A quick peek into the world of social this week… Instagram’s ‘Save Draft’ feature After rumours have been circling the past few weeks, Instagram has finally confirmed that they are [...]
#Wins Nissan asks athletes to #DoItForUs How do you promote a car manufacturer in a clever way to the Olympic and Paralympic games? I must admit, when we saw this [...]
This week, Instagram introduced a new dimension to their app, with Instagram Stories - which looks remarkably similar to Snapchat. The new function allows users to post instant photos and video clips [...]
#WINS After a sunny weekend, the week started off with the usual dose of much needed #MondayMotivation https://twitter.com/UKHaunted/status/757559731661701120 #GottaFeedThemAll Pokemon Go continues to dominate our news feeds with no signs [...]
#Wins It’s getting hot in here Whilst temperatures rose to unbearable levels this week, Greenpeace tweeted this cute little elephant doing what we all wanted to be doing… […]
In case you hadn’t noticed, Pokémon GO has now become available in the UK. It has seen more active users this week than Tinder, and is on target to take [...]
A round-up of all things social by 24 fingers’ Little Miss Sunshine, Yvette Murrell Facebook at Work – coming to an office near you soon […]
Just like the sunshine, bright and cheerful Yvette Murrell has joined us for the summer as our dazzling social media intern. We catch up with her to find out what [...]
Wins/Fails He’s offended more countries than we’ve had Diet Cokes, and now he’s the Foreign Secretary. Time will tell how Boris Johnson handles this one, but until then Twitter has [...]
#ALLLIVESMATTER The most powerful man in the world (no, not David Beckham), Mr Barack Obama has waded into what is becoming a seriously contentious debate. […]
FAILS Everybody should be proud of who they are but rightly so, the timing of Thursday’s #HeterosexualPrideDay did not go down well on Twitter. It prompted a particularly vivid backlash [...]
An irreverent review of social media news with Rebecca Davies-Nash, head of content at 24 fingers. This message will self-destruct after reading Snapchat has done something strange, it’s gone in for [...]
Without sounding horribly dramatic, the future is video. And then more video. With the ever-increasing popularity of apps such as Snapchat, short, snappy video content is where it's at, offering brands the [...]
#WINS Chipotle champions Chipotle filled us with pride (... sorry, couldn’t resist) with this sponsored tweet. On Tues 21st June, quote “PRIDE” at the counter and 50% of sales will [...]
So the Brexit thing happened. And when things happen, the internet likes to have its say. Here’s a round-up of our favourites. This overwhelming subtlety. I plan [...]
An irreverent review of social media business news with Rebecca Davies-Nash, head of content at 24 fingers. See other professionals in your network Microsoft is buying LinkedIn. For £18.5bn. [...]
#WINS You’re kitten me Just when you thought an attractive man in uniform couldn’t get any better, you find out there’s a kitten involved. Tigger the kitten accidentally travelled 300 [...]
#WINS Marks & Spencer matchmaking Colin the Caterpillar is a much-loved classic cake so updating the brand was always going to be tricky. M&S flawlessly pulled it off with the [...]
An irreverent review of social media business news with Rebecca Davies-Nash, head of content at 24 fingers. Video killed the... 140-character star Bloomberg reports that Snapchat sees an average [...]
Media Production student Natasha Websdale has joined us as part of her course at Bournemouth University. Not quite the McJob she’d dreamed of, but we’ll give her a gold star [...]
When days like #NationalBestFriendsDay roll around, brands have a great opportunity to make the most of a trending hashtag. The only question is: is the trending hashtag right for the [...]
Emoji lovers rejoice, Facebook Messenger is adding a whole new set of diverse icons to its app. Love them or hate them, you can’t avoid emojis. They are popular mostly [...]
An irreverent review of social media business news with Rebecca Davies-Nash, head of content at 24 fingers. Right to reply Twitter did its own version of Monty Python’s ‘Confuse a [...]
#WINS To me, to Craig David Finally, something surprisingly good has come out of Radio 1’s Big Weekend. Paul Chuckle took this epic selfie with Craig David. Take note that [...]
#Wins #HoldTheDoor What do Game of Thrones and IKEA have in common? […]
Today we’re chatting with Gary Smith, Account Director of Rival Colour. Our Gary started in the print industry nearly 30 years ago at Morgan Grampian Publishers, moved into the production office [...]
Search engine optimisation, or SEO, is all about making yourself visible on a search engine’s unpaid results. It’s also referred to as natural or organic. Most people find what they’re looking for [...]
Want to begin a successful email marketing campaign but not sure where to start? Have no fear, the 24 fingers four-step guide to email marketing is here. 1. Content for [...]
Don’t really ‘get’ Snapchat? It’s time to get on board. Snapchat announced recently that it’s now serving 10 billion video views per day - that’s two billion more than Facebook. [...]
Yes, a lot of Pinterest is wedding pictures but that doesn’t mean it’s not a profitable place for your business. Pinning can create plenty of [...]
