Daily Archives: 14 March, 2011

Facebook plans to test Groupon style service with discount offers

Facebook is reported to be working on plans to test a Groupon style discount offers service.

The new service will be part of Facebook’s existing Facebook Deals programme, which lets businesses like Gap offer special deals. Read More »

Saudi day of rage – 36,000 Facebook supporters = lone protester

While Facebook and Twitter have helped power the upheavals in Egypt and Tunisia other parts of the Middle East in Saudi Arabia the 36,000 plus people who signed up to support Friday’s ‘Day of rage’ resulted in little more a lone protester in the capital Riyadh. Read More »

SXSW by the numbers [infographic]

Have you ever wondered how many people visited the SXSW conference last year? Or perhaps you wanted to know where everyone came from and what the economic impact of the conference was? Look no further than this infographic. Read More »

Can social media really overtake search?

2011 has been heralded as ‘the year of social media’. But can it really offer companies as solid a marketing investment as search?

It is, of course, far too late to suggest that social media is going to be ‘the next big thing’. Social media is very big and very much ‘the thing’ already. But without doubt, the ante has been upped of late, and even the men in suits are taking note. Read More »