Posts tagged "FaceBook"

How to build a successful Facebook page

Last week we invited Jas Dhaliwal from AVG and Roberto Kusabbi from British Heart Foundation to speak at our Facebook for Business event. AVG and the BHF are two very different organisations, but they have something in common: they bot...

Research shows that consumer brands are ahead of business brands when it comes to Facebook

With its upcoming float, there’s lots of talk at the moment about Facebook’s value. But what value does it serve to businesses? It’s a theme we explored last week at our Citigate Social breakfast seminar: Facebook for...

Addicted to Your Smartphone?

You know the kind – always checking in on Foursquare, posting pictures to Instagram, updating Facebook statuses, making purchases with the click of a finger. You might be this person, but if you’re not, I know you’re friends with him or her.…

Waking up in Today’s Social Media World

The other day, I heard March Communications’ managing partner Martin Jones ask, “What if you were to wake up from a 10-year coma, to hear people talking about ‘retweets,’ ’likes,’ iPods and iPads, and other ‘weird’ things of this decade?” Well, I’d…

Waking up in Today’s Social Media World

The other day, I heard March Communications’ managing partner Martin Jones ask, “What if you were to wake up from a 10-year coma, to hear people talking about ‘retweets,’ ’likes,’ iPods and iPads, and other ‘weird’ things of this decade?” Well, I’d…

Dissecting Today’s Top Social Media Tools [Infographic]

With so many different social media tools, it’s often difficult to determine which are best to use for specific campaigns or outreach strategies. Luckily, Zintro compiled a useful infographic (see below) detailing the demographics and benefits of four of today’s major social networks, including Facebook, Twitter,…

Facebook’s Latest Tool Has Mark Zuckerberg Talking

The ever-elusive Mark Zuckerberg is opening up to discuss Facebook’s latest tool. Beginning today, users in the U.S. and U.K. are able to add that they’re organ donors to their Timelines. If they are not an organ donor, they can find links…

Is Pepsi Paving a New Path in Social Media Marketing?

Earlier this morning AdAge reported that Pepsi will be launching their new social media campaign, “Live for Now” on May 2, and if successful it could drastically alter the way brands attack social media. Unlike traditional social media efforts (it’s odd to…

Skype’s Campaign – Bringing Humanity Back?

Our communication methods have evolved dramatically over the past years beginning with snail mail and evolving to home phones, cell phones, smart phones, email, instant messenger, Facebook, Twitter and Skype (say that ten times fast). While the methods we use to stay…

The Social Media Privacy Debate

If you’re a student or young professional, or anyone with any kind of personal social media presence, you are likely aware of the recent news in which some employers and schools are demanding Facebook passwords. It is quite shocking, as requesting the…

Lunch and Learn: Social Media B2B Strategies

It’s undeniable—social media’s role in PR is growing dramatically and fundamentally transforming strategic communication plans. A whopping 93 percent of social media users believe a company should have a social media presence. But with so many tools to choose from, how can…

Greenpeace Asks: Is Cloud Really Clean?

Greenpeace recently called out Apple, Amazon and Microsoft as the worst offenders for failing to live up to the perceived “green” reputation of cloud computing. On the other hand, the environmental advocacy organization applauded the more sustainable efforts of Yahoo, Google, Facebook…