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Newsweek scores sexist own goal with Sarah Palin cover

Newsweek clearly wanted to make Sarah Palin look at bit of an idiot with its cover that some are calling sexist, but it looks to have had the reverse affect and is whipping up support for the Republican from Alaska who shoots stuff and is looking to run...

Posted Nov 19 2009, 09:40 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 4 comment(s)

Filed under: Facebook, Huffingtonpost, Tina Brown, Republicans, Bill Clinton, Newsweek, Democrats, Jon Meacham, Going Rogue, Runners World, Barrack Obama, Sarah Palin, Christopher Hitchins

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Agencies not using social media well

The ad agency world is not shining when it comes to using social media to market itself, according to new research, but is pretty good at setting things up blogs and Twitter accounts and then infrequently updating them. Overall, the **research from search...

Posted Nov 16 2009, 10:19 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 12 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Facebook, social media, Twitter, LinkedIn, AKQA, Publicis

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Media140: personality and social media – do you need one?

The panel I chaired at Media140 in London felt like it could have run and run (it almost did) as the question as to whether "brands need a social media personality to engage consumers" or not sits at the heart of what a lot of companies are...

Posted Oct 28 2009, 01:28 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 7 comment(s)

Filed under: Facebook, social media, Twitter, dell, Jet Blue, Habitat, Virgin America, Bestbuy, Southwest Air, Virgin Trains, Media140, Ford

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BBC readies social media make-over

A couple of reports around today on the BBC's social media plans saying that as soon as this weekend it will begin adding applications to support its most popular shows. Broadband TV News says that the likes of 'Strictly Come Dancing' will...

Posted Sep 30 2009, 12:17 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: BBC, Facebook, Myspace, social media, Strictly Come Dancing

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Gordon Brown needs to consider his social media reputation

Following on from Friday's post on Labour's Twitter lead , research says that Gordon Brown has a lot of ground to make up with Britain's 30m online social network users as he looks to make his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference...

Posted Sep 28 2009, 09:28 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 7 comment(s)

Filed under: Facebook, Labour, Myspace, Tories, Twitter, YouTube, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, bebo, Nick Griffin Social media, Yomego, Nicolas Sarkozy, British National Party, Labour Party Conference

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Twitter gets $1bn valuation but where are the revenues?

Twitter is raising around $50m more which sees its valuation leap to around $1bn, but there are still no immediate signs of significant future revenues. Interesting that Techcrunch has broken the news of the latest round of venture capital money raised...

Posted Sep 17 2009, 09:08 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Facebook, social media, Twitter

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Facebook at 300m it's the Disney of social networks

Facebook has passed a number of milestones this year and as it passes the 300m users mark there doesn't seem to be much stopping it or much competition in its rear view mirror. Adding 50m users in two months is really something. Earlier this year...

Posted Sep 16 2009, 09:16 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Facebook, Myspace, social media, Twitter, Disney

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Twitter and the power of small businesses

This video interview with a small New Jersey-based iced tea business is literally your small business marketing plan. It shows as well as anything I've seen how good Twitter and social media can be at helping people tap into a community and get results...

Posted Sep 15 2009, 11:49 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Facebook, social media, Twitter, small business

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Is Twitter killng Hollywood's multi million $$$ movie marketing campaign?

The era of the big movie marketing campaign might be over. Hollywood might spend millions marketing its new movies only to find that expected hits like 'Bruno' and 'G.I. Joe' are being sunk by a bunch of tweets and status updates as word...

Posted Aug 25 2009, 12:04 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 7 comment(s)

Filed under: Facebook, social media, Twitter, G.I. Joe, Bruno, Quentin Tarantino, Baltimore Sun, Inglourious Basterds

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NCAA fails in sideline Twitter ban

A college football division (the American kind) has u-turned on its policy that attempted to clamp down on bloggers and amateur sportswriters, effectively 'banning' social media from its stadiums, by prohibiting fans from recording sideline video...

Posted Aug 20 2009, 11:49 AM by Dan Leahul with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Facebook, football, Twitter, YouTube, ncaa

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Apple getting social with iTunes

A new month, and a new salvo of Apple rumours to wade through - this time concerning iTunes, with the web salivating over the prospect of an iTunes/Twitter/Facebook/Last.fm partnership. Thing is, it ain't gonna happen. It certainly looks like Apple...

Posted Aug 12 2009, 11:25 AM by Dan Leahul with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Apple, Facebook, iPhone, Twitter, itunes, Last.fm

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Facebook search is great, but will Google care?

It's a big day for Facebook, and hats off to them, with the acquisition of FriendFeed and the launch of its real-time search engine, Mark Zuckerberg and Co. deservedly so, have a formidable product to bury Twitter, and even put a little scare into...

Posted Aug 11 2009, 10:21 AM by Dan Leahul with | with 4 comment(s)

Filed under: Facebook, Google, social media, Twitter, real time web, search, friendfeed

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US Marine Corps grapples with Web 2.0 - bans use of Twitter, Facebook and MySpace

The US Marine Corps has banned use of Twitter, Facebook and MySpace for its active soldiers - the result of the US' deputy defence secretary William Lynn's vow to review military use of social networks. The Marine's said the ban is a measure...

Posted Aug 05 2009, 11:32 AM by Dan Leahul with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, army, military

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Huh... turns out Google actually IS your friend

Google is officially on Facebook, and the people approve. But no, not in a way that actually makes sense, Microsoft already has that covered. Google has quietly rolled out its own Facebook page, and the search giant's presence on the world's most...

Posted Aug 03 2009, 11:49 AM by Dan Leahul with | with no comments

Filed under: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter

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Facebook "the movie" gets thumbs up

Aaron Sorkin has apparently finished his script for what is being dubbed Facebook "the movie" (real title 'The Social Network') and its all sounding very promising. There are a lot reasons to look forward to this. Not least Aaron ('West...

Posted Jul 10 2009, 03:40 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Facebook, West Wing, baseball, Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball, Oakland Atheltics

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Newsweek scores sexist own goal with Sarah Palin cover

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Media140: personality and social media – do you need one?

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BBC readies social media make-over

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Gordon Brown needs to consider his social media reputation

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Twitter gets $1bn valuation but where are the revenues?

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Facebook at 300m it's the Disney of social networks

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Twitter and the power of small businesses

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Is Twitter killng Hollywood's multi million $$$ movie marketing campaign?

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NCAA fails in sideline Twitter ban

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Apple getting social with iTunes

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Facebook search is great, but will Google care?

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US Marine Corps grapples with Web 2.0 - bans use of Twitter, Facebook and MySpace

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Huh... turns out Google actually IS your friend

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Facebook "the movie" gets thumbs up