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@wearesocial guide to Facebook changes

Last week Facebook made lots of major changes you need to be aware of, and as a special supplement to this week’s Monday Mashup, here they are: Facebook redesigns news feed Facebook launched a redesigned home page, with one feed: When users return to the redesigned home page, they won’t simply see the same feed […]

Behaviour towards brands on Facebook

A nice deck from Constant Contact and Chadwick Martin Bailey looking at people’s behaviour towards brands on Facebook: The headlines are: Consumers interact with their favorite brand on Facebook far more than they do on other social networks 56% of consumers said they are more likely to recommend a brand to a friend after becoming […]

We Are Social's Monday Mashup #87

CMOs continue to spend more on social media According to a survey from the American Marketing Assocation, CMOs continue to intend to spend more on social media. CMOs are already putting more money towards social – 7.1% of their entire marketing budget in August, compared with 5.6% in February, but more interesting is the long-term […]

We're up for a global SABRE award

We seem to be having a recent run of success awards wise, having been shortlisted for the 2011 Future 50 and also for “Best Large Agency” at the Some Comms Awards. However, we were surprised and delighted to find out we’ve been shortlisted in the 2011 Global SABRE Awards for the “Global Digital Agency of […]

Infographic: The ROI of social media

A great infographic from MDG looking at the ROI of social media:

The Nielsen Social Media Report Q3 2011

Nielsen have just released their Q3 2011 Social Media Report: Headline findings include: Across a sample of 10 global markets, social networks and blogs are the top online destination in each country, accounting for the majority of time spent online and reaching at least 60 percent of active Internet users US – Social networks and […]

We Are Social's Monday Mashup #86

Life of a link depends on content, not on which social network There’s a common misconception that links last a lot longer on Facebook than Twitter, because the newsfeed moves slower than the stream, but research from bit.ly confirmed that this isn’t the case: the half life of a link (ie the time it takes […]

Is Social the Future of e-Commerce?

Luke Brynley-Jones is the founder of Our Social Times, who run social media conferences in the UK, Europe and the USA. They’re hosting Social Media Marketing & Monitoring 2011 in London on Monday, 19th September. Social commerce has emerged as one of the most innovative strands of social media marketing during 2011, yet there remains […]

We Are Social's Monday Mashup #85

65% of online adults use social networking sites Research that Pew has recently released continued the trend for growth in use of social networking sites: 65% of US adult Internet users now say they use a social networking site like Facebook or LinkedIn. More interestingly, among the boomer-aged segment of US internet users ages 50-64, social networking […]

The connection between brands & people

Community management is one of the most important elements in the relationship between a brand and its community: it’s the activity that creates connections and facilitates the exchange of ideas. A few days ago Jeremiah Owyang published some interim analysis on the topic. It clearly shows the importance of cooperation between a brand and their […]