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The meaning of Reddit in a Facebook dominated world

The meaning of Reddit in a Facebook dominated world

Earlier this week it was announced that Reddit, the social network that only a few of your outlier friends hang out on, had raised $200 million in new venture funding. That means that it is now valued at $1.8 billion according to CEO Steve Huffman. Now, that’s…
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What makes a good back to school campaign?

What makes a good back to school campaign?

It’s time for the summer holidays here in the UK which means we are weeks away from the second most wonderful time of the year; back to school and you can almost hear the sound of retailers, advertisers and marketers up and down the country clicking launch on campaigns designed…
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Lead generation through social. Keep your c-suite sweet.

Lead generation through social. Keep your c-suite sweet.

Lead generation through social? The whole point is to drive revenue and hit that C-suite spot. Do it, measure it properly, and you can challenge with conviction at how effective it is, for those that are sceptical. There’s a divide of those that do, and those that don’t…
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60 Second Social 24/07/17

60 Second Social 24/07/17

With Facebook & Twitter’s Q2 results looming this week, we’re predicting the future! We expect healthy results for Facebook, who have talked the talk & walked the walk when it comes to their new product offering. On the other hand, Snapchat still lag behind as their main focus…
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Could LinkedIn provide your business with unexpected benefits?

Could LinkedIn provide your business with unexpected benefits?

Have you considered using LinkedIn for talent development and enhancing your business brand? Yep, without doubt, it used to be the place you’d go to find a job but that’s not quite the case these days. At its inception, LinkedIn delivered a clear offering to its users. If you wanted…
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Social Media Searches on Job Applicants –The Clampdown

Social Media Searches on Job Applicants –The Clampdown

‘All the world’s a social media platform…’ The internet has been called an unregulated Wild West, a digital playground, a threat to society, and more. Realistically, it’s taken 25 years to grow into something that we simply can’t live without. We live our lives on there, and it’s an extension…
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Are you social selling yourself short?

Are you social selling yourself short?

There’s a bit of head-scratching going on in marketing around social selling. You know, that way of using social media to leverage your prospects, build relationships (like the real world), improve and discover new sales. The confusion arises from trying to answer a simple question: Does your organisation have an…
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What Facebook has done in just 7 days

What Facebook has done in just 7 days

Facebook’s been busy trying to conquer everything and everyone it seems in the last 7 days taking on everyone from Netflix, Google and Internet service providers. As well as updating its core platform and back end metrics all in the aim to diversify and improve its product offering. Check…
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YouTube: King of the video castle?

YouTube: King of the video castle?

We’ve always loved watching moving images. From the ancient zoetrope to retina-scorching 3D on a massive screen. The development of the moving image has been swift and rapid. One medium in particular looked to kill of cinema and rule the home roost. At one point, it looked like the ubiquity…
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Be more millennial – changes in the workplace

Be more millennial – changes in the workplace

Millennials in the morning – It’s a new dawn I was lucky enough to recently attend a GA morning creative session They’re ‘a pioneer in education and career transformation, specialising in today’s most in-demand skills’. Perfect for somebody like me that’s worked in education, is a creative, works in…
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60 Second Social 26/06/17

60 Second Social 26/06/17

With more than 300 million monthly active users, this week Twitter has launched its biggest redesign in years, including round profile photos, live engagement updates, and speech bubbles instead of arrows. Additionally, it’s now much easier to operate on multiple platforms. Whilst we’re loving the…
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Snapchat Launches Self Service Ad Platform: Will you be joining the brand waggon?

Snapchat Launches Self Service Ad Platform: Will you be joining the brand waggon?

Facebook did it, now Snapchat have made the financially lucrative choice to make their ads platform more accessible to small and medium enterprises. As the paid media specialist at immediate future, I have been waiting to sink my teeth into this new proposition since I wrote my first blog about…
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The Art of The Takeover

The Art of The Takeover

Twitter, in partnership with MAGNA, recently announced the results of a scientific media trial examining the location of video ads within a social environment. This was called The Art of the Takeover: Optimizing What Consumers See First. The study was designed to test and formulate best practices for in-feed advertising, while at the…
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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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Why Snapchat should dump the chronological feed

