On Friday, Facebook celebrated its sixth birthday. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg also announced that the social network had just attracted its 400 millionth member. Guess it’s going to be around for a while then. In New Zealand, Facebook now has 1,220,920 members — and it’s friending its way into Kiwis’ lives fast. Both locally [...]
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Facebook Hits 400 Million
February 8th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Social Media, social
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ABC Trying Too Hard?
November 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Television, social
ABC is introducing a new feature aimed at “encouraging viewers who stream their favorite shows online to make the experience more social”. Right, like we needed encouraging to talk amongst ourselves. This Saturday, according to MediaWeek: … the network will launch ABC Social: Episode Commentary on ABC.com. The new tool allows Web viewers to add [...]
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Why Consumers Use Social Media
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments · consumers, social
Pity the poor marketer, nose pressed against the virtual glass, peering inside the Social Media toyshop. “Why won’t they let me in to play?” he wonders. TMW, a British integrated marketing agency, wondered the same thing. As TMW’s Darran Snatchfold noted in an interview with Brand Republic: The failure of a sizeable chunk of campaigns to [...]
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They're Talking About You
August 31st, 2007 · No Comments · social
They’re Talking About You A massive 80 per cent of people who use social networks have either chattedabout, commented on or reviewed a brand or product on an online forum or social network. That’s one of the key (and most alarming) findings of the 2007 Social Media for Brands Report, conducted amongst 698 UK adults [...]
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Listen, But Validate
July 11th, 2007 · No Comments · social
A massive 80 per cent of people who use social networks have either chatted about, commented on or reviewed a brand or product on an online forum or social network. That’s one of the key (and most alarming) findings of the 2007 Social Media for Brands Report, conducted amongst 698 UK adults aged 18-35 in [...]
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