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New Twitter – Or Is It Tweibo?

The We Are Social team in London shared a fantastic update yesterday on the redesign of Twitter and its new functionality. Following a closer look, though, and fuelled by this great post on Penn Olson, we came to the conclusion that many of Twitter’s ‘new’ features look quite familiar. However, as Steven says in his […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #6

Brands on Facebook feel neglected A new report from Forrester Research highlights the strain between Facebook and the brands who are trying to derive value from the social network in their marketing campaigns. According to the report, there’s plenty of blame to go around for the current state of affairs. On the one hand Facebook has […]

Social Timing: When to Post?

This great infographic from KissMetrics has been around for a while, but it still has some great tips on the best times of the day and week to post, along with the kinds of post that best suit those timings: Thanks to HubSpot and Mari Smith for reminding us of it!

Managing Social Media Across Countries

One of the toughest challenges facing brands in social media is how to manage activities across different countries and cultures. The problem has been around for a while, but as the social media population grows and spreads out across multiple platforms, it’s actually getting more complex. The issue boils down to one straightforward question: should we […]

Five Friday Facts #5

It’s Friday afternoon, which means it’s time for our weekly roundup of the latest stats in social media across Asia. This week has been a bit of a bumper for stats for us, with the release of our Social, Digital and Mobile in Asia and the individual country report for Indonesia too, but fear not – […]

Social Recruitment

More and more people are finding jobs through social media, and that’s a trend that we expect to see accelerate as the number of people joining social networks around the world continues to grow. The infographic below, from MBA Online, shows how social recruiting has exploded in the USA, and we’re seeing a similar trend here […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #5

More evidence of social media’s business value A report by business consultancy Bain and Company has revealed yet more evidence that investing in social does lead to monetary results. According to the study, customers who engage with companies through social media channels spend 20 – 40% more money with those companies than other customers, as well as demonstrating […]

An Average Day on Facebook

Here’s a great infographic from the charming people over at Jess3. A couple of stats that really stood out for us: 16% of Facebook users have never updated their status; 26% of Facebook users ‘Like’ content from another user at least once a day; 52% of Facebook users sign in every day, compared to 36% […]

Five Friday Facts #4

Easing you into Friday afternoon, here’s our weekly round-up of juicy social media-related trivia and statistics. Have a great weekend! China surpasses U.S. China has surpassed the U.S. to become the world’s largest smartphone market, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. Smartphone shipments in China reached 23.9 million units, an increase of 58% from Q2 […]

We Are Social, We Are Hiring

Are you a social media enthusiast? Do you believe that social brand communications are the future? Do you want to help shape that future? Then read on… Since we opened in Asia less than 3 months ago, we’ve been quickly expanding our activities around the region, and we’re now looking to hire the next wave […]

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