pro tips for powerful B2B Social Content – PART ONE

It’s 7pm and you’re still at the office. A posting plan for your company’s social channels stares mournfully back at you. You’ve read phone books that are more exciting. It’s okay, you reason, we’re a B2B brand. Our audience is time-strapped. Professional. They want facts, not fluff. “Out there” content…
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Premium Publishing Tools Under £10 per Month

Premium Publishing Tools Under £10 per Month

Whether you run your own business, work in an agency or in-house time is money. Creating and sourcing content to distribute through your channels is time-consuming and after all that you have the task of scheduling it all. It is important that you are getting the best return on the…
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9 Ways to target on social you may not know about

9 Ways to target on social you may not know about

As the minefields of social advertising get ever more complex and essentially a very far cry from simple tweet or post boosting we must move toward to putting audience first, defining your objectives and monitoring closely to optimising your targeting as you go. All very good practice, yes, but what other,…
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How to ace your content calendars

How to ace your content calendars

A reoccurring question we’re asked is: what should go into my content calendar? Followed by: is there advice you can share with us? Or: what rules do you work to? So here it is. 15 steps that will help you to ace your content calendar: For example, if revenue growth…
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Why data is a key element to social advertising

Why data is a key element to social advertising

With the 82% rise in ad-blocking software, marketers are increasingly re-allocating resources away from digital display ads and drawing their attention to social. If you do have a slice of marketing budget assigned to social advertising, the rewards may very well be fruitful, and…
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Give your online personal brand a facelift

Give your online personal brand a facelift

I’m sure that many of you are well versed in brand building in the traditional sense, but when it comes to your own personal brand, how would you rate your online brand identity? These days, everything from landing a new job to scoring a hot date can result in an…
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Keeping customers happy when implementing a social media strategy

Keeping customers happy when implementing a social media strategy

The brakes are off, the lights are green and 2016 is well underway. 10 years after Twitter was founded and Facebook became a mainstream platform, another batch of social media strategies are being rolled out by marketers. Objectives will include lead generation, reach and awareness, community growth and improving sentiment.
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Twitter to dump its 140 character restriction?

Twitter to dump its 140 character restriction?

The limit of 140 characters on Twitter is destined to disappear, and may potentially be extended to an incredibly lengthy 10,000 characters, as reported by Re/code. “So what does that equate to in words?!” you may cry. That’s probably the length of a 2,000 word essay! Why…
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28 things guaranteed to happen in social in 2016

28 things guaranteed to happen in social in 2016

There have been many predictions for how social media will play out in 2016. But enough of the speculation…here are 28 things that are guaranteed to happen. Do you agree with them? Have I missed any? Shiny new platform labelled the ‘next big thing’ will emerge. Digital professionals…
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4 tips to optimise your (and our) blog in 2016

4 tips to optimise your (and our) blog in 2016

Having a blog, whether it’s on a personal level or a corporate level is, and will remain, a fantastic way of building a brand and showing your knowledge and expertise on a specific subject. In reading my esteemed colleague’s summary of IF blogs in 2015, I realised just how…
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A review of the Immediate Future’s 2015 blog content

A review of the Immediate Future’s 2015 blog content

At IF we pride ourselves on leading innovation and helping to shape the next industry standard. Our recent award win evidences we’ve checked that box for another year. To many, our blog is their source of digital insight into what is about to happen within industry. With this in mind,…
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The social phoenix

The social phoenix

On November 17th 2015, Google+ rose like a phoenix out of the ashes, and has been reborn…again. This is not the first time the site has been rebuilt, and at a glance it would seem not much has changed apart from a minor facelift and a few buttons in…
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Twitter: the new golden child in B2B lead generation?

Twitter: the new golden child in B2B lead generation?

When it comes to implementing Twitter as part of your B2B marketing and lead generation efforts, it can be easy to presume that the platform is best used for more ‘fluffy’ types of activity. These may be nurturing customer engagement or using it as a broadcast channel to push out marketing…
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5 unique social media sites that you won’t have heard of

5 unique social media sites that you won’t have heard of

People say that there is someone in this world for everyone. Well the same is true of social media sites. Fed up with Facebook? Tired of Twitter? Loathing LinkedIn? Why not try one of these social networks? Although you are going to need some pretty niche interests to get on…
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Don’t Gaff My Gif, Man

