02/02/12
Two opportunities for students and grads to break their way into the industry with The Eleven and BRAND-SOCIAL, either by way of a summer internship or more long term placement. See below for available positions as a Youth Marketing Consultant or Business Development Manager (scroll a little further down the page!). YOUTH MARKETING CONSULTANT: The [...]
20/01/12
Google+ hits 90 Million users Google CEO Larry Page has reported that Google+, the company’s social network, now has 90 million users. The details came within a press release for Google’s fourth quarter, in which Page said, ‘I’m very excited about what we can do in 2012 – there are tremendous opportunities to help users [...]
13/01/12
Brit nominations revealed with Ed Sheeran leading the way Yesterday saw nominations for the Brit awards announced, with singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran leading the way with four nominations. Sheeran has been nominated for best male, breakthrough act, best single for ‘The A Team’, and best album for his debut record, which is called +. Jessie J [...]
12/01/12
Facebook rolls out ads to news feeds Yesterday saw Facebook rolling out ads onto people’s news feeds, calling them Featured Stories, as opposed to their original Sponsored Stories. The new format within the news feed will work in exactly the same way as Sponsored Stories, showing a user’s interactions with brands within the ad. The [...]
21/12/11
Brands have Google+ pages but few have many followers According to research by two firms, most top brands do currently have Google+ brand pages, but few have many followers or visitors. BrightEdge reported that only 77 of the top 100 brands (based on Millward Brown’s Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2011 list) have Google+ [...]
16/12/11
Facebook Timeline is published to all users Facebook’s new look was rolled out worldwide yesterday, with users being able to see a visual personal history of themselves, similar to a digital scrapbook. Users can either wait until they are prompted about installing Timeline, or can simply head to www.facebook.com/about/timeline now to get it. Users now [...]
12/12/11
So there you have it, at long last The X Factor 2011 has drawn to a close with Little Mix crowned the Champions – becoming the first group to win the competition. But that’s not really the issue here. The past few months have seen the show go to incredible lengths to maintain its audience, [...]
02/12/11
Groupon stock rises after IPO quiet period Following its post-IPO quiet period on Wednesday, Groupon have expressed defiance after recent negative press trumpeting holiday sales success with their continued stock comeback. In a blog post the site said that they had sold more than 650,000 holiday deals over the last weekend showing a 500% increase [...]
29/11/11
In a bid to promote the launch of their brand new product, the Lumia 800, Nokia went all out by hiring deadmau5 along with a team of light projection specialists to put on a 4D show this evening at London’s Millbank, with fans of the company’s Facebook page being told they would be able to [...]
25/11/11
Starbucks launches mobile payments Starbucks, who claim that one in five of its two million customers do not use cash to pay in store, has announced the launch of their first iPhone mobile app payment system after growing weary with the slow rate of development of mobile NFC technology. Customers of the brand who have [...]
