Some rumours were circulating last week that YouTube might be about to announce live streams. A screenshot showing a ‘livwe stream’ icon seemed to point a new feature but apparently is only part of the producer account of certain channels and not viewable by the public…which, for now, is very sensible. YouTube are constantly battling [...]
Each day, more and more sports teams, organizations and athletes are launching social media programs, joining social networks and starting to jump on the social media bandwagon. The reasons are obvious – Their fans have shifted their media habits towards social platforms over official websites and want greater interaction with their team. The social tools [...]
Going for a 50/50 split this week between raw social media and social media and sport. Excited? Thought so! 1. How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing – Tamar Weinberg With nearly half a billion users, Facebook is now a ‘must have’ for most businesses. However, creating the perfect Facebook page is easier said [...]
Written yesterday but posted today, here are six posts from the past week that stood (and there is only one post about the ipad!). Let us know what you think of any of them in the comments or, even better, post your favourite from the last seven days. 1. 5 Ways Non-Profits Can Increase Engagement [...]
“Of all the amazing new technologies that are opening up possibilities to communicate and connect in the digital space, video is the one that holds the most promise” (Valeria Maltoni – Conversation Agent) Human beings are visual creatures and the experiences we get from seeing someone or something is far deeper than reading text or [...]
The winners this week, in no particular order, are… 1. Andreessen’s Advice To Old Media: “Burn The Boats” – Erick Schonfeld Mark Andreesen (Co-Founder of Netscape and prolific investor) likens the development of the web and new media consumption to the discovery of the New World and offers the same advice to old media luddites today, [...]
Sports teams and athletes are at an enormous advantage to corporate or consumer brands. They have a huge amount of content, they have an exisiting, passionate offline community who want their rpoduct. On top of that, sports fans are one of the most brand loyal groups of people I can think of and sport itself [...]
No messing around this week, just straight in with our top six. 1. iStrategy 2010 – Moving Away From Campaigns To Constant Engagement – Sean Colgon Sean Colgon shares this article and presentation from the iStrategy 2010 event in Berlin. Coca-Cola have recently been ousted by Google as the top brand in the world, but [...]
I am sure many of you are familiar with Eric Qualman’s excellent socialnomics videos, with a plethora of social media stats set to inspirational (or annoying, depending on your musical tastes) soundtracks. If not then check them out here and here. I stumbed across “Did you know 4.0” released last year as a second installment [...]
In no particular order, six highlights from the past week that caught our eye… Pope tells priests: Start blogging – Martin Bryant. Pope Benedict XVI has his finger well and truly on the social media pulse. Apparently a new decree from the Vatican has encouraged priests to start blogging and generally get their geek on! [...]
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