The best social media stories & campaigns from January 2019
It’s time for your monthly dose of social stories and campaigns.
10 inspiring digital marketing campaigns from Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola has achieved notable successes in digital marketing, not least its massive following on social media and various polar bear campaigns.
GDPR: The funniest tweets we’ve seen this month
The GDPR day of reckoning is upon us.
Two years (or six months, or two weeks, or ten seconds, depending on your level of preparation) of blood, sweat and tears have been leading up to this moment.
However you’re feeling about GDPR, we can all agree on one thing: the internet-wide frenzy that the new regulation has plunged us into has resulted in some hilarious tweets. Here are eight of our favourites.
Social Quarterly Q4: How four platforms are combatting online abuse
A running theme in our latest Social Media Quarterly is how platforms are reducing harassment and increasing support for users online.
For more on this topic, and the very latest news and stats from the world of social media, you can download the full report here.
Why Lidl’s Xmas ‘Social Price Drop’ campaign is no turkey
No matter where you shop, Christmas tends to be a big old drain on the bank balance.
Lidl, the UK’s fastest-growing supermarket, has just launched a social campaign with this in mind.
All the digital news stories you missed this week
This week’s digital news sees plenty from the world of social media, alongside a dose of alt-right controversy and some smashing results from China.
Elsewhere, we’ve seen gender updates from Tinder and a lovely Rube Goldberg recruitment video from AT&T.
Dive in.
Following Donald Trump’s election, the war against algorithms has begun
Algorithms run the internet.
On Google, an algorithm determines which sites appear in search results, and where. On Facebook, an algorithm determines which content makes it into each user’s News Feed.
All the digital news stories you missed this week
This week’s tinder box of digital news has included Shakespeare, Slack, AI (as usual), Vine, a humongous acquisition and Donald Trump (as usual).
Why not read it while eating some seasonally-appropriate porridge with a topping of your choice?
All the digital news stories you missed this week
If, like me, you were lucky enough to be at the best event in the marketing and advertising industry this week, you may have hazy memories of the week’s news.
Well, here, you can metaphorically gaze in the mirror and attempt to focus on the tattoos of tech news you have had inked all over your body in an attempt to remember who owns what and whether cars can drive themselves yet.
What would a Twitter acquisition mean for marketers?
For weeks, rumors have been swirling that Twitter is a buy-out target.
The likelihood of a bidding war fizzled out yesterday after Disney and Google were ruled out as potential buyers, causing Twitter’s share price to drop by 20%.
It leaves Salesforce as the most likely buyer, though it could mean that Twitter remains unsold.
All the digital news stories you missed this week
Snapchat evolves, Twitter sells (?), Facebook is rapped by the Germans.
As ever, there’s been plenty of digital news this week. Here’s your handy roundup.
All the digital news stories you missed this week
The digital world has seen it all this week – from overcharging and misreporting, to philanthropy and AI.
Here are the best bits you should catch up on…