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Five LinkedIn facts that your business needs to know
08 August 2013, 2:37PM

linkedin is ten years old this weekLinkedIn is a social network that means business, with a mission to 'connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful': it's an essential tool for today's professional. To businesses, it is as crucial to understand as Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.

How big data is changing the way we approach content
08 August 2013, 8:30AM

house of cardsGo ahead, guess what is being hailed as the sexiest career of the century. If you guessed being Chris Hemsworth, according to the Harvard Business Review, you’d be wrong. The right answer? Data Scientist. These are the whizzes who caused such a ruckus predicting pregnancies at Target and the wise people at Netflix who brought us David Fincher’s popular series House of Cards (pictured).

How do Gmail changes impact brands?
08 August 2013, 8:15AM

gmail icon betterEarlier this year, Google released some important changes in their Gmail platform that strongly influence how Gmail users now interact with incoming emails. As Gmail is one of the top email services used globally, with over 425 million active users as of June 2012, these changes have important implications for brands.

Tottenham look under the surface for digital innovation
07 August 2013, 3:45PM

Screen Shot 2013-08-07 at 16.28.08Tottenham Hostpur today launched “Tottenham Turfies”, the first immersive digital platform for children. It comprises of games and other interactions with the club that will continue into the offline world too.

Social Brands 8: from CSR to civic marketing
07 August 2013, 12:55PM
Screen Shot 2013-08-07 at 13.54.09Society increasingly expects brands to give back at least as much as they take. As a result, CSR is moving higher up the executive agenda, but many companies still think of CSR in terms of corporate philanthropy.

While this thinking is more constructive than the mere guilt avoidance that characterised too much CSR in the 1980s, it misses a much bigger opportunity. Brands that get CSR right don't think of it in terms of obligation; they see it as a real opportunity to build mutual value for their brands and their communities.

The apps that matter: Facebook leads Google Maps in the UK
07 August 2013, 11:49AM

google maps appIt may be the world's No 1 smartphone app by active usage but Google Maps (pictured) has been beaten not just by Facebook's official mobile app but also by YouTube in the UK.

Why ad skipping is the future of digital advertising
07 August 2013, 10:50AM

you tube ad skippingSkipping ads online is undoubtedly a common activity now. Since 2010 when YouTube first introduced the option, consumers have grown accustomed to being able to click past ads they don't wish to see after just five seconds.

Infographic: what annoys us most about your brand on social media?
06 August 2013, 11:11AM

social media appsAre we a nation of pedants? The answer is most resoundingly yes, at least if you go by this piece of research into what annoys people most about brands on social media. Post 300 updates every day shamelessly begging people to buy your wares? Apparently that’s way less annoying than one or two pithy updates but making a typo or, God forbid, a grammar mistake.

Nielsen finds that Twitter engagement boosts television viewing
06 August 2013, 10:50AM

PeopleWatchingTVA study by Nielsen and Twitter has revealed what many of us have long suspected - that Twitter discussion about a television programme being broadcast boosts viewing figures.

Twitter and Nielsen came together last year to establish a social TV metric, and the results are now starting to come out. The study is far from conclusive, but does provide a basis for optimism for broadcasters, advertisers, and the microblogging platform itself.

Facebook video ads: look who's watching now
06 August 2013, 8:25AM

Facebookbuilding640When Facebook-owned Instagram revealed its Video platform in June, some sharp observers instantly noted how convenient it was that the clip length was set at 15 seconds - an established ad-length in the TV world.


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