News We Are Social: Weekly Tune-up #87 8 May 2013 8 out of 10 Australian users connect with brands According to eMarketer, this year 11.4 million people in Australia – more than half of the population – will be social network users. And that’s not all. According to a December 2012 survey from Latitude Insights and The Social Hatch, 82% of social media users had connected with a brand via […]
News The Week According To The Internet #27 3 May 2013 This week; kitty exercising, the worlds best mum and Obama the movie. Sit back, relax and have a laugh at what’s going on this week on the Internet. DELIGHTFUL: Cute babies in mugs. CREEPY: One tiny hand. RETWACT: A chance to retract a tweet. TRIPPING: Taking screenshots to the next level. ATMOSPHERIC: A sexy sax […]
News AP Twitter hacking highlights defects in social media monitoring 2 May 2013 The following article is syndicated from yesterday’s B&T article on the AP Twitter hacking scandal. The article features We Are Social’s own Julian Ward who lays down insights and a few ideas on how to offset a potential crisis. — The hacking of Associated Press’ (AP) official Twitter feed last week was a sobering reminder […]
News We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune Up #86 30 Apr 2013 6 Winning Vines from Tribeca Film Festival The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York took the term ‘Short Film’ to a new level this year by acknowledging Vine videos. Over 400 submissions were received, from which 6 winners were chosen. “We were most impressed with the creativity at play when it came to the submissions, […]
News The Week According To The Internet #26 26 Apr 2013 This week; Evian babies, embarrassing dance floor moments and photos to make your heart melt. Lots in store for this week according to the Internet so don’t forget to check it out! FUNKY: Evian babies are the cutest. EMBARRASSING: Jimmy Kimmel’s Lie Witness News. BOOM: Always wait for the drop. HAPPY DAYS: The wedding dress that […]
News Red Bull takes Instagram to the Streets 24 Apr 2013 We Are Social London have launched the Red Bull ‘Instagram Your Inspiration’ campaign and it’s an important milestone for us, as we launch the first ever We Are Social designed billboards. For those who missed our last blog post about the campaign, here’s some background. To celebrate the launch of Red Bull Editions, we’ve been asking […]
News We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune-up #85 23 Apr 2013 Welcome to this week’s edition of the Tuesday Tune-up! The value of a Facebook fan? The average value of a Facebook fan has risen by 28% to $174 since 2010, according to a study by Syncapse of 2,000 US residents in January and February 2013. The research compared fans and non-fans in a number of […]
News The Week According To The Internet #25 19 Apr 2013 This week; base-jumping, crazy frogs and pranks in gent’s bathroom. Prepare for a few giggles in this week on the web. BUBBA: The new age golf cart. PEAKING: LG causing a bit of stage fright. YUM: Oreo asks an important question. GIF: An otter gets confused FLOATER: NASA’s encounter with human waste. PIXELS: Distance to Mars. JUSTIN: YOLO […]
News We Are Social: Tuesday Tune-Up #84 16 Apr 2013 Application overload for Best Job in the World The ‘Best Job in the World’ campaign launched by Tourism Australia received over 600,000 applications for six jobs from over 200 countries. Each job advertised will have received on average over 70,000 applications, and the applications had to be posted in video format on Facebook or on the […]
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