Facebook: Feeding The Social Media Habits Of The Five Hundred (Million)
“Four hundred million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine registered Facebook users… 500 million!” Congratulations to Mark Zuckerberg
blurMarketing Presents… A Social Media Marketing Guru
We at blur Marketing are proud to present a woman who puts the ‘G’ into Geek. How so, we hear you defiantly ask? Well with a jammed packed CV that we couldn’t possibly detail on here, we will tell you this- she is a social media marketer based in Brighton who has freelanced for the BBC [...]
The Prince is Dead… Long Live The Gaga! | Social Media
By Lisa J So the artist Formerly known as Prince had a right royal tantrum two weeks ago by- wait for it – refusing to release any of his material online. Can someone please toss out the tumbleweed because I really can’t be bothered this time around.
So What Exactly IS the Beef With Online Dating?
By Lisa J Facebook users are just not happy with the online dating ads that seem to lurk in the background while they look at their homepage, update their profile, comment on status’/photographs and generally stalk members of the public.
Nike’s 2010 World Cup advertising curse?
Within a week of the release of Nike’s 2010 World Cup advert, the three-minute video broke previous viral records with an unprecedented 7.8million views. Nike’s marketing ploy seemed flawless. It glistened. It gleamed. It was a beautiful piece of cinematic editing. It had a great slogan (Write the Future).
blurMarketing Presents…60 Seconds With a Social Media Strategist
Marketers are so hard to find these days,mainly because they are in hiding, but lucky for us we managed to get an interview with one of our crowd members for a quick blitz 60 seconds- painless! So let us quickly introduce Leon Spencer.
Key Tips To Avoid A Marketing ASBO
Here at blur Marketing, we’re pleased to introduce guest blogger, Georgina Firth, a crowd member from blur-marketing.net. Georgina is a published journalist, corporate copywriter and Digital SEO PR in the IT, Telco and business space. Her work has included projects with 02, Chartered Institute of Marketing, Marketing Week and Panasonic.
blurMarketing Presents…. An Interview With ‘The Naked Copywriter’
Right, bit of an interesting one, this week we caught up with the naked copywriter…. yes we said copywriter. We’ll give you three bits (no pun intended) of information: He’s based in London, enjoys snowboarding and has worked with the Metropolitan police. Scroll down to find out the rest on Hayes Thompson…
The All New Magazine Cover Stars | Advertising
Imagine a world without the most modern of modern western concepts- the marketable celebrity and the jaw-droppingly stunning model. How would advertisers cope?
10 Ways Blogging Can Boost Your Company Profile | Social Media
By Adrian Niculescu Once upon a time in a pixelated land far far away the only thing that mattered when it came to measuring hit success was the number of inbound links to your static website that would inform Google how relevant your content is.
‘I poked your mum’: When the joke is no longer funny… to some people | Social Media
By Lisa J When someone says to you, ‘hey, I like your dress’ do you credit the designer and proceed to give the admirer a list of outlet stores complete with phone numbers, stockists and websites?
10 Key Methods for Good Web Brand Management | Social Media
By Adrian Niculescu A company in the online world should also reflect its capabilities in the offline world. However, if a company is mainly based online, then web image is a core element which will make a huge difference in whether the company will succeed or fail worse than an oil based fire suit.
Facebook Questions To Change Digital Marketing?
Facebook has an extraordinarily large audience- more than 500 million users to place it into some sort of context. But Mark Zuckerberg’s social media juggernaut is not resting on its laurels- they are turning to Crowdsourcing to improve user interaction.
blurMarketing presents…. An Interview With a Professional Media Planner
‘[Cinderella] believed in dreams, alright, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn’t come along, she went over to the palace and got him.’- Walt Disney 1949.
Minority Report? Individual Advertising, Good Idea or Are We Just CruisEing for a bruising?
Here’s some marketing news which will either make your eyes light up with excitement, or accelerate your efforts to reach that remote cave in deepest Siberia.
Banking Web 2.0 – How the major card issuers look at the Social Media phenomenon
By Adrian Niculescu “We watched various brands and companies within our industry and elsewhere struggle, sometimes fail, to achieve their objective, which is always to get closer to the customer, to know more, to create a relationship” – Mike Boush, Vice President of E-Business, Discover Financial Services