Why Snapchat should dump the chronological feed

Following Snap Inc’s first quarterly earnings report on Thursday there has been a lot of speculation around the apps battle against copycats such as Instagram Stories, WhatsApp Status and to an extent Facebook live.  Two of the operational highlights of Snaps Q1 report below paint…
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6 steps to a smarter smartphone social strategy

6 steps to a smarter smartphone social strategy

Social and mobile go together like Instagram and food porn. They are a match made in marketing heaven. Why? Because for every waking moment, consumers seem surgically attached to their phones. And according to the latest research, when it comes to social media, 80% of folk now access social via…
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Up your Social Media game with Emojis

Up your Social Media game with Emojis

Whether or not you have embraced emoijs in your social media, it is undeniable that these pictograms have become a legitimate communication tool. They can convey an emotion and express thoughts visually. They add an additional level of context, in fewer characters. They’re fun, sometimes a bit silly, and you can…
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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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Tumblr’s Cabana App introduces a new way to share video

Tumblr’s Cabana App introduces a new way to share video

Do you ever find yourself describing a funny video you watched days ago and not quiet getting it right? The most annoying thing is forgetting the name all together! Tumblr has the answer with its new app called Cabana. Cabana allows groups of friends to video chat and watch videos…
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Why curiosity is a digital marketer’s best skill

Why curiosity is a digital marketer’s best skill

I’m writing this blog whilst in-flight, on my way to Athens, to present a keynote at Social Media Conference 17 – #SMC17gr. As with all good keynote speakers, my aim is to strike a balance between inspiration and relevant insight. All too often, shared case studies are limited to brands…
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Are LinkedIn’s new targeting tools your perfect match?

Are LinkedIn’s new targeting tools your perfect match?

Earlier this week, LinkedIn announced it has hit the 500 million user mark, with users from 200 different countries. Although this is modest in comparison to the extensive growth Facebook & Snapchat see, LinkedIn is still undoubtedly one of the best professional platforms, with 10 million active job listings and…
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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 10/04/2017

60 Second Social 10/04/2017

What a huge week for social! This week we’re talking Facebook’s new AI-powered digital assistant, Twitter losing live streaming, and the ASA banned Instagram blogger. We also highlight the importance of an in-depth understanding of paid social, as it continues to make an impact on the…
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Meet Wuu, the Snap-style app from the makers of Ello

Meet Wuu, the Snap-style app from the makers of Ello

Way back in the the halcyon days of 2014 we had high hopes about the fledgling social network Ello an ad-free alternative to the established Facebooks and Twitters of the social world, but, alas it never really took off as much as we hoped. But now the creators of the ill-fated…
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Get ready to start shopping on videos!

Get ready to start shopping on videos!

Do you remember how I was banging on about a pair of shoes and how Pinterest now lets you shop from pictures about a month ago? (if you don’t here is the post) Well, now, shoppable videos are coming to Facebook and Twitter but maybe not just as you…
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60 Second Social 3/04/2017

60 Second Social 3/04/2017

Missing your fill of paid media gossip? In this week’s #60secondsocial we’re focusing on the ongoing battle between Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram, specifically where paid media is concerned. Snapchat has well and truly caught up with Twitter, but will it have a chance going against Facebook? Since Snapchat launched…
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A Pinteresting new feature for promoting apps

A Pinteresting new feature for promoting apps

Pinterest is now letting brands promote apps on their walls via the platform’s self-serve platform and API partners. The update means iOS users can now download apps to their mobiles within Pinterest, without being redirected to the app store. Although it is fairly new, the feature has already been beta…
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7 Ways To Improve your Live Streaming

7 Ways To Improve your Live Streaming

Regular blog readers and viewers of our #60SecondSocial Twitter videos, will know we’re fans of live streaming; and understandably so, when you consider Facebook are giving boosts to Facebook Live broadcasts. Usually, Organic Facebook content reaches less than 1% of your audience, but the ‘is live’ and ‘was live’ alerts,…
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Can’t get enough? Instagram now lets you add up to 10 photos & videos

Can’t get enough? Instagram now lets you add up to 10 photos & videos

The art of storytelling has now become the norm on social media, with the everyday person sharing visually stunning photos and videos in an innovative way. Snapchat was the first to kick off the trend with its new stories feature and Facebook enabled users to interact with live streams. Twitter…
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3 smart ways social intelligence informs your wider marketing

