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Like it or not, Facebook Actions have arrived
Everyday we come across things we like, but rarely do we acknowledge them with a raise of the thumb. You wouldn’t walk in to you local branch of Waterstone’s, say, and start giving your favourite book the ‘thumbs up’, would you? No, you would probably buy it and read it. The opposite can be said for the word’s favourite social network, Facebook, which until now has restricted its users to…
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Pinterest – more than just a pinboard?
Chances are you’ve already heard of Pinterest. If you haven’t, Pinterest is a social network that allows you to organise and share visually pleasing things you find on the web; it’s a ‘virtual pinboard’. Early adopters of the site have been ‘pinning’ like mad to create ‘boards’ for all manor of purposes, like planning weddings, storing favourite recipes, bookmarking design inspiration, collating hilarious pictures of kittens and so on. There’s…
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Facebook introduces private messaging for pages
For businesses on Facebook, part of the charm is the opportunity to publically display exceptional levels of customer service through dealing with potential issues on a personal level. Of course, users love this because they can vent their frustrations in front of potentially millions of other fans in order to receive a speedy response. However, sometimes a public display isn’t always needed, and for shy types, or in certain Facebook…
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Gift ideas for the digital marketing geek
With Christmas only days away, stress levels are reaching their annual high, fuelled partly by the last-minute dash for presents for your nearest and dearest. We recently held our annual office ‘Secret Santa’ ceremony, in which we presented each other with hilarious, occasionally offensive gifts. This year we all bought each other mugs, which significantly lessened the usual decision making stress. But it got me thinking, other than offensive drinking…
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Guest Blogging – How To Get Published
My last blog post, about a search query I often use and guest blogging in general, ended with sentence; “Of course, finding blogs is the easy bit, it’s obtaining the links that’s the challenge. More about that coming soon.” So, as promised, here is my brief guide to getting some links out of the hordes of bloggers out there. My “Ultimate Search Query” is an excellent method for finding opportunities…
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A brief digital roundup of 2011 – a panda, riots, growth & misfortune
It doesn’t seem like five minutes ago we were publishing our 2010 roundups on this blog. But here we are, on the brink of Christmas once again, and what a year it’s been. We thought it would be nice to take a look back at some of the key digital news and events that happened in 2011. Not just the biggest news stories, but the things that got us talking…
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The YouTube Website Redesign
Last week video-hosting service YouTube introduced a ‘fresh coat of digital paint’ for its website to improve the user experience for the millions of visitors across the globe. YouTube announced the new layout via its blog and a short introductory video. At the time of writing, the ‘Get More into YouTube’ video has attracted over 13,000 ‘dislikes’ and a mere 4,000 ‘likes’. So what’s so bad about the changes made?…
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Digital music race heats up as Spotify hits 2.5m paying subscribers
It’s been a big few weeks in the digital music world, with Google taking the headlines for the launch of it’s much anticipated digital music service. But not to be shadowed by Google, Spotify announced earlier this week that it’s hit a major milestone – 2.5 million paying subscribers. The Swedish company has struggled to attract paying customers in the past, but the number of people paying for Spotify’s Premium…
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Facebook ticker now serving up ads
Back in September Facebook rolled out a number of new features, including the ‘ticker’ – a live feed located to the upper-right of a user’s home page that presents recent friend activity such as ‘likes’, comments, status updates and more recently, played songs on Spotify. It’s fair to say that the Facebook community were less than enthusiastic about the ticker when it arrived, as they are with most of Facebook’s…
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Breaking news on Twitter
It may not be new, but it certainly seems that the debate between traditional media outlets and social media has hit a new high after staff at news agency Associated Press have reportedly been reprimanded for breaking news on Twitter (as opposed to through the wire) when several AP journalists were arrested at the Occupy Wall Street camp in Manhattan, US. It may not be ground-breaking news but certainly highlights…
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