Jaguar celebrates modern Britain 13 Aug 2013 As you may have read in Marketing or The Drum, we’ve been running #YourTurnBritain, working with Jaguar UK to celebrate the launch of the new F-TYPE model. It’s all about inspiring a nation to share and celebrate the things that they think make modern Britain great, under the hashtag #YourTurnBritain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COxjvTJ7j_M #YourTurnBritain doesn’t just focus on […]
Mashup We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #176 12 Aug 2013 72% of Online US adults use social networks The Pew Research Center has found that, of all US adult internet users, 72% are now using social networks. The study, which has been ongoing since 2005, has also found that triple the number of over-65s (43%) are using social networks than were in spring 2009 (13%). […]
Social Brands: Augmented Experiences 8 Aug 2013 When people buy brands, they’re usually paying for something more than a core product or service. For example, they don’t really pay for the liquid inside a shampoo bottle; they pay for beautiful hair, and for the confidence which that brings. Ultimately, people pay for benefits; products and services are simply a means to an […]
Social customer care: Q2 2013 survey 7 Aug 2013 Socialbakers have released their Q2 2013 Socially Devoted Results, along with the conclusions of a survey they did of how the most Socially Devoted Brands manage their social customer care:
Facebook's newsfeed changes 6 Aug 2013 In a rather understated press conference today, Facebook revealed three new changes to its newsfeed. Rather than the major re-vamp of the newsfeed algorithm that many were expecting, there were three fairly small tweaks to the way that Facebook posts are consumed. Story Bumping If a Facebook user missed seeing a post in their newsfeed, […]
Facebook video ads: Look who’s watching 6 Aug 2013 The Wall recently carried the following article from me, commenting on the rumoured launch of Facebook’s video ads. When Facebook-owned Instagram revealed its Video platform in June, some sharp observers instantly noted how convenient it was that the clip length was set at 15 seconds – an established ad-length in the TV world. Rumours have […]
Mashup We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #175 5 Aug 2013 Time spent on digital media set to surpass TV, mobile to overtake desktop According to eMarketer research, 2013 will see the average US adult spend more time on digital media than watching TV. Digital media, which includes being online on a laptop or desktop, or using non-voice mobile features, will account for 5h:9m of the […]
We Are PRWeek's No. 1 Digital Agency 2 Aug 2013 We’ve had one hell of a year here at We Are Social. In the last 12 months we’ve turned five, launched a paid media offering, brought on board a Global COO, and here in London, a Head of Strategy, an Editorial Director and the UK’s most awarded creative directors. We’ve picked up some incredible clients, […]
Social Brands: Listen and Learn 1 Aug 2013 As we saw in a previous post in this Social Brands series, marketing is all about creating mutually beneficial exchanges of value. The nature of that value exchange will vary between brands and audiences and over time, but in order for marketers to deliver maximum value to their brands, it holds that they need to […]
Next Generation Media 31 Jul 2013 Our friend Dan Calladine, Head of Media Futures at Aegis Media, has kindly agreed to share his latest Next Generation Media Quarterly with us.
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