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Dec 23rd 2011
£550 million spent on Christmas & Boxing day, Sponsored ads enter the Facebook news feed & 1 in every 5 minutes social networking

 UK consumers will spend £550 million online on Christmas Day and Boxing Day According to the latest forecasts from IMRG, consumers will spend more than £550milli ...

TAGS: Christmas | Facebook | Social networks
Sep 09th 2011
Mobile ads for Twitter, spending by mobile up 43% and a third of companies blocking social networks

Twitter aims to launch mobile ads in the UK in October According to Media Week, Twitter is on course to roll out its advertising services in Britain in October this year. Brands w ...

TAGS: Mobile | Social networks | Twitter
Mar 21st 2011
Mobile to drive affiliate campaigns, social networking overtakes entertainment and DigitalCity scheme at risk

45% of marketers expect mobile to drive affiliate marketing in 2011 According to research by LinkShare, almost half of marketers believe mobile will be a major area of growth in ...

TAGS: Affiliate marketing | Social networks
Oct 25th