Don’t Gaff My Gif, Man

With the very recent developments in GIF posting on both Facebook and Twitter becoming somewhat relaxed the temptation to get involved in what seems like the most irresistible comedy action on social seems inevitable. When one can express themselves through the most iconic subtitled short…
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New Age Recruitment

New Age Recruitment

LinkedIn is one of the most used social media channels for recruitment and staffing, but how effective are all the other social media channels for recruitment purposes? Some say the death of the traditional paper CV is upon us, but this stance may be a bit premature, although it is…
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Activate the ‘trident tactic’ to drive B2B event attendance

Activate the ‘trident tactic’ to drive B2B event attendance

All too often driving attendance to events in the B2B world is an afterthought. Companies spend hundreds-of-thousands of ££’s on set-up, stands, design, product and offline marketing and organisation. Then, in the weeks running up to the event, they realise they have not placed enough focus on making their customers…
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How crazy golf can unlock the power of your connected network

How crazy golf can unlock the power of your connected network

We call it ‘the power of a connected network’; uniting your workforce to harness the potential influence available on social. “Well that’s just social media tosh”, you might say. I assure you it is not. And here’s why: The most overlooked use of social is internal communications and it’s staggering.
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Thought leaders and Bloggers of the World Unite!

Thought leaders and Bloggers of the World Unite!

When people think of paid advertising in social media they usually think of platforms like Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. Nothing wrong with that. They have hundreds of millions of users. But how about blog sites? Already blog sites offer thought-provoking and…
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6 ways you get dirty, debatable and downright dubious social data

6 ways you get dirty, debatable and downright dubious social data

Social data is powerful. We should know, our performance-driven campaigns are based on extracting the right demographic, geographic and psychographic data from unstructured social conversations. It delivers results. Knowing your social data works. It works because we subscribe to the 10:90 rule by Avinash Kaushik who says…
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Managing social content during Silly Season

Managing social content during Silly Season

We’re in the middle of the summer silly season – traditionally the time of year when there’s little actual news to report (unless of course, you consider air conditioning being sexist as headline news). And this is just as important for a social media strategy as planning…
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Time to re-think: balancing content creation & content distribution

Time to re-think: balancing content creation & content distribution

As serious marketers we are all well versed on the benefits of social media and content marketing. In reality as marketers, we have always produced ‘content’ anyway, albeit now the channels and types of assets have changed. We moved from print to website, brochures to PDFs & micro sites, seminars…
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Easily Explore with Instagram

Easily Explore with Instagram

After being purchased by Facebook for $1 billion in 2012, Instagram has become one of the most influential social networking sites. Especially as it surpassed Twitter in 2014 to become the second largest social network in the United States. Furthermore, Instagram boasts 300 million active users, with over 30 billion…
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How’s Your Facebook Relevance Score?

How’s Your Facebook Relevance Score?

Facebook is as much an evolving ecosystem of data as ever before. We proactively share what we care about with people we care about at some of the most revealing levels of intimacy. It is no wonder that among such an environment of personal information, marketers can use this data…
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5 ways to measure Snapchat marketing success

5 ways to measure Snapchat marketing success

With more than 100 million daily users, and 71% of those falling into the 18-34 age bracket, many brands chasing younger demographics are now looking towards Snapchat as a way to engage with and market to their customers. Other than fear of the unknown,…
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Context, not content, is king

Context, not content, is king

It’s been 20 years since Bill Gates uttered the famous words “content is king” – and for the last two decades, it has been a mantra by which marketers have lived. But mobile and smart technologies have changed the way that people interact with brands and their content, which, in…
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The difference a second makes

The difference a second makes

As busy professionals, I am sure that you often feel stretched for time to complete your ever-growing to-do list. As your inbox relentlessly piles up, have you ever uttered the words ‘there simply aren’t enough hours in the day’? Or if you are super busy, perhaps there aren’t enough minutes…
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Make a success of your event using social media

Make a success of your event using social media

Industry events, trade shows, exhibitions and all the other events that companies have to attend are, in many ways, a necessary evil. They are great fun, and they show the industry that “we are still here and we mean business”. However, more often than not, they cost the earth and…
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Shining a light on mobile ad-blocking

Shining a light on mobile ad-blocking

A recent article published by the FT has announced that several mobile providers may soon be launching ad blocking software over their networks. This new service, developed by an Israeli start-up, Shine will block most types of advertising on mobile devices, including in-app advertising,…
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How to target B2B clients at events on social

