Wednesday 30 May 2012

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Sex no longer sells - what really works when it comes to infographics
Rich Leigh
30 May 2012, 12:57PM

Having entered the PR and marketing lexicon in a prominent way in the last year or two, infographics at first seemed to attract the sort of ire one would associate with (now widely-reviled) QR codes – or perhaps I’m positing based on the way I first felt.

The Twitter Eurovision results are in... and the Russian grannies have won [infographic]
Scott Thompson
30 May 2012, 11:06AM

Using Starcom MediaVest Group’s ECHOscreen tracking tool, we had a look at the mentions on Twitter of the Eurovision competition. And with over 2.3 million tweets around the event - peaking at over 25,000 tweets a second - it certainly gave us plenty to look at.

Barclays looks to step up its social media as UK banks trail
@gordonmacmillan
30 May 2012, 10:38AM

Barclays banks is expanding its social media presenceBanks have been traditionally poor when it comes to social media and that hasn’t really changed much over the last year. Relative to their size they have few followers between them on Twitter and only sporadic presence on Facebook, but at least one is trying to change that.

5 types of content to increase traffic, engagement, and shares
Khusboo Aulakh
30 May 2012, 9:16AM

Internet users are fed with content on every transaction. This content comes to us in many forms - it can be tangible or intangible, it can come from websites, blogs, social networks, vlogs, podcasts, and even mobile. Every single website you browse or picture you view on Flickr is a form of sharing and viewing content, making content the undisputable king of the online world.

Twitter in hunt for PR agency to boost consumer appeal
@gordonmacmillan
30 May 2012, 8:15AM

I wrote almost a year ago about how Twitter was talking about promoting itself more to UK consumers.

A lot has happened since then. Twitter has continued its speedy growth, passing 500 million accounts, and celebrated its first birthday in the UK. It is now looking to appoint a consumer PR agency to promote itself more to UK consumers.

Facebook rebuffed GM's request for bigger and higher-impact ads
@gordonmacmillan
29 May 2012, 11:36AM

Facebook rebuffed GM's request for bigger, higher-impact ads Details are filtering out about what promted General Motors global CMO Joel Ewanick to pull the car firm’s $10m Facebook ad budget.

The reason behind the fallout it appears as the same as in so many relationship breakdowns. GM wanted more from Facebook than the social network was prepared to give, according to Ad Age.

Top 5 most common blogger outreach mistakes and how to avoid them
Katie Fincham
29 May 2012, 9:48AM

Top 5 Most Common Blogger Outreach Mistakes and How to Avoid ThemYou might think blogger outreach is a piece of cake; surely anyone can manage simple blogger relations? Wrong. A lot of companies jump on the blogger engagement bandwagon without any prior research into this domain, leading to various issues.

Innocent tops the 2012 Social Brands 100 list, Starbucks, Ford and charities score highly
@gordonmacmillan
29 May 2012, 7:16AM

A year is a long time in social media. Last year we had the first Social Brands 100 list and it was topped by Dell. Today the second Social Brands 100 is launched and it is all change at the top.

Tweeting the novel - how writers are playing with Twitter
@gordonmacmillan
28 May 2012, 2:40PM

Jennifer Egan: tweeting the novel, 140 characters at a timeTwitter presents special challenges to us all. Its 140 characters require a certain amount of thought and crafting, but what about when it comes to novelists, the ultimate in long form writing?

Microsoft rushes forward release of Windows glasses
@gordonmacmillan
28 May 2012, 11:51AM

You might remember a few months ago we wrote about Google glasses giving us all that essential The Terminator technology we all crave.

Well Google are not the only ones working on glasses. Apparently Microsoft too has some in the works….



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