| | Is Facebook the next Yahoo? | Hari Shankar | 23 September 2011, 10:47AM | Facebook has ruled supreme since its launch, however its lack of forward planing and direction may make it vulnerable to turning into yesterday’s news, says Hari Shankar, Asia-Pacific director at Performics. | | | Charity uses guilt tactics to target celebrities through Twitter | Sue Keogh | 23 September 2011, 9:48AM | It's commonly known that brands pay celebrities to tweet about their products, paying thousands for them to mention their products to millions of avid followers. But what if this concept was turned on its head, with the people who read those tweets having a say in how the money is spent? If followers were able to persuade 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and Paris Hilton to use their wealth for social good? | | | When is the best time to tweet? [infographic] | Polly Becker | 23 September 2011, 9:31AM | Sometimes you can send out what you think is the most awesome of tweets and then you wait and…nothing. Not a sausage of a retweet in sight. It is as if the world has looked away. Your followers are not interested or are busy elsewhere. | | | New blogs on the web [Infographic] | Polly Becker | 23 September 2011, 8:22AM | A nice infographic here from Eloqua and JESS3. They’ve collaborated and created an infographic called The Blog Tree: New Growth, which celebrates a very important group of bloggers. New ones. It turns a hackneyed "top blogs list" into a rich, playful visual that not only lists new marketing blogs, but also shows the interrelationships between and among them. | | | 'Fired ghost-tweeter' hijacks former boss @markdavidson's Twitter feed | Jennifer Whitehead | 22 September 2011, 11:20AM | While you were sleeping: hijacked Twitter feed UPDATE – So a day later and Mark Davidson has still not taken control of his Twitter account. Another series of tweets have appeared from the rogue ghost Twitter writer who appears to have posted an ad for a new ghost writer and another saying another of his ghost writers have quit. | | | Top 50 social media campaigns revealed | Jonathan Priestley | 22 September 2011, 10:33AM | PR and Social Media agency Umpf has released a ‘Hall of Fame’ showcasing 50 of what the agency feels are some of the top social media campaigns from across the world. Here are the top ten which include Lynx, VW, Corona Light, French Connection, Jimmy Choo and Tippex. | | | | | Now you can share photos on Twitter by text message | Polly Becker | 22 September 2011, 8:45AM | Twitter and text have always gone together, but if you ever have trouble getting a photo onto Twitter while on the move then this should help out. Starting today, you can share photos on Twitter by including a photo in your text message. Considering that every month nearly four billion SMS messages are sent and received on Twitter that could be a lot of pictures. | | | Twitter acquires social search firm Julpan | @gordonmacmillan | 22 September 2011, 8:32AM | Twitter has acquired a tech firm called Julpa, which specialises in analysing the way people share information on the social web, for an undisclosed sum. Julpan ws founded by Ori Allon who previously created a search algorithm called Orion that he sold to Google in 2006. | | | | | Latest jobs | | | | Account Manager | Recruiter Creative Recruitment | Salary £25-30k | Location London | | | | | |
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