How to target B2B clients at events on social

With all kinds of summer events on the agenda and the corporate convention season already rumbling away, marketers are increasingly looking for reliable ways to bide the attention of attendees, eager to solidify connection with their target prospects and make sure they stay on their radar to develop a promising brand relationship.
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4 assessments brands must make before jumping into the multi-networking trend

4 assessments brands must make before jumping into the multi-networking trend

As if you didn’t know already, social media is a noisy space. And the latest research from GlobalWebIndex (GWI) gives us one of the reasons why. Because on average people have 5.39 social networking accounts. Now that is a lot of chatter! But here’s the thing:  for…
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Mobile optimisation now mandatory

Mobile optimisation now mandatory

From 21st April mobile optimisation became mandatory, but we’ve all been doing this anyway right? Well, it appears now, and rightly so, we don’t have a choice as the almighty Google are now favouring mobile optimised and friendly websites over those that aren’t. What does this mean…
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Re-mapping your thinking – 3 ways to identify B2B prospects on social

Re-mapping your thinking – 3 ways to identify B2B prospects on social

Recently, I have been working with clients across a wide range of verticals in the B2B space, from pharmaceuticals to chemical engineering to sports equipment. These disparate markets have completely unique business challenges, requirements, sales processes and routes to market. However, there is one thing that many of these companies…
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Twitter versus a competitive Meerkat

Twitter versus a competitive Meerkat

“Exciting times for live video streaming” isn’t a term we expected to say this side of 2015 but the rate of new apps being introduced that are able to bridge the functionality gap, (Pan Pan, Nutshell, Hopper, Tworlds) has seen a big increase in the last few months. A gap that certain mainstream social channels…
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How to reach the 90% of CEOs who never respond to cold emails or calls

How to reach the 90% of CEOs who never respond to cold emails or calls

According to InsideView, the majority (90%) of CEOs will not respond to cold calls or emails. This is of course a hard segment to reach as they deal with high-level challenges on a day-to-day basis leaving them little time to take…
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4 ways to make your brand’s social voice sing

4 ways to make your brand’s social voice sing

Voice is a big thing for me this week, partly because I have a cold and appear to be losing mine, but mostly because so many brands on social, need one. There is just no excuse for posts and tweets that are vanilla, samey and predictable? After all, most brands…
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5 (of many) reasons that social should be the heart of your digital transformation initiatives

5 (of many) reasons that social should be the heart of your digital transformation initiatives

It is very exciting to be at immediate future at the moment! Everyday we are having conversations with intelligent people at brands who are embarking on a digital transformation journey. Within the first few slides in our presentation documents we share a common immediate future belief “social is not the…
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Social Login is becoming prolific, but how safe are your details?

Social Login is becoming prolific, but how safe are your details?

Convenience has been at the fore-front of user experience in computing for at least the last 30 years and for the web, this emphasis on convenience has resulted in the proliferation of easy-to-use login services. After all, who wants to fill in lengthy forms…
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Want more engagement on social? 40 top words that generate more shares

Want more engagement on social? 40 top words that generate more shares

Whether it’s more likes on Facebook, a higher number of retweets on Twitter or a handful of comments on LinkedIn; social engagement is good to see – a validation that your content is resonating with your audience and is worthwhile. More engagement then equals more eyeballs on your posts, which…
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Scare tactics: How far should you go?

Scare tactics: How far should you go?

The UK Government’s new anti-smoking video has been dubbed as its most striking visual yet. If you have not yet seen it, the video shows a dad with his kids in the park, rolling up his cigarette. As he prepares his cigarette, the tobacco packet is filled with mucus and…
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What is the future of the social media department?

What is the future of the social media department?

As we move through social media maturity, with some organizations already focusing on optimizing activity and performance based models, the question is – when does social media just become part of everything else? And what is the future of the social media department or even team?…
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Personalising your content: Key marketing trends for 2015

Personalising your content: Key marketing trends for 2015

As we approach the end of the year, two things are certain that we can look forward to: Christmas [obviously] and 2015 predictions. That’s right, because over the next 6 weeks, the good and the great of social media will be sharing their predictions and forecasts for 2015. Whether it’s…
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5 great tools to discover fresh and relevant content

5 great tools to discover fresh and relevant content

Sourcing fresh content that genuinely engages and adds value among your community is always a challenge. Making sure you discover content that is not only fresh but also on-trend and totally relevant for curating back to your social following is key to gaining positive…
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Top Tips for Real Community Management

