Marketers' attitudes to social media 8 Oct 2014 AdWeek recently published this infographic exploring marketers’ social media strategies, delving into marketers’ use of social media, as well as their social challenges and goals.
30% of Snapchat users in US 6 Oct 2014 Mobile messaging service Snapchat has hit the headlines after Yahoo’s plans to invest £20 million in the app were revealed. GlobalWebIndex has produced this infographic about Snapchat’s demographics and social behaviours of its global users. GlobalWebIndex found that 30% of Snapchat’s total user base comes from the US, and top markets for the app include the UK, […]
Mashup We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #231 6 Oct 2014 Facebook click-through rate has increased Facebook reach is down (boo!) but click-through rate is up (yay!). A study of 8,000 brand pages from August 2013 to August 2014 has found that, while fan reach dropped by 55% in the period, the click-through rate on links in posts increased by 48%. Still, a higher click-thru from […]
The Power of Parody 2 Oct 2014 Marketing recently published this article by me about parody accounts on Twitter. They’ve been kind enough to let us reproduce it in full below: God is on Twitter and he has 1.5 million followers. Not that many, considering his pedigree, but with a book deal in the bag and an average of four thousand retweets […]
Life on the #IamSocial Graduate Scheme 2 Oct 2014 When a company’s job application asks for an Instagram video, a tweet and your LinkedIn profile … it’s clear they aren’t messing about when they say they are social. That was how our life on the #IamSocial Graduate Scheme began. With the application process now a mere distant memory, Alex and I are coming into […]
The Greatest Ever #SMWPubQuiz 1 Oct 2014 As we say goodbye to another successful Social Media Week London, we’ve been reflecting on the success of our third “Greatest Social Media Pub Quiz in the World”. Guests arriving at the event got their adrenaline pumping before their feet even touched the floor of Ticketmaster’s Imperial bar. Stairs are simply not an option when there is […]
20% of internet users use Instagram 30 Sep 2014 It may have just rolled out ads in the UK, but how is Instagram performing globally? GlobalWebIndex analysed the behaviours and demographics of its audience. The study shows one fifth of adult internet users have an Instagram account worldwide, a figure that has consistently risen since mid 2013. Examining the figures by region, penetration is […]
Mashup We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #230 29 Sep 2014 Facebook fans spend more than other customers A four-year study of a ‘major grocery store’s Facebook page’ has found that Facebook fans purchase 35% more items than the average consumer. Those who engaged 10 times or more spent $1,000 more in each year. Sounds super – though always worth remembering correlation vs. causation. Facebook rolls […]
Jaguar's Social September 26 Sep 2014 It’s been a busy September for the Jaguar team here at We Are Social. Earlier this month, Jaguar Land Rover sponsored the Invictus Games: a fantastic international sporting event to support wounded and sick Servicemen and women, championed by Prince Harry and featuring over 400 competitors from 13 nations. A dedicated social media team from […]
US Cross-Cultural Social Media Marketing 25 Sep 2014 GlobalWebIndex’s latest figures reveal a number of key social trends for anyone engaged with cross-cultural marketing in the US – with YouTube’s app now more popular than Facebook’s amongst Hispanic, Asian and Black/African Americans. Jason Mander, Head of Trends at GlobalWebIndex, exclusively talks us through some of the report’s key findings. As the demographic composition […]
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