Author Archives: Polly Becker

A tribute to Bob Moog, sonic doodler

Loving Google’s Doodle today, its tribute to Dr. Robert Moog and his invention of the electronic analog Moog Synthesizer.

The interactive Doodle let’s gives you access to your own online Moog and you can record your attempts. Hours and hours of fun as you have your own attempt to create sounds used by bands such as The Beatles, The Doors, Stevie Wonder, Kraftwerk and many others. Read more »

Social media marketing is ludicrously complicated [infographic]

How complicated exactly is social media marketing? If you look beyond Facebook, Twitter and Google+ the sea of social media sites, tools and platforms makes for a dizzying sight as this infographic highlights.

Not only that but it has become seriously more busy in the the last year alone. You get a really good idea of that from this “Social media map of the world” we published back in 2010. Read more »

The Future of the Social Customer – rise of ‘fan commerce’ [infographic]

The social arcade - the social shopper is on the riseWhile many of us currently search for products on social media sites there are as yet few purchases that are happening directly. That, however, is likely to change massively in the next three to five years.

As this infographic details the opportunity for the social shopper has barely been scratched. Read more »

Twitter infographic: Don’t be a twit – tweet your customers

Twitter: the doorway to customer serviceA Twitter infographic here from Yell looking at how consumers increasingly like to interact with businesses on the social network.

It’s a little basic, but it serves as a great reminder of the growing importance that the microblogging network has when it comes to customer service. Read more »

The incredible shrinking Yahoo [infographic]

Do you remember Yahoo when it was this internet pioneer? When we all visited the site and had Yahoo email addresses? Those were the days! Yahoo is now a shadow of its former self a this infographic details.

Its share price once stood at $56 and now sites at $15 its revenue growth has fallen below zero and its main business these days seems to be endless rounds of redundancies. Read more »

The most influential digital and marketing blogs in the UK

We’ve made it. The Wall is featured on this infographic here from Eloqua that lists the most influential digital blogs in the UK.

It’s called “The Blog Tree: UK Edition” and the Wall is in the root system of the tree as accorrding to  Eloqua The Wall is “key in the tech/marketing/digital space”. Read more »

Gatwick shows the way with Twitter customer service support [infographic]

gatwick airport is doing well on Twitter for customer serviceTwitter should be a perfect platform for airports where timely information is crucial to passengers. Sadly that’s not always the case.

Gatwick Airport has released some stats about its use of Twitter on the back of it being given a blue Twitter tick and being included in the Enhanced Profile Page roll out. Read more »

Facebook, Twitter and the London 2012 – the first Social Olympics [infographic]

Olympics: London 2012 will be the world's first social media OlympicsThe 2012 London Olympics have been dubbed the world’s first “social Olympics” arriving at point in history when social media is everywhere.

The International Olympic Committee recently launched an online hub, 16 years after it launched its first website for the 1996 games, and this infographic to celebrate the rise of social media and the games. Read more »

The Revolution Awards 2012 – winners in full and highlights video

Heineken, Xbox, TBG Digital and Adam & Eve triumphed at the Revolution Awards 2012, held on 20 April at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane.

AKQA’s Star Player app for Heineken scooped the Revolution Award for Innovation, the event’s most prestigious accolade. The app focused on the competitive banter of football fans by creating a live and social TV game experience.   Read more »

How social media is taking over the news industry [infogrpahic]

The Hudson River US Airwars Crash - one example of How social media is taking over the news industry [infogrpahic]More than 50% of us have now learned about a major breaking news story via social media. The death of Osama bin Laden being a case in point. That day Twitter hit a new record for tweets as it had its CNN moment.

Other big stories to have broken socially was the start of the Arab Spring in Egypt, the Hudson River plane crash and Whitney Huston’s death. Read more »

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