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We Are Social joins CIPR advisory panel

In terms of stepping-up to the plate and tackling social media head-on, it’s fair to say, the PR industry has broadly lagged behind the wider digital, marketing and advertising sectors. Robin, our MD, sits on the IAB‘s social media council which has been in place for almost two years, and even the old-school IPA launched […]

We Are Social's Monday Mashup #21

AOL to sell or shut Bebo AOL have announced their intention to sell or shut down social networking site Bebo in the forthcoming tax year. Bebo cost AOL a hefty US$850m when they bought them two years ago, and looked set to overtake a flagging MySpace, but both ended up being overtaken and overwhelmed by […]

Vive la Révolution!

Having picked up Silver for our Marmarati campaign for Unilever in the Creative in Social Media category at the IAB Creative Showcase Grand Prix a couple of weeks ago, we seem to be on a bit of a roll. Last night Nathan and I were proud to be representing We Are Social at the Revolution […]

Social media insights from #DEBill

Two weeks ago I joined about 200 people standing outside Parliament demanding that the controversial Digital Economy Bill get a democratically fair debate rather than rushed into law without scrutiny during the pre-election process known as the Wash Up. The Digital Economy Bill has been drafted largely by corporate content providers attempting to protect their […]

We Are Social's Tuesday Tweakup

It was bound to happen eventually. As dedicated as I am to the Monday Mashup, I didn’t post yesterday, thus ruining the 20 post streak we had running. So let me present the Mashup’s cousin, the Tuesday Tweakup. Normal Monday service to resume next week. Facebook Wants You to “Like” Brands and Introduces Community Pages […]

The third sector's new networked reality

I headed over to the Wellcome Collection yesterday to deliver a keynote presentation at the Media Trust‘s Spring Conference. With a audience full of charity CEOs and senior third sector marketing types, it was a great opportunity to use the presentation theme, Tools & Changing Landscapes, to set out for the first time We Are […]

We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #20

Tuenti switches on local for a location-based future Spanish social networking site Tuenti, often referred to as the Facebook of Spain, has introduced a location-based feature called Tuenti Places (reads “Tuenti Sitios” in Spanish) allowing users to “add any local place, interact with it, share it with friends, upload images and write reviews.” Each Tuenti […]

Earth Hour 2010: help spread the word

Earth Hour 2010, the global event when people, businesses and iconic buildings around the world will switch off their lights for an hour at 8.30pm local time is coming up again this Saturday, 27th March. We’re working with the WWF to get the word out to bloggers to start conversations about Earth Hour, encourage people […]

We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #19

Jordan is off skiing down the side of a slope right now, so I’m taking over Mashup duties for today. Hope you’re all in fine fettle. Conservatives web campaign backfires Anatomy of a hashtag: #cashgordon by Meg Pickard The Conservative party scored an own goal today with a website attacking Gordon Brown’s links to the […]

Ciao Italia, we are social

Ottavio Nava, Stefano Maggi, Gabriele Cucinella – Managing Partners, We Are Social Italy The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed the Italian flag that’s appeared today at the top right hand side of our site. This time, unlike the German flag, it signifies more than just a translated version of our website. About six months […]