Top Tips for Real Community Management

Having managed communities spanning from global secret music parties to Euro-wide white goods brand, and having been lucky enough to have had both the freedom to experiment with new platforms and new types of content, with the discipline of strict brand guidelines and superb customer service; we feel it’s only…
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Get your GIF on

Get your GIF on

If you’re like me you probably have an attention span that can only be measured in nano-seconds. To grab your attention online, especially on social media, things need to explode and cartwheel about just to stop you scrolling for 5 seconds. That being the case I…
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3 reasons why Tesco’s CEO needs a social presence

3 reasons why Tesco’s CEO needs a social presence

Since yesterday, Dave Lewis, Chief Executive at Tesco, has been in the firing line. He is new to the role and battling against a crisis that, whilst not of his making, puts him centre stage. Yet a search on the networks shows that Mr Lewis has no…
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Should B2B marketers be emotional?

Should B2B marketers be emotional?

News flash! B2B marketing is emotional. More and more marketers are recognising the importance of psychology behind purchases, and the emotional state that customers are in when they connect with a brand. Not dissimilar to the concept of H2H (human 2 human). Brands need to lose the unnatural techie jargon…
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Facebook micro-sharing app ‘Moments’ – who cares and what does it mean?

Facebook micro-sharing app ‘Moments’ – who cares and what does it mean?

Safe and small micro-sharing apps like Cluster have been adopted as a new way of sharing sensitive or more private information & content with a select group of people. In an attempt to compete in this space and allow its users to share information more selectively, Facebook is building a…
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Pinterest, a picture playground?

Pinterest, a picture playground?

Do you know which social media sites are best for your business? Most B2C companies would admit they focus their efforts towards Facebook and Twitter, whereas, B2B companies predominately use LinkedIn. Without research and insight it’s easy to make these assumptions, but are marketers are forgetting one of the largest…
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Throw your B2B buyer a life jacket in a sea of content

Throw your B2B buyer a life jacket in a sea of content

The opening up of the LinkedIn publisher platform is another symptom of a potentially unwell state of content marketing. Quite simply, we are drowning in a sea of content and some of it is just ain’t that good. From the recent Content Benchmarking…
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What are the repercussions of Facebook’s emotional contagion study?

What are the repercussions of Facebook’s emotional contagion study?

Facebook has come under scrutiny recently over the ethical implications of a study conducted on its user base back in January 2012. The study manipulated over 689,000 user’s news feeds through fixing the sentiment of the content visible in their newsfeed and assessing the effects through “emotional…
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Facebook Diversity report reveals…well…exactly what we all expected!

Facebook Diversity report reveals…well…exactly what we all expected!

This week Facebook released their employee diversity report, a new ideal brought about by Google to provide more transparency over large tech companies’ employee intake. In theory, this is a nice practice which would reveal the fair and positive mix of race, sex and ethnicity amongst the…
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Solving the content marketing conundrum

Solving the content marketing conundrum

Marketers are spending more money on content marketing than ever before. But without a clear content strategy how can brands calculate ROI? We all know that for brands using social media, great content is key. But it’s knowing what to do with that content that is what brands need to…
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Social app splitting and the move to mobile

Social app splitting and the move to mobile

With the popularity of mobile apps and the development of tablets and smartphones, it’s no secret that businesses (especially social platforms) are focusing their efforts on becoming more mobile. Why wouldn’t they? You go to work to work – you have your mobile device to be ‘social’ outside of work…
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Squeezing value from social: Richard Clark shares his success story

Squeezing value from social: Richard Clark shares his success story

Many marketers recognise the advantages in using social media, but those sentiments aren’t always shared. Particularly by the board. So the challenge is how to prove social value? We invited Richard Clark, former Online Controller at Argos.co.uk and a founding member of the Marketing team at Best Buy in the…
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Facebook: The marketer’s friendliest platform?

Facebook: The marketer’s friendliest platform?

