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Ryanair is an analogue brand in a digital world and must change
07 September 2012, 12:00PM

Ryanair - a brand that fails to grasp social mediaControversial low-cost airline Ryanair’s negative attitude to all aspects of digital except ticket sales is a fast track to creating a socially toxic brand on a global scale.

One story in the past couple of weeks has leapt out as a case study for brands in how not to act in social media. It tells of a brand sticking its fingers in its ears and refusing to be told or to listen.

Loved Team GB's social media updates? Here's how they did it
07 September 2012, 10:15AM
As the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games come to a close, we can look back with delight at Team GB's success in the medal tables. And I know I'm not alone in finding that my enjoyment of the event has been increased still further by the frequent, reliable and inclusive updates from Team GB across their social media channels. I spoke to Joe Morgan, Digital Manager to Team GB to find out how they coordinated the social media activity for such a fast-paced, complex event. And how they made sure they squeezed as many comments, likes and shares as possible from every single update.
How online and social media is helping traditional channels to evolve
07 September 2012, 8:50AM

Former NFL player and Old Spice star Isaiah Mustafa'Traditional marketing channels are dead'. This is the cry that we hear repeatedly from digital evangelists, who tell us that our more established channels of communication are being swallowed by online media platforms, sidelined into becoming one small, insignificant part of an overall mix that has digital at its heart.

Barack Obama sets a new record for political moments on Twitter
07 September 2012, 8:30AM

Barack Obama delivers his speech to at the #DNC2012It was always going to be big and it was. President Barack Obama’s acceptance speech last night at the #DNC2012 set a new record for political moments on Twitter, with 52,756 Tweets per minute, as he pressed his message of taking America forward.

Ad agency Mother seeks to put peace on the digital map
06 September 2012, 11:24AM

The 21st of September is Peace Day; the organisers of which are aiming for it to become an annual day of non-violence and global truce. To do this, and for Peace Day to get it’s spot on the calendar, they are trying to raise awareness of the cause with 20% of the world’s population.

Paralympics GB gets major boost on social media in just the first week
06 September 2012, 11:07AM

Paralympic golden girl sarah storeyThe Paralympic Games in London have already made waves as the biggest, best and most successful in its history. Our athletes are fast becoming household names and seeing their profiles soar as their successes in the medals table continue to boom.

BBC America creates social media buzz with new season of Doctor Who
06 September 2012, 10:57AM

BBC America scores social media and rating success with new season of Doctor WhoThe BBC scored its most-watched ever programme on BBC America at the weekend for the season premiere of season seven of ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Asylum of the Daleks, and racked up the biggest social media buzz of the weekend.

Twitter introduces new timeline tool to spread the tweets
06 September 2012, 7:18AM

Websites and blogs are to get access to a fresh dose of Twitter as it introduces a new timeline tool that will make it easy for any site to display a timeline of Tweets whether it’s an author’s Tweets alongside their blog, a hashtag about an event like #DNC2012, or a list of competitors at the US Open.

There is a bargain to be had in mobile advertising
05 September 2012, 12:26PM

Mobile ad market: expected to be worth £1bn by 2015Keep it to yourself, but there's a bargain to be had on mobile CPCs. Findings from Adobe’s Q2 Global Digital Advertising report show that ROI on mobile campaigns is as high as 160% compared to PC campaigns, yet CPC rates are 30% percent less.

Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary calls Facebook critic "an idiot"
05 September 2012, 9:41AM

Michael O'Leary: "we say quite politely: 'Bugger off'?"Apparently never one to miss an own goal Ryanair chief executive, Michael O’Leary, has called the woman who racked up 560,000 likes, for her Facebook post about excessive charges, an idiot.

After being charged €300 by Ryanair for printing six boarding passes Suzy McLeod posted on Facebook asking people to like her post if they thought the charges were unfair.

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