From Tom Watson’s intern, to Ed Miliband’s “Blackbusters tweet” Anthony Weiner’s weiner we are getting increasingly used to political slip-ups in social media. However, it is celebrities we really need to worry about, as they encourage their adoring fans to do all sorts of thins mad, bad, and sometimes outright dangerous things via social networks (usually Twitter).
The new Facebook Timelines increases engagement per post for brands by a 46%, according to research done by Simply Measured.
Simply Measured looked at engagement stats before and after the launch of Timeline of fifteen major early adopters, and in addition to overall engagement, their research showed that migrating a brands page to Timeline gives a 14% increase in fan engagement.
Deeply moving, when you know what happens next.
A long way to go, but delighted to hear of his current progress - breathing unaided, recognising family members, and responding to questions.
Women are quietly shaping the world of social media by using it, running it, and reporting on it. So on International Women’s Day it seemed apt to highlight a few women blazing a social trail in various ways.
Is it just me, or does this sound a lot like Rusbridger saying “please do our job for us for free”?
As much as I love online media, I was very excited to receive my first proper print commission, in the March addition of Total Politics magazine.
I wrote about the growing innovations in the e-government field, and how this links to the current governments moves towards transparency and cost cutting.