25 May 2012
| by John Owens
A social care group whose efforts led to the creation of a shadow minster for older people
17 May 2012
| by Hannah Crown
More than a quarter of people aged over 55 are using social media to talk to big brands, according...A survey by Fishburn Hedges and Echo Research shows a significant public shift towards using social ...
per cent of the 55 plus age bracket had used social media for the same purpose.
The figure was 32 ...
, 65 per cent of people preferred social media to call centres, and 40 per cent of people thought ...
03 May 2012
| by Hannah Crown
social networking guidelines for its members until this year....not change because they are communicating through social media... However, social media does raise new ...
that social media was still very much an 'undiscovered void' within healthcare. 'Facebook was launched eight years ago and Twitter six, so it s by no means new. We should have seen social media guidance much ...
Car giant Honda UK is on the hunt for a social media agency to help open up customer conversations...Honda is seeking a digital and creative social media agency that can work alongside the in-house team to create a fun and energetic online presence.
Tara Berry, social media and PR comms executive at Honda UK, said: I want the chosen agency to work with me to revamp and refresh our social ...
in 'social TV'....push the social TV agenda and promote two screen TV as people increasing watch TV while also tweeting ...
16 Mar 2012
| by John Owens
We Are Social has opened a base in New York to capitalise on the growing trend towards global...will be MD of the New York offering, takes the role after
working at We Are Social's UK office, where she ...
responsible for social
media strategy and implementation at a global level, we will be able to
service ...
worked as head of social media at Cake. Robin Grant, global MD at We Are Social, said: 'We've opened up ...
15 Mar 2012
| by Kate Magee
Citroen UK has struck an innovative deal with Universal Music to supply cars for the record label...the launch dates.
In September 2010, Citroen placed its DS3 supermini in Pixie Lott's music video ...
15 Mar 2012
| by Matt Cartmell and John Owens
A group of high-profile music agency figures are understood to have discussed setting a minimum...redundant as it struggles with declining fees (see story below).
One London-based music agency insider ...
against dwindling revenues.
One music label insider said agencies were 'really suffering' as a result ...
focusing on artists was 'foolhardy' when live music is more lucrative. LD has recently promoted the NME ...
to shape up their social media records....made after the riots last August, pointing to a report into councils use of social media in PRWeek .
Socitm s review of councils use of social media revealed that Coventry City Council was the council ...
as failing to use or understand social media.
It is clear that despite these warnings there are many ...
09 Mar 2012
study into local authority social media use....Socitm's review of councils' use of social media has revealed that
councils such as Plymouth City Council, East Cambridgeshire District
Council and Omagh District Council are not promoting the use of social
media to communicate with residents. At the other end of the scale, Coventry City Council came ...