Mashup We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #174 29 Jul 2013 Mobile social networking on the increase Unsurprisingly, mobile social networking is continuing to account for a larger and larger percentage of social networking as a whole. In fact, between 2013 and 2017 in the UK this is expected to increase from 65.0% to 84.6%. Children lie about their age to access social networks According to […]
We Are Social. We Are Neon 26 Jul 2013 As is now our annual tradition, this time last week all 110 of us here at We Are Social London were at Lovebox celebrating our 5th birthday (for the 2nd time). It was epic. We were neon. Here’s to the next five years…
Top Facebook Pages in the US, June ’13 24 Jul 2013 Following on from their UK report, Socialbakers have just released their top Facebook Pages in the US June 2013 report. The report delivers the rankings of the most popular, engaging and responsive US brand and media pages on Facebook, along with the top 3 most engaging individual posts from US pages this month. They’ve included […]
Top Facebook Pages in the UK, June ’13 24 Jul 2013 Socialbakers have just released their top Facebook Pages in the UK June 2013 report. The report delivers the rankings of the most popular, engaging and responsive UK brand and media pages on Facebook, along with the top 3 most engaging individual posts from UK pages this month. They’ve included Global pages alongside local UK pages, […]
Getting #BehindTeamSky with Jaguar 23 Jul 2013 A week ago, as the 100th Tour de France was in its final stages, the impossible looked as though it could be repeated for the second time in as many years – a Brit, riding for Team Sky, stood a chance of winning the Yellow Jersey and claiming professional cycling’s biggest prize. As the official […]
Mashup We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #173 22 Jul 2013 Fortune 500 companies taking to social media Fortune 500 companies are continuing to grow their various social presences, with Twitter the most prevalent of these. 77% now have active Twitter accounts, compared to 70% in 2012; in terms of popularity, the microblogging platform is followed by Facebook in 2nd, and YouTube in 3rd. Surprisingly, Google+ […]
The Wimbledon Social Brand-Wagon 18 Jul 2013 Ever since ‘that’ biscuit post dominated Superbowl social media, taking brands into real-time conversations has shot to the top of the ‘can we…’ client-request-list. So, as a home-ground sporting event with a home-grown talent eying victory, Wimbledon was always going to be a prime target for a bit of branded agile posting. But just shouting […]
Mashup We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #172 15 Jul 2013 Half the UK population on social networks in 2013 During 2013, half of the entire UK population will be on social networks, according to estimates by eMarketer. This is set to increase each year at least until 2017, at which point the figure will sit at 55.6%. Interestingly, the growth will be fuelled mostly by […]
We Are Hiring in Sydney! 12 Jul 2013 It’s been 5 years since We Are Social opened its doors in London – and just over 3 here in Sydney. In that time we’ve grown a lot; we now have 8 offices and over 340 passionate social specialists worldwide, with over 40 here in Sydney. And we’re still growing. This is why we need […]
Mobile launches: a social snapshot 9 Jul 2013 Last week, we published a snippet of our social media research in Marketing (you may have seen the resultant coverage in the Daily Mail, The Metro, CNET or ABC News, amongst others). It looked at the launches of four major mobile handsets over the last 12 months – the Apple iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S4, Blackberry […]
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