Would you like to know which social media site offers the top tools to target users, or the best platform for building brand awareness? Look no further as the Direct Marketers Association’s Social Media Council introduces the first ever social media scorecard for the…
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Shattering content for social media

Shattering content for social media

We social media lot are unique. The job requires many skills and ‘special’ characteristics- creativity, organisation, energy and a love for everything techie. The campaigns we run seem effortless from the outside but trust me, every tweet, Facebook post or LinkedIn update requires meticulous planning.
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Pure Blogging – 4 new blogging platforms for 2014

Pure Blogging – 4 new blogging platforms for 2014

There are now countless blogging platforms on the web that specialise in a multitude of great features but which of these features do we actually need? Some of the most innovative new blog platforms strip away the list of add-ons and focus on the basics. Now, more than ever before,…
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Social media does April Fools

Social media does April Fools

Out of a plethora of April Fools pranks yesterday, there were some innovative, stand out ideas that showcased some of our digital friends’ creative thinking at its best. Here are some of the best; with ideas ranging from the weird, wacky and downright genius. With LinkedIn’s recently…
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‘Amazing’, ‘Follow’, ‘Win’: What are the most powerful words to use for your social media posts?

‘Amazing’, ‘Follow’, ‘Win’: What are the most powerful words to use for your social media posts?

Whether it’s writing headlines for blog posts or creating content for Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, the key to creating great content is testing. Test everything – from the topic, to the length of post, to the image and time of day – it requires constant testing and optimisation to find…
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Maximise your social media measurement with Lucy Wren at the Social Speakeasy

Maximise your social media measurement with Lucy Wren at the Social Speakeasy

For many brands using social media, you want to prove one thing: that your campaigns are delivering ROI. Whether it’s the number of Facebook likes, Twitter followers, the number of retweets, clicks to your landing pages, email registrations or product downloads, there are a multitude of metrics that…
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Social media battle of the sexes

Social media battle of the sexes

For all you ladies out there, it looks like we’re taking over social media, and smartphones are our weapon of choice – in a metaphorical sense of course! According to research conducted by PR agency Porter Novelli, also published by marketingmagazine.co.uk, women are dominating the social media…
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Why ‘micro visuals’ are essential for your social media outreach

Why ‘micro visuals’ are essential for your social media outreach

For brands using social media, visuals matter. No matter the platform and whether its Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Pinterest, incorporating visual elements into your posts is essential. But its more than just using a random photo with your posts to fill the image quota on your posts. Quality, original and…
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Have you pitched your Social Personality well? It may be the first stage to your new role

Have you pitched your Social Personality well? It may be the first stage to your new role

Being head hunted by a leading social media agency is a massive compliment and also quite daunting. When it comes via social media, then you know you have pitched your professional personality well, that someone sees you as a potential employee! When I was originally contacted by Indiana at immediate…
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Being a recruiter, means being a marketer

Being a recruiter, means being a marketer

To be an excellent recruiter, you must be an excellent marketer. Although the stereotypes in personal attributes to these two careers seem poles apart, the link between them is getting stronger. It is no longer about job boards or who you know (although that does play a part). It is…
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Collaboration: the key to B2B lead generation

Collaboration: the key to B2B lead generation

The way consumers purchase products has changed. The internet, and particularly social media, has transformed the ways in which consumers buy and research products. No longer do you simply walk into a shop and purchase a product you have never used before. Consumers are researching the product online: reading reviews,…
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You have to sell your business to attract the right candidates

You have to sell your business to attract the right candidates

You have built your empire with blood, sweat and tears. You have a small, dedicated team who stand by you. They love working for you, they love the culture, the hours, pay, flexibility offered and the general working environment. So who wouldn’t want to work for you? Well it seems…
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‘You have to pay to play’: Jerry Daykin shares his real-time social media secrets

‘You have to pay to play’: Jerry Daykin shares his real-time social media secrets

Key to any effective social media strategy is the ability to monitor what people are saying about your brand across social networks, blogs and forums. There’s a wealth of data available at your fingertips –  the challenge is how best to turn that collated data into real-time actions. We asked…
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4 basic steps to CV writing, whichever way you want to present it

4 basic steps to CV writing, whichever way you want to present it

I personally think, in this era, you should be able to apply for a job virtually, send your LinkedIn profile, and have a video as a CV. As long as it has the following elements, then why does it need to be a plain old Word doc? Unfortunately I am…
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The social job hunter

The social job hunter

What better way to network than virtually, especially when job searching? LinkedIn, you can call out to your connections to let them know you are job searching. You can be introduced to their connections, for maximum networking opportunities. As LinkedIn is a professional networking site, you can also…
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Recruitment in 2014, mobile and content

Recruitment in 2014, mobile and content

Recruiters have taken social media by the horns and well and truly learnt its power to connect them with candidates in a totally new and exciting way. Although it is bringing much success for some, it’s not for all. 2014 will be the year that, finally, recruiters globally…
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