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    It's that time of the year again. What are you New Year's...

      Photo via Dear blog, It is that time of the year where I should publish my New Year's Resolutions for all to see. Wish me luck, and thanks James for inspiring me! Resolution #1: blog more  I've been suffering from blogger's fatigue on and off since I started blogging back in 2006, which has sadly impacted on the quality of the content on this blog. I recently spotted a tremendous post by Mack ...
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    A few social, search and mobile trends for 2012

      I am not usually a big fan of prediction posts, particularly when it comes to social, but recently spotted a handful of predictions by industry experts worth mentioning.   Without further ado, here are a handful interesting social, search and mobile trends for 2012. These 3 disciplines are inextricably interlinked, yet too often siloed, so I figured I would sum them all up in one...
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    Using social content to drive sales through search

    There’s a very wrong assumption floating around the heads of many CMO’s and small business owners alike, that having a Facebook page and Twitter profile is enough, because social media is this new and wonderful thing which is going ‘to do wonders’ for your brand. I am sure we’ve all had clients who have asked for thousands of fans and followers, as quickly as possible without any content, or budget to create conte...
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    Blogfest 2011 - Topshop's smart Tumblr strategy

    Here is at long last, my first entry for the Bathroom Blogfest 2011 on how Topshop uses to Tumblr to 'climb out'. I do promise I'll put up a bathroom related post tomorrow for fun though! Here we go! Brands have embraced social media as a means to 'climb out' and 'hang out' with their fans on social networks. Some brands do it well, others have had their fails...  I've been in working in the social industry for a ...
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A year since Londoners danced; T-Mobile’s new advert

Jan 15th

Posted by Lolly in Advertising and Communication

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2010 is already proving to be an interesting year in terms of Social Media; I clicked for the first time on a Facebook ad the other day, and I am now responding  to a mass mail out from T-Mobile’s YouTube channel, which I subscribe to.

It’s exactly a year since Londoners danced at Liverpool Street station for T-Mobile. To celebrate this anniversary, T-Mobile have a special 3-minute commercial going on TV tonight on Channel 4 at 9.30pm, during Celebrity Big Brother.

The commercial  features 1107 people from around the UK who joined Josh’s Band and recorded a song together.The song can be More >

Josh's Band, Outreaching to bloggers, T-Mobile advert

Adding value to Foursquare badges

Jan 10th

Posted by Lolly in Social Networking - Tools & News

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I was one of the lucky few Foursquare users who  recently received an invite to download their Beta Blackberry app. The Foursquare mobile site seriously sucks, and the app makes it easy and fun to ‘check in’, find out where my friends are but also get recommendations from fellow Foursquare users.

The really clever thing about Foursquare is that it reaches a segment of Internet users (such as myself) who wouldn’t traditionally leave reviews on recommendations websites such as TripAdvisor or Qype. I also really like the idea that restaurants, cafes and even brands can send real-time discounts and offers  to More >

Foursquare, Foursquare badges

Relationship status – it’s complicated

Jan 7th

Posted by Lolly in Advertising and Communication

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Here are a few questions I’d like you to answer…

  • Have you ever ‘liked’ a Facebook advert?
  • Have you ever clicked on a Facebook advert?
  • Have you ever blogged about a Facebook advert?

If you’ve answered ‘no’ to these questions then we’re not dissimilar. Except, today I am blogging about a Facebook advert for the first time since this blog was created.

Facebook advertising effectiveness is arguable, but i did however manage to find a few Facebook advertising stats on Dan Calladine‘s blog.

Blake Chandlee of Facebook EMEA Commercial Director points out  that:

  • CPMs [cost per thousand impressions] on Facebook’s home page are three or four times More >
Facebook Advertising, It's Complicated, Meryl Streep

French Art of Loving

Jan 2nd

Posted by Lolly in Digital PR Campaigns

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I recently spotted an interesting campaign for French lingerie brand Aubade, which I thought would make a lovely case study on how to engage with bloggers.

To support the launch of their new (and really cool too!) French Art of Loving website, Aubade teased a few bloggers to death (quite literally!) and invited them to a saucy event in Central Paris.

The agency behind this campaign firstly tipped off the bloggers with this saucy video. The bloggers who wrote about the video where then Facebook befriended by the person who originally posted the video on YouTube and invited them to a ‘let’s see if More >

Aubade, Blogger engagement, French Art of Loving

Top Twitter tools – December 2009

Dec 31st

Posted by Lolly in Digital PR Tips

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Here’s my selection of tried and tested Twitter tools for December 2009; in no particular order:

1) Listorious - a fantastic site to discover Twitter list and a great tool to identify other Twitters of interest.

2) Brizzly is an aesthetically pleasing web-based Twitter client, which lets you manage multiple Twitter accounts / Facebook profiles, whilst also offering  a number of nifty ‘extras’ such as being able to view full URL (as opposed to bit.ly tiny URL links) and the definition of trending topics. I personally love the threaded DM feature.

3) Must Exist – a cool little site that lets you create a personal More >

Brizzly, Listorious, Must exist, True Twit, Twitter Stats, Twitter Tools December 2009

Best social media campaigns of 2009 (part 2)

Dec 26th

Posted by Lolly in Digital PR Campaigns

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Thanks to everyone who re-tweeted my best social media campaigns of 2009 yesterday. Hope you guys are ready for some more!

Ongoing – Meet Zack, the teenager who woke up one day with girl parts…

A really weird social media campaign for Tampax (yes!!) by Leo Burnett in the USA. Even tampons can be marketed through social media!

Zack is an average teenager who wakes up one day with ‘girl parts’. Uncertain as to what to do, he decides to share his experiences via his blog and Twitter feed.

It’s a little weird at first, but his adventures are disgustingly addictive!

July 2009: Harry Potter More >

Best of Social Media 2009, Social Media Campaigns
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