5 Trends for the Future of Social Media in 2020
Nicola Hatch LIghterness2020-05-02T15:41:43+00:00It’s the start of the year, and, indeed the start of a decade, and if you’re looking to plan your social media campaigns for this [...]
Top Tips for Planning your Christmas Social Media Campaigns
Nicola Hatch LIghterness2019-10-17T22:00:02+00:00It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Almost. Kind of. Well, it is if you’re planning your Christmas social media campaigns, and let us be the first to say [...]
The Day the Internet broke
Yasmine Marden2023-10-04T14:17:57+00:00A mere week into October and the month’s already off to a stupendous start. We’re talking vegan cheese, wacky Snapchat filters and Theresa May-inspired poems. [...]
5 Key Ingredients of a Great Social Media Bio
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:14:48+00:00Writing about yourself is a bit cringe, isn’t it? We’ve all been there – tasked with the horribly daunting job of summarising all of what makes you the coolest, greatest, [...]
Facebook’s 20/20 Vision
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:14:48+00:00World-wide facial recognition and swanky search bars are having a moment. From Facebook’s spying eyes to Pinterest’s ‘camera’ tool, the latest in tech is nothing short of exciting. Better read [...]
Feeling Emojinal
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:14:57+00:00If an Apprentice judge can become the 45th President of the United States, anything can happen. Like an onion reaching social media stardom, a feisty emoji petition and a KFC [...]
It’s Bond, Jane Bond
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:15:00+00:00#CourgetteCrisis to the British Intelligence’s latest round of recruitment, social media has been nothing short of entertaining this week. After all, there’s nothing quite like an edition of #WINS and [...]
Marketing Campaigns That Will Put a Smile on Your Face
Yasmine Marden2021-03-04T23:13:25+00:00If you ever hear a commuter’s contagious chuckling on the tube or a co-worker desperately stifling a giggle at something on their computer, chances are they’re [...]
New year, new tweets
Yvette Murrell2019-08-26T17:15:05+00:00The first week of 2017 may have been a slow struggle for some (not all), but it wasn’t complete without some funny moments from social media. This week’s wins and [...]
When Social Media Sleighed
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:15:09+00:00Can you believe 2016 is already coming to an end? Neither can we. As the curtains to this this action-packed year draw to a close, we revisit some of the [...]
Belt it like Beckham
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:15:10+00:00If Christmas is a time for giving, it really is living up to expectations – especially in the world of social media. From one girl’s perfectly-lit selfie to Cruz Beckham’s [...]
The Wrap Up
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:15:13+00:00It may be getting a little frosty, but things are starting to heat up in the social media stratosphere. From Cheryl Cole’s ‘bump’ to a Tory MP’s scribbled memo, this [...]
ThanksGIFing
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:15:16+00:00There was a lot to be thankful for this week in the world of social media. Dogs near and far got in on the Mannequin Challenge, McDonald’s debuted its festive [...]
Move Over, Selfie Stick
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:15:20+00:00Social media. Just when you think it can’t possibly outdo itself, it does. From Obama and Joe Biden memes to Coca-Cola’s “selfie bottle”, it’s a wonderful time to be alive. [...]
Trick or Tweet
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:15:29+00:00In spirit of Halloween this past Monday, social media saw some frightfully amazing twists and frightfully awful turns. From the man who dressed up as his dog’s favourite toy to [...]
Good Hair Day
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:15:32+00:00It’s been an emotional couple of days. Great British Bake Off aired its final episode, Tea the Afghan Hound has been named the prettiest pooch on the planet and #WorldPastaDay [...]
Buoy Oh Buoy
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:15:37+00:00Social media hit some choppy waters this week. Greggs’ newly-launched delivery service caused meltdown, there’s now a ‘Rich Kids’ social media app and the Boaty McBoatface campaign sunk. […]
The good, the bad and the ugly
Yasmine Marden2023-12-09T14:54:00+00:00A Skype call from the First Lady to the ‘hands-free’ selfie, it’s been a fascinating week in the wonderful world of social media, to say [...]
Social Media #Wins and #Fails – 30/09/16
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:15:45+00:00September. What a month it’s been. As we head into October’s line-up of pumpkin-spiced everything, culturally appropriative Halloween costumes and premature Christmas decoration, we take a look back at this [...]
When good relationships go bad
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:15:48+00:00Imagine social media as a solar system made up of planets, asteroids and comets. Now imagine one of these planets goes retrograde — things start to go a bit haywire, [...]
Social Media #Wins and #Fails – 16/09/16
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:15:51+00:00If there was a week of dazzling highs and catastrophic lows (with all the speed and elegance of a sparrow hitting a window) in the world of social media, this [...]
Which brand got it right on National Best Friends Day
Grace Scott2016-06-10T08:46:16+00:00When 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 [...]