Start Me Up! A profile of Buffer
If you read my blog post about new tools for Twitter users then you may already be aware of Buffer, a fine productivity app that helps me to schedule the content I choose to share on Twitter. It's well worth a look.
I caught up with co-founder Leo Widrich, who focuses on customer experience and support at Buffer. He is also the marketing head who works on spreading the word about Buffer through blogging, social media and "other forms of hustle".
Is social getting too big to be cool?
For social sites, the graph points ever upwards. But will they always be cool enough to attract young users?
It’s an exciting time in digital. As the giants of the internet jostle for pole position, it feels like we’re moving into some sort of endgame.
Or, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
How social are UK SEO agencies: infographic
We’ve talked often about the overlap between social and search.
MDG Advertising suggests that the two channels hold exponentially more power when marketers use them in tandem – and the infographic the agency produced proved to be incredibly popular.
We're yet to find a search professional that believes their discipline can exist in a bubble, but are people practising what they preach?
Q&A: Tourism Australia's Nick Baker on content creation and curation
Econsultancy recently launched its State of Digital Marketing in Australia report, which found that online marketing is rapidly becoming a priority for companies, although many are struggling with elements within this.
However, a number of organisations in the country have a well-established legacy of digital operations, arguably the most recognisable and prominent being Tourism Australia, the official Government agency which is responsible for both the international and domestic promotion of Australia as a travel destination.
Here, their executive general manager of consumer marketing, Nick Baker, explains the secrets of their success to date, as well as their plans for the future…
Is it too late to save Friends Reunited?
Friends Reunited, the site best known for reuniting old school friends, is preparing itself for a relaunch.
This time, it’s positioning itself as the home of nostalgia online, celebrating “EVERY blast from the past” with a campaign that uses the phrase “Remember when?” to draw people in.
The new site is due to launch in the next few weeks, and encourages you to search for anything you can remember. You can "find, collect and share the memories you love with the people that were there too".
Domino's asks Australian Facebook fans to create a new pizza
Ever-innovative Domino’s Pizza has today launched a campaign in Australia called “The Social Pizza”.
The brand will give its Facebook fans the power to create a new pizza, which in turn will be sold on its menu across the country.
For the next week, fans will vote on their favourite crust, sauce and ingredients, with the most popular selection each day added to the pizza. Then, people will be able to win $1,000 by naming the finished pizza.
New report: the social shift in internal communications
Econsultancy's latest Smart Pack: The Social Shift in Internal Communications is about the trends in internal communication that are not just affecting how your customers navigate their social relations and the marketplace, but will determine your working future as well.
The fact is that no one quite knows what revolution is going to happen next in the field of communications, which makes enterprise-level investments a significant risk.
Large corporations that build their own centralized internal social nets often find that obsolescence comes quickly.
Smaller teams who are encouraged to discover and implement their own ad hoc solutions using mass-market products like Yammer, Jive, Google Apps, or Facebook Groups may not routinely share best practices throughout a larger parent organization. In the words of Catherine Glover, Director of Social@Ogilvy, and a featured interview in the new report, "nothing seems to stick".
Channel 4 launches socially-driven channel called 4seven
Channel 4 has announced the launch of a new channel, called 4seven, at the FT’s Digital Media Conference this morning.
The channel will re-air shows that create the most buzz within social media over the past seven days, giving people an opportunity to catch up on the programmes they’ve missed – and give more time to those that people talk about the most.
Social signals and search: what is the impact?
It's no secret that search engines are increasingly looking at social signals such as tweets or Facebook Likes as part of their fast evolving algorithms.
The arrival of Google+ and subsequent launch of brand page functionality has focused the spotlight on social signals as a factor in influencing search engine visibility.
As part of the research for our latest Quarterly Digital Intelligence Briefing, we looked at the impact this trend is having on digital marketers. Here, we have also talked to some leading search experts about their thoughts on this subject.
Is your business successfully harnessing social data?
The fascinating topic of social data is the focus of the third Quarterly Digital Intelligence Briefing, published today by Econsultancy in partnership with Adobe.
According to our report, only 16% of companies we've surveyed say they are 'harnessing social data effectively' for their businesses.
Below I've summarised some of the key findings and subjects discussed in the report.