3 smart ways social intelligence informs your wider marketing

Did you know that social media data can predict the weather? According to a study from Warwick Research, social photos and key words in posts can be used to predict extreme weather. Using these social sensors, alongside meteorological information, the social chatter improves forecasting with eye-witness details…
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60 Second Social 20/03/2017

60 Second Social 20/03/2017

This week we borrow a line from Frankie Goes To Hollywood: When two tribes go to war… Live streaming being the war and Facebook, and Twitter being the tribes. It’s likely this battle will run and run. The good news for brands, consumers and users…
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5 simple steps towards influencer marketing success on social media

5 simple steps towards influencer marketing success on social media

You’ve probably heard that word-of-mouth has been identified as one of the most valuable and effective forms of marketing, influencing up to 50 percent of all purchasing decisions. In digital marketing, this goes well beyond recommendations from peers. These days, influencers are the key to word-of-mouth marketing. Research from…
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Meet Uptime!

Meet Uptime!

A new app with the invite code ‘pizza’, say no more, we’re sold! YouTube has always been the old faithful, reliable friend that never lets us down and keeps us laughing into the early hours. Strange and random, yet those YouTube videos always give us something to talk about. However, it…
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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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The Future of In-Video Advertising on Social

The Future of In-Video Advertising on Social

The paid advertising landscape is changing and this time it’s all about video. Two big announcements have rocked the video world… Facebook is introducing mid-roll video ads Youtube is scrapping 30 sec pre-roll video ads in favour of 6 sec – 20 sec. It’s clear to see that Facebook is…
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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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Are chatbots the future of social media customer service?

Are chatbots the future of social media customer service?

Social media customer service is becoming more important by the day. According to J.D. Power, 67% consumers have now used a company’s social media channel for customer service. And when they do so, they expect quick response times which a lot of companies are…
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Can Instagram make social commerce work?

Can Instagram make social commerce work?

With social commerce proving a major revenue generator for WeChat and Line in Asia, there’s no surprise that the big social networks are more enthusiastic than ever to get their slice of the action. And look no further than Instagram as a key example here: from the launch…
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Trashdoves Redefining Viral Social

Trashdoves Redefining Viral Social

You might have recently seen a lot of purple dove-like birds banging their heads on your Facebook timeline. There’s a sentence I never thought I’d write. Fear not, fellow netizens, it’s just people posting trashdoves. let me explain. In what is rapidly becoming one of the most inane but potent…
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Will Facebook’s new algorithm combat fake news?

Will Facebook’s new algorithm combat fake news?

Facebook is adding a ranking algorithm that identifies sensationalised, fake, misleading posts The platform has a new way of categorising Pages that considers whether that page is posting spam or trying to game feed by doing things like asking for likes, comments or shares to determine whether a post…
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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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Does the new LinkedIn look get the thumbs up?

Does the new LinkedIn look get the thumbs up?

Following Microsoft’s completion of the LinkedIn acquisition, dramatic changes began to roll out at the end of last week. Primarily, for its 450m users, it is a desktop revamp that leads the charge. Whilst not available yet in every country, we took a look at initial feedback and reviews of…
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How well has live-tweeting aged?

How well has live-tweeting aged?

Facebook Live is on every lip and every screen. Add to that Periscope and YouTube Live, and there’s no denying that Live is king on social media! Even Snapchat and Instagram stories fall within this trend towards spontaneity. Does this mean Live-tweeting has reached its expiry date? In case you’ve…
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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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Four Things to Consider Before Setting Up Your Social Campaign

Four Things to Consider Before Setting Up Your Social Campaign

In 2016 both Facebook and Twitter made a concerted effort to simplify their ad platforms, making it easier for individuals and small business owners to advertise their business. Compared to a few years ago, setting up campaigns is now relatively easy, and there are plenty of detailed how-to guides to…
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4 Unusual Social Marketing Options for 2017

4 Unusual Social Marketing Options for 2017

Taking a look at your social strategies for summer 2017? Looking even further forward? Well, here are four of the less frequently used options in social media marketing to give you some inspiration. Spice up your content distribution by mixing it up, use different channels, find a unique way of using…
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Top Video Marketing Tips by Platform

Top Video Marketing Tips by Platform

“In 2017 social video is going to be huge” – Captain Obvious, 2016 As everyone and their mum knows, video is massive. It’s so big that every single social network has some kind of video offering. With 300 hours of videos uploaded to YouTube every minute, 4 billion video streams…
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Is Houseparty the next Snapchat?

