The Wall > Obama talks hashtags as White House pushes #40dollars campaign; Want your relationship to last until next Valentine's Day? Then don't tweet about it

View in web browser View text-only version Blackberry version Mobile version Add to safe senders list Obama talks hashtags as White House pushes #40dollars campaign @gordonmacmillan 14 February 2012, 3:50PM It shouldn’t be a surprise, but it is when you hear President Barack Obama telling Americans that they need to get online and tweet using the #40dollars hashtag to remind law makers what the loss of $40 means to them. That’s social media from the top. Want your relationship to last until next Valentine's Day? Then don't tweet about it Kate Bussmann 14 February 2012, 12:07PM Last week, Twitter published some handy ideas of how you could use the site to do something romantic for Valentine's Day. "Ask friends and family to share adorable pictures from the past," they suggested. "Finally proclaim your affections to a crush (extra points if it's in a song)," they dared. Samsung wins Twitter's first Ad Scrimmage as hashtags take hold @gordonmacmillan 14 February 2012, 9:48AM At the end of the Super Bowl last weekend Twitter launched its first-ever Ad Scrimmage competition and for a week following the game users voted via Tweet for their favorite Super Bowl ads. Was James Joyce a copywriter ahead of his time? Jeremy Garner 13 February 2012, 6:28PM Everything is becoming more complicated. It's a given that consumers are spending less time on more tasks, giving everything less attention, and generally skipping around loads of subjects at any one time on Twitter, Facebook, TV, email, text and a thousand other digital touchpoints. How Whitney's Houston's death broke on Twitter beating the press Polly Becker 13 February 2012, 3:27PM The sad news that greeted many of us on Sunday morning as we read about the death of Whitney Houston happened first on Twitter. The first tweet came from a Twitter user named @ajadiornavy, which was retweeted 48 times: “omgg , my aunt tiffany who work for whitney houston just found whitney houston dead in the tub . such ashame & sad”. English Premier League clubs surpass 50 million combined Facebook Likes [infographic] Sean Walsh 13 February 2012, 1:05PM Which football team is ruling the Social Media roost in this month's EPL infographic? This February we have added a few new metrics and treats to the infographic, including: 'How many people are talking about' stats, who has lost Twitter followers, who has the Premier League's fastest growing Facebook Page this season and what has been the best Social Media campaign of the month? MitsubishiUK puts its media buying out to pitch via Twitter @gordonmacmillan 13 February 2012, 12:23PM This must be a first @MitsubishiUK has puts its media buying task out to pitch via Twitter. I’m sure it told its existing agency, Manning Gottlieb OMD, but it is an interesting way to run a pitch. MySpace to announce it has added one million new users @gordonmacmillan 13 February 2012, 10:19AM The new owners of MySpace, Specific Media which partnered with Justin Timberlake to buy the one time social network leader in June 2011, are to reveal that the bleed of users at the refocused social networking site has abated. Will Facebook live up to the IPO expectations? George Parker 13 February 2012, 9:47AM Maybe it's just my cynical nature, overlaid with generous helpings of schadenfreude, but the current overwhelming hype concerning Facebook's billion, trillion, gazillion dollar IPO is starting to smell a bit like "boo.com" to me? Anyone remember those darlings of the dot com implosion era? Google considers opening first retail store in Dublin @gordonmacmillan 10 February 2012, 12:56PM Google looks like it could be following Amazon and opening a retail store. Unlike Amazon Google is reported to be planning to open its store in Europe. We wrote earlier this week about how Amazon was planning to open its first Kindle store taking a leaf out of Apple’s book. Latest jobs Digital Project Manager Recruiter Wireworks Salary Up to £30K depending on experience Location Right in the heart of Soho in London Development Manager / Technical Team Lead - Integrated Agency Recruiter Bray Leino Salary £45k - £50k Location Bristol Digital Project Manager Recruiter Digital Gurus Salary £45000 - £55000 per annum Location London Search and Affiliate Marketing Manager Recruiter Everything Everywhere Salary Competitive + Bonus + Benefits Location London Associate Planning Director - Social & Tactics Recruiter The Blueprint Salary £55000 - £70000 per annum + bonus + package Location London Marketing Director Recruiter Magnuson Hotels Salary £50,000 - £59,999 annual Location South West London Manage my bulletins Unsubscribe from bulletin © Haymarket 1957 - 2010 All rights reserved News Jobs Blogs & Forums Tenders