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The changing face of narrative in content marketing and campaigns

The importance of content marketing in a world inundated with data is becoming increasing apparent. In fact, if you aren't doing it, the money and time spent on what you are producing is frankly a waste. Content is now a vital part of search as marketers move away from thinking only in an overabundance of keywords.

But what about story and the future of narrative? We looked back at a couple of the videos from our recent JUMP conference that highlighted the importance of story and looking at new ways to create it.

by Heather Taylor 06 March 2013 22:32pm 2 comments

The Twitter landscape of 2013: recommendations for brands

As brands continue to increase investments in Twitter as a communication increasing opportunities arise to learn from the activity taking place on the and how to better use it to your advantage from a business perspective.

A Brandwatch report, which has studied over 10,000 random tweets has established some key trends that will impact the way we use Twitter in 2013.

The results, which analysed brand mentions and consumer voice, are especially important for brands to understand Twitter as a communication channel.

by Tim Grimes 01 March 2013 09:47am 2 comments

How social media is impacting Australian TV viewing habits

A new Yahoo!7 survey has revealed that social media is playing an increasingly larger role in influencing the television viewing habits of Australians.

The second annual Social TV Survey polled more than 7,000 online Australians late last year and found that almost half of the respondents (43%) used social media while watching television.

by Claire Brinkley 20 February 2013 22:15pm 0 comments

All the facts about Twitter's mobile users: infographic

Of all the major social networks, Twitter is perhaps the one that is most inherently suited to mobile due to the transient nature of 140 character tweets.

Of course that doesn’t necessarily mean that it has been any more successful than the others in coming up with a coherent policy for monetising its mobile apps.

But even so, this infographic shows just how much potential lies in Twitter’s mobile platform. The social giant has more than 10m users in the UK, of which 80% access the network using a mobile device.

by David Moth 19 February 2013 12:13pm 0 comments

Nine questions every CMO should ask their mobile strategist

With a recent study showing that only a tiny 14% of CMOs are happy with their mobile strategy we thought it was about time people start asking questions about their brand in mobile.

Mike Philips (Strategist) and I put together nine questions that every CMO should ask their mobile strategist.

by Douglas McDonald 14 February 2013 12:30pm 3 comments

Is Twitter transforming the way we watch TV?

Social media monitoring company Brandwatch has recently undertaken a study to unveil how Twitter is transforming the way we watch TV.

The study, which analysed Twitter conversation during 50 of the top UK and US TV shows has highlighted a number of key TV ‘dual screen’ behaviours.

It has outlined the TV shows are taking full advantage of their Twitter presence in order to grow and retain a loyal customer following.

by Rob McNair 31 January 2013 11:04am 6 comments

Stats: Twitter's relationship with TV revealed

There was a huge amount of buzz last year around the inevitable rise of connected TV, which sounded great but rather ignored the fact that viewers were already using their smartphones to interact with what they were watching.

New apps like Zeebox have achieved huge success by allowing people to share their TV viewing experience with others, but Twitter and Facebook remain as two of the main ways of talking about TV.

To highlight the depth of this link, Twitter has published a new report revealing some of the ways in which consumers use the social network to engage with TV shows.

Here are some of the most interesting stats and cases studies, but for more information on this topic checkout our Twitter for Business Best Practice Guide and this blog post on what can we learn from the top five retail brands on Twitter.

by David Moth 16 January 2013 09:48am 0 comments

The mobile train has left the station: Are you on board?

There are a few times when we realize that a certain technology is going to change everything about our lives: the first time we used a cell phone, received an email, searched the Internet or downloaded a song. This past Black Friday was the day we realized that mobile shopping would have just that sort of impact.

On Black Friday 2012, one out of every four dollars spent online at retail websites came from a mobile device. This amounts to more than $300 million dollars in one day alone. For those retailers who’ve already embraced mobile, it was a day of celebration, a culmination of their hard work and foresight. For retailers who didn’t get their share of this new mobile world, it’s a wake-up call: Get with the mobile program, or have consumers leave you behind.

by Tamara Gaffney 13 December 2012 14:13pm 6 comments

Q&A: Lovehoney's Matthew Curry on jiggle balls, TV and user experience

Matthew Curry is Head of E-commerce at adult retailer Lovehoney, and he'll be speaking at our JUMP event on October 10.

He'l be talking about how offline PR affects online sales, after the company were featured in a recent Channel 4 documentary.

I've been asking Matthew about his presentation, the effects of TV coverage, and his approach to user experience.

by Graham Charlton 04 September 2012 11:41am 1 comment

AT&T AdWorks to bring TV, mobile data to online ad targeting

Targeting technologies have become more sophisticated over the years, but reaching the right consumers at the right time is still a major focus for advertisers and ad networks.

AT&T's ad network, AdWorks, which the company claims reaches some 181m unique users per month, is planning to roll out a new approach to this long-standing challenge in September.

by Patricio Robles 27 August 2012 18:41pm 1 comment