Is Houseparty the next Snapchat?

As is traditional following a great year for a new platform everyone is looking for the next rising star, with the intention of getting ahead of the competition and getting in on the ground floor of the next best thing. This year has been great for Snapchat and as we…
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5 Ways To Use Live Video

5 Ways To Use Live Video

Live videos are everywhere. This live trend started with Twitch, went to YouTube, jumped onto Facebook, then Instagram, and now Twitter is coming out with it’s native live streaming too (well done Twitter, you got there eventually). So the tools are there. But how to use them? We…
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How to tap into Christmas TV on social

How to tap into Christmas TV on social

With the darker nights and Christmas programming on the horizon, TV takes a more central role in our UK media consumption. Last year, research showed that Christmas TV viewing was dominated by the TV set. But TV isn’t a channel alone anymore. Social sits hand in glove…
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Making Your OOH More Social

Making Your OOH More Social

From Snapchat’s Spectacles to the Amazon Dash Button, 2016 has seen a heavy focus from brands and advertisers on integrating digital and physical. This was also adopted in the marketing sphere, and several of the most notable campaigns this year came from ideas that found a way to use digital…
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Is Snapchat’s new product going to make a spectacle out of Google?

Is Snapchat’s new product going to make a spectacle out of Google?

I know what you are thinking not another Snapchat blog but it’s hard to not cover this social media maverick when they continue to innovate at the rate they do, and their latest innovation is not digital it’s physical. If you asked me 10…
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The Future of Snapchat post IPO

The Future of Snapchat post IPO

Snap Inc., the maker of Snapchat, has confidentially filed for its IPO, according to a report from Reuters and word on the grape vine is the company could go public as early as March. So what does the future look like for Snapchat once it goes public? Will it be…
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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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Teens: The Multi-Networking Generation

Teens: The Multi-Networking Generation

Reaching the elusive teen demographic (defined here as those aged 16-19) can be a pretty challenging task – just ask Facebook. After having it’s $3bn bid for Snapchat declined in 2013, Zuckerberg & Co. have had to find new and innovative ways of maintaining the attention of these young networkers.
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Social referrals from mobile not converting?

Social referrals from mobile not converting?

Social advertising is an effective way of driving traffic to your website but if your website is not mobile friendly then your brand could be losing out.According to research from Adobe, the UK is the largest driver of website traffic through social engagement and with nearly 80 percent of social…
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How to Start Writing – Content Creation for the Uninspired

How to Start Writing – Content Creation for the Uninspired

First things first: content creation for the sake of content creation is a waste of everyone’s time. Yours. Your audience’s. Even Google’s. Don’t do it. That being said, there are times when the content deserves to be written but the inspiration isn’t there – particularly when it comes to social,…
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Losing followers on social? The issue is bigger than you think

Losing followers on social? The issue is bigger than you think

Chasing vanity metrics such as likes and followers is pointless (given most of the algorithms on social don’t favour organic posts). But losing followers is still bad. It’s a sign that maybe you’re turning people off your brand. Take a deep dive into your losses and you’ll uncover insight that…
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6 Last Minute Holiday Season Social Tips

6 Last Minute Holiday Season Social Tips

Everyone knows that marketing planning for the holidays should be finished long before October rolls around and be ready to roll out as soon as the Halloween decorations come down. However, for those who didn’t plan their Christmas campaigns in July as they should have here are some useful last…
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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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10 creative executions for social you must use

10 creative executions for social you must use

Storytelling has been a hot topic for some time now, and rightly so. The brands (and their channels) that have the best storytelling content enjoy greater reach, engagement and conversion to spend. At IF, we’ve championed our audience-first approach for more than two years now; and we have the…
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4 lessons to learn from the rise and fall of Vine

4 lessons to learn from the rise and fall of Vine

Vine; the social media app where users can upload and share no more than 6 second clips, is officially dead in the water. Twitter acquired the app in 2012, and 4 years later has decided to shut it down. Poor Twitter – can’t catch a break!…
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Social platform video comparison

Social platform video comparison

It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and a video is basically lots of pictures, right? Every social platform has it’s own video content processes and rules, many of which are prone to change at the drop of a hat, effecting metrics and stats across the…
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Facebook Might Say Goodbye To Likes

