Tuesday, 23 July 2013

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Don't be the last person to find out about FOMO (that's 'fear of missing out', by the way)
23 July 2013, 11:57AM

AppleiphoneThe Fear of Missing Out (or FOMO) is quickly becoming a part of the social media lexicon. It's a familiar urge - you're sitting in meeting, or waiting in a queue at the shops and you feel the compulsion to pull out your smartphone and quickly check email, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram; or indeed any number of communicative platforms.

Why politicians on Twitter was only ever going to be a disaster
23 July 2013, 8:00AM

ed balls twitter tweetIn recent days old D-Cam has felt his 'too many tweets makes a tw*t' comment return to bite (or should I say peck?) him on the proverbial, following his accidental tweet to a parody Iain Duncan Smith account. Certainly by no means the first to make a bit of a chump of himself on Twitter, the PM joins the ranks of Tory MP Rob Wilson, who accidentally directed followers to a porn website, Tom Watson, whose intern caused a furore by unscrupulously tweeting from his account, and Jamie Reed, who was forced to apologise after making jokes on twitter about a woman's facial hair on a train journey.

Brands need an 'always on' marketing strategy to reach young women today
23 July 2013, 7:30AM

woman typingWomen in the UK today are using technology to help them make smarter decisions about what they're buying, where they're going and what they're watching. The fact that 81% of Gen Y women, (aged 21- 34) have a smartphone shows the importance of mobile marketing , apps and mobile responsive websites. This generation of women feels that the old millstone of equality is lifting from round their necks, and they are equally as influential as their male counterparts in making decisions around technology in the home.

Ryanair website gets more traffic than BA and EasyJet combined, on zero paid-for search
22 July 2013, 2:24PM

ryan air print adsBudget airline Ryanair received more web traffic during June than British Airways and easyJet combined, but at the same time it spent nothing on online advertising or paid-for search.

June, obviously a time when a lot of people are thinking about holidays, is when traffic to the Ryanair website peaks - although the graph below that the peak in traffic Ryanair had a year ago, in June 2012 was significantly bigger (20%). By contrast, British Airways’ site visits remained steady throughout the last 12 months.

You can skip this ad in 5, 4, 3... - what Facebook video ads mean for brands
22 July 2013, 1:22PM

facebookAs Facebook looks to launch video advertising in users' news feeds in the coming months, the message from consumers is loud and clear: video ads on Facebook need to be relevant if the social network doesn't want to risk pushing its user base away. In our informal straw-poll of 100 consumers, over two-thirds of people said that receiving irrelevant video ads on Facebook would make them inclined to use Facebook less. However, 30% of consumers said they would watch a video advert about a topic they have recently posted about, indicating that there is a significant potential for videos to drive consumer awareness and clicks.

South East Asia scores with English Premier League Clubs
22 July 2013, 3:25AM

lfc stan chartIt may shock you to know but the UK is not where most Liverpool or Arsenal fans are located. It's actually Indonesia. More staggering still considering that until this weekend neither team had even visited the country!

How to be succesful in social advertising
19 July 2013, 10:40AM

dance pony danceSocial is fast becoming king in the world of advertising. The rise of the internet, mobile devices and, of course, social networking, is rapidly propelling social advertising to the top of the tree, even ahead of more traditional platforms such as television and newspapers. According to Nielsen, three-quarters of advertisers are spending on paid social advertising and 64 per cent plan to increase their social ad budgets this year. With over one billion users now on Facebook, and 400 million Tweets being sent per day, the era of social advertising has well and truly arrived.

At the recent Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, "advertising" proved to be the key buzzword, above even "creativity". According to the daily social media analysis reports we ran throughout the festival, the term generated over 6,000 mentions throughout the week, a substantial 32 per cent share when measured against the seven other most prominent words. It seems advertising and creativity have more in common now than ever before in this new age of social advertising.

Infographic: retail brands sizzle on social media
19 July 2013, 10:35AM

forever 21Research conducted by social software specialist Expion over the last week (3rd July- 10th July) shows which of the UK's favourite high-street retailers were most successful at getting their fans excited about their brand on Facebook.

Facebook beach data should be chucked into the sea
19 July 2013, 10:30AM

The Facebook Phone could be announced on ThursdayAnother day, another trough of selective data, this time by Facebook's PR handlers Nelson Bostock who have scooped the award for biggest load of PR bumf of 2013, informing us that most Facebook check-ins occur at Bournemouth beach, ahead of other beaches.

Class structure revealed in EMEA marketing departments
19 July 2013, 9:28AM

DatabigstockDigital investment is booming. Despite the tough economic climate and mounting pressure to directly increase the revenue of the overall business, marketers remain committed to investing in digital communication channels. But, whilst the importance of data continues to rise, a class structure is emerging when it comes to investment in technology.


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