The Week According to the Internet #43 6 Dec 2013 This week; Get your coffee in >140 characters, the million dollar table and the social sheik. A quick look at what we loved this week: FIXED – Buying Starbucks over Twitter is a thing. CENSORED – Carefully cleaning lyrics you know and love. EXPLODED – Meticulously photographed, exploding car (models). KANYED – Who said it? Kanye or your […]
Tuneup We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune-Up #117 3 Dec 2013 Facebook’s unfollow button to replace ‘hide all’ According to Mashable, Facebook will soon allow users to “unfollow” friends whose comments and updates they want to remove from their News Feed, according to a Facebook spokesperson. The new Unfollow button, first reported by TechCrunch, will work in the same way that users were able to “hide all” from friends […]
The Week According to the Internet #42 29 Nov 2013 This week; (hilarious) public dismay on a delayed Thanksgiving flight, Seth Rogen exposes all to James Franco and a naked man swings on a yoga ball. Take a look at what’s gone viral this week! KIMYE BE MAD: Seth Rogen and James Franco show Kimye how it should be done. YOGA (WRECKING) BALL: All this […]
Tuneup We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune-Up #116 26 Nov 2013 Kia gets modding with Koup Kustoms Taking inspiration from the world of car modding and gaming, Koup Kustoms offers car enthusiasts, gamers and aspiring designers the tools to become street-car designers. Players can modify and design their very own Koup which can be shot from a multitude of different professional camera angles, as well as create and share […]
The Week According to the Internet #41 22 Nov 2013 This week; the most adorable best friends ever, some extreme Movember inspiration and the “Princess Machine.” CUTEST: Two babies dreaming. GIRLS: The “Princess Machine.” Set to the best Beastie Boys cover ever. FISHY: Art = fish heads. INSPIRATION: Getting creative with facial hair. ALMOST: Channing Tatum takes on Jean-Claude Van Damme. (Image via)
Mobile strategy: Native vs. Responsive? 10 tips for getting it right 21 Nov 2013 Marketing Magazine recently published an article by me on the difference between Native Mobile and Responsive Web. They’ve been kind enough to let us reproduce it in full below: Since the introduction of the smartphone, the battle has raged as to which is the best solution: mobile app or mobile web? The simple answer is that every project […]
Tuneup We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune-Up #115 19 Nov 2013 103 Compelling Social Media Statistics for 2013 Did you know that there are an average of 700 YouTube video links shared on Twitter every minute? Or that 400 million tweets are sent per day? Given these statistics, social businesses continue to fine tune their tactics and become better marketers. They are also taking into account […]
The Week According to the Internet #40 15 Nov 2013 This week; an amazing Twitter conversation, fallen princesses and parents all over America ruin Halloween. Take a quick look at what we loved this week! HAPPILY EVER AFTER: …or not. Disney princesses – where are they now? WORK IT: Moscow subway ticket machine accepts 30 squats as payment. ALL CLASS: The 29 whitest family photos of […]
Mobile ready, social steady, socially mobile… wait, what? 14 Nov 2013 Marketing Magazine recently published an article by me on the importance of social in mobile. They’ve been kind enough to let us reproduce it in full below: So, the 65% smart phone penetration in Australia convinced you that you needed a mobile presence. You optimised your website for mobile, reviewed the options and have now decided that […]
Tuneup We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune-Up #114 12 Nov 2013 Teens switch from Facebook to messenger apps UK newspaper The Guardian has produced an article discussing how teens are moving from Facebook and other public social networks into messaging apps such as WhatsApp, WeChat and KakaoTalk. Assessing data from a variety of studies, they conclude that young people are fed up of three things on […]
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