Facebook Might Say Goodbye To Likes

Facebook is testing removing “Page Likes” but before you start panicking, let’s look at the pros and cons of this possible reality. PROS: Page Likes are slightly different from what they used to be in the good old days when Facebook’s organic reach was considerably higher than current…
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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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Periscope ups its live streaming game

Periscope ups its live streaming game

The quality of Periscope’s live streams is about to skyrocket thanks to the launch of Periscope Producer. It’s a bold leap forward for the Twitter-owned live-streaming platform which, until now, broadcast content exclusively shot on mobile devices. Periscope Producer allows content creators to stream highly polished video…
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5 top tips for using emojis on social

5 top tips for using emojis on social

Every social platform supports and encourages the use of emojis, but how and when should they be used in social marketing? The entire purpose and origin of emojis was to replace words, convey an emotion and shorten a message at the same time, a relic of the SMS generation. While…
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Why you need to ‘pay to play’ in social media marketing

Why you need to ‘pay to play’ in social media marketing

Once upon a time, when social was still in its infancy, advertisers who were innovative enough to take the risk of plunging into the social media ‘trend’ were rewarded by establishing themselves as the first brands to truly embrace direct online relationships with their customers. Back in a simpler time,…
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LinkedIn not the lone ranger of B2B Paid

LinkedIn not the lone ranger of B2B Paid

For years, LinkedIn stood alone as the prime channel for B2B businesses pushing Paid models to drive attributed leads in funnel. The ability to serve targeted content to specific industry, company and job function has been appealing. Understandably so. The landscape has changed and I believe it will continue to…
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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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The 4 trends of ‘micro’ in social media

The 4 trends of ‘micro’ in social media

Social media is meant to be all about the one-to-one conversations. Yet the large reach of many social networks often sits counter to this philosophy. The truth is that brands may well want to be part of the conversation, but the temptation to target reach numbers is too overwhelming. After…
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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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Why you should be using video advertising in social media

Why you should be using video advertising in social media

It wasn’t too long ago that TV advertising was blasted as a dying marketing tool (tell that to the media organisers of the US Super Bowl who charged up to $5 million for a 30 second ad this year!). There are just under 700 channels on an average cable service…
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Whatsapp adopts a few Snapchat features

Whatsapp adopts a few Snapchat features

Following the recent trend of all social messaging apps becoming clones of Snapchat, Whatsapp appear to have jumped on the band wagon. When Instagram launched “Stories” at the beginning of August it didn’t go unnoticed that emulating Snapchat was becoming very fashionable amongst social messaging apps, mimicking features such…
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Top 5 Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter On Social

Top 5 Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter On Social

The Science Of Social Media A brand new podcast by the lovely people at Buffer. The first few episodes are packed with amazing interviews, advice, and fun content that will make your morning commute or afternoon walk a lot more enjoyable and productive. The interview with John Yembrick,…
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The advantage of segmenting your audience on each channel

The advantage of segmenting your audience on each channel

Most brands focus on building their community on one page, but should they be putting all their audience under one umbrella? Big brands like Nike and The Huffington Post which have huge product ranges or cover a variety of topics have been segmenting their communities based on topics, location, or audience…
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YouTube goes full social

YouTube goes full social

Many would argue that YouTube has been a social network of sorts from the get-go. Users have the ability to subscribe to certain channels (ie. follow), like, unlike or comment on certain videos (ie. engage) and share those videos with a wider audience. However, the channel was…
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5 ways for brands to stop fakers and the fraudsters on social

5 ways for brands to stop fakers and the fraudsters on social

According to Campaign Live, a fifth of top brands’ social media accounts are ‘fraudulent’. It seems many household brands are plagued with promotion spams, impersonators, phishing profiles, trademark violations, hacked accounts and counterfeit profiles. Ouch! And this number is on the rise. Sadly, the fakers are making…
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Facebook Trending Update Goes Awry

Facebook Trending Update Goes Awry

Shortly after Facebook announced a range of changes to its Trending Topics section things started to go wrong. As this blog post describes the update – “Today, we’re making some changes to the Trending feature on Facebook that will make the product more automated and will no…
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Vloggers and YouTubers watch out!

Vloggers and YouTubers watch out!

Vloggers and YouTubers watch out, YouTube is making some changes to its platform. The new feature will see a social timeline added to the platform, which will allow users to share a range of different content including photos, links, videos and text posts with its subscribers. The new ‘Backstage’ feature…
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4 key perceptions of social media by a Gen Y focus group of one

4 key perceptions of social media by a Gen Y focus group of one

Back in the days before the internet, the main stay of audience insight beyond surveys was the focus group. A gathering of relevant demographics in order to get feedback on products, adverts etc. Now we have social data and insight. A magnificent cauldron of opinions, views, trends and sometimes plain…
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Why Social Media Feature Plagiarism is Good for Business

Why Social Media Feature Plagiarism is Good for Business

If you have been following the recent movements in social media, then you will know that no idea or concept is off limits when it comes to the social media world. Facebook has long been the most popular social media platform among the recent generations. Although some would say Facebook…
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6 things we can learn from Adidas’s Paul Pogba transfer marketing genius-ness

6 things we can learn from Adidas’s Paul Pogba transfer marketing genius-ness

Paul Pogba’s record breaking transfer to Manchester United sparked a frenzy on social media earlier this week, but not maybe for the reasons you would expect. Quite frankly, we were all bored of the story, the will-he, won’t-he tenterhooks feeling had warn off. It was inevitable. In fact, The Drum…
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Quick wins for evergreen content

Quick wins for evergreen content

Over the last few months we’ve been fortunate enough to have on-boarded several new global clients spanning lifestyle, consumer and technology markets. One of the first things we’re always asked is: “what are the quick wins we can deliver together?” Clearly I cannot reveal too much about how we…
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Instagram vs Snapchat

Instagram vs Snapchat

Instagram just launched its new feature: Stories. It’s this nifty feature that lets you create streams of pictures and videos and share them with you friends or just people you have never met – whichever you fancy. Just to make it feel more unique and fleeting, this lovely…
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Getting innovative with B2B content

Getting innovative with B2B content

B2B content has the habit of falling into a mould – whitepapers, research reports, brochures etc. There are a number of reasons why this content can be problematic: it can be boring, it can be the ‘same old’ stuff and, if done well, it can be very expensive. Budgets are…
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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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3 tips for brands dealing with Social Media trolls

3 tips for brands dealing with Social Media trolls

Avoiding online trolls is hard work for anyone. They hide in just about every corner of the internet, waiting for the perfect opportunity to harass or insult you. But its not just your average tweeter that has to deal with it… Marketers working within social media are having to find…
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If you are still talking about ‘millennials’ you are doomed!

If you are still talking about ‘millennials’ you are doomed!

So the title of this blog was going to be way more offensive than I finally decided. I am just getting to the end of my tether with the use of ‘millennials’ as any sort of quality or useful market segmentation method. Let me break it down for you. Howe…
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How social is the oil in the B2B demand gen engine

How social is the oil in the B2B demand gen engine

Sigh! My biggest frustration after 12 years in social media marketing is the view that vanity metrics are the only way to place a value social. Only measuring followers, likes, engagement and fans misses the opportunity social presents to deliver into the pipeline – to ultimately drive revenues by being…
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Will Snapchat’s new feature open up doors for brands or become a distant memory

Will Snapchat’s new feature open up doors for brands or become a distant memory

Snapchat’s new Memories feature is being advertised as a new way for users to share old snaps and stories – but the consumers are not the only ones that use Snapchat. So what does this new update mean for brands…
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Should live-streaming become part of your social media strategy?

Should live-streaming become part of your social media strategy?

Live-streaming has been around for a long time, but the ease and availability of numerous tools such as Meerkat and Periscope have made it possible for anyone to “go live” and broadcast to the world. Years ago, marketers used to spend huge budgets on TV advertising, billboards, print media and…
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Why “old people” migrating to Snapchat won’t drive the teens away

Why “old people” migrating to Snapchat won’t drive the teens away

Recent data shared by Wall Street Journal indicated that nearly 70% of smartphone users are on Snapchat! There has also been a rise in over 35s on the platform by 2% in the last 3 years. Take the stats with a pinch of salt but the message is clear, Snapchat…
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Beauty Pins

Beauty Pins

Pinterest is the biggest beauty platform in the world – at least that’s what Pinterest says. But is it true? Is Pinterest really the Holy Place for beauty brands. Let’s take a closer look at this, shall we? Social Media Demographics for Marketers |…
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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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