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Five minutes with Penny Wilson
In an age where social media output can make or break brand reputation, the ability to personalise digital output is a key brand touchpoint. Penny Wilson, chief marketing officer at Hootsuite, discusses the importance...
Brands find love online
One way of gauging public sentiment towards a brand is to measure interaction with it on social media. A list compiled by social analytics platform, NetBase, shows th...
Brand new chance
According to The Howard League, a charity working across the UK for penal reform and safer communities, this week there are over 85,000 individuals incarcerated nationally....
Rewind: MSN Messenger
MSN Messenger was once the favoured chat programme for teens everywhere. Yet, it fell into disuse when more comprehensive social networks were introduced. Could a shift in brand positioning have saved the brand from o...
Where everybody knows your name
The transformation of pub brands can help create places wherepeople want to be. Clive Woodger, founder of SCG International, analyses the state of pub and alcohol brands in the UK...
Smart, social and segmentation: Dubai Lynx, Day 3
In the Minority Report, Tom Cruise’s character walks through a fictional future city and is recognised at places like the Gap and targeted with a personalised, computerised video advert at the entrance to stores. Desp...
Facebook plays its cards right
London-based creative agency, Human After All, was appointed to create decks of business-to-business playing cards for Facebook to deal out its annual marketing statistics....
Believe in better communal space
Sky has recently unveiled two new recreational spaces at its media campus in Osterley, West London. Implemented by creative consultancy Sedley Place, the new social spaces are intended to offer the flexibility and inf...
Social climbers: Luxury fashion insights
For luxury brands, social media is less about consumer-oriented marketing than it is about building a brand and engaging audiences in a long- term brand experience. Brittany Golob examines social insights in the luxur...