News The Week According To The Internet #20 15 Mar 2013 This week; branded superheroes, a very small surf and a messy St. Patrick’s Day. Sit back, relax and get your weekly dose of Internet. PUZZLED: Sir Ravi juggles and solves a Rubik’s Cube. CANDID: Mila Kunis interviewed by Chris Stark, 10,560,000 views. PLAY: Miniature surfing trip. PARODIED: The Poke’s response to 3’s pony mixer. MIXED: Ed Sheeran and […]
News We Are Social: Tuesday Tune-up #79 12 Mar 2013 1/3 of your Facebook friends see your posts Research by Stanford University’s Michael S. Bernstein has shown that each Facebook update is seen by on average 1/3 of the poster’s friends. The study, which took into account the profiles of 220,000 Facebook users last June, also found that posts across the course of the month […]
News The Week According To The Internet #19 8 Mar 2013 This week; wonderfully happy facts, fashion accessories to make your skin crawl and a battle against photo editing. Take a peek at what’s new this week on the Internet. INTERESTING: Taxidermy accessories. TYPICAL: Does the world need more innovative websites? TROT: The pony mixer. CATSERCISE: One fat cat. RETOUCHED: Dove’s campaign to stop photo editing. SHARED: An inspirational message […]
News Social Brands & The Future Of Marketing 6 Mar 2013 The most successful brands don’t just predict the future; they define the future on their own terms. To that end, we’ve developed Social Brands & The Future Of Marketing – a series of provocations designed to help you shape your brand’s vision of the future, and to start bringing that vision to life today. We’ll […]
News We Are Social: Tuesday Tune-up #78 5 Mar 2013 Marketers set to more than double social media spend Over the next five years, CMOs will more than double the percentage of their marketing budget that is spent on social media, according to 500 surveyed. Currently, social media makes up 8.4% of that total; this is set to increase to 11.5% in 2013 and reach […]
News Interflora: The story of SEO turning ugly 4 Mar 2013 The Wall recently carried the following article from me, commenting on Interflora’s recent penalising by Google, and the approach that led to it. Interflora had a bad week last week. Previously, the florist was easily one of the most high profile brands online in terms of search – as of Wednesday, Google has effectively wiped […]
News The Week According To The Internet #18 1 Mar 2013 This week; strange addictions, a man who’ll paint just about anything and could a goat make it to #1? The best bits of this week on the web. BLOGGED: You name it…he’ll paint it. DAMP: An interactive website about water saving in the UK. ADDICTED: A very strange infatuation with inflatables. FRIED: A french fry feast in Korea. […]
News We Are Social launches paid media unit 27 Feb 2013 As you may have seen in the MediaPost, Campaign, Marketing Interactive or All Facebook, last week we announced our new paid media offering. As Media Director, I’ll be leading the service, which will be a key pillar of We Are Social’s strategic offering across all of our eight offices worldwide. We now plan and buy […]
News We Are Social: Tuesday Tune-up #77 26 Feb 2013 Australia first for mobile payments Mobile money is the next big battleground, with the industry set to generate $A271.9 billion by 2018, up from just $A13 billion in 2013. With competing products from PayPal and Square already in market in other territories, MasterCard have announced a new digital payment system – MasterPass – set to […]
News The Week According To The Internet #17 22 Feb 2013 This week; enough Harlem Shakes to make your legs drop off. Get your Friday Internet fill right here! PUNCTUATED: 8 new punctuation marks we desperately need. ARTHRITIC: Eddie the basketball playing otter. SHAKING: Which agency shook it up the most? GOOGLED: Ridiculous search suggestions made by Google. STRESSED: Fantastic campaign by Nivea. HACKED: Burger King’s twitter is […]
Stay up to date Subscribe to our blog for hot takes on social and internet culture. You can unsubscribe at any time. First Name* Last Name* Company Email* Consent* By ticking this box, I confirm that I have read and accept We Are Social Ltd's privacy policy and consent to the personal data that I have submitted to be processed by We Are Social Ltd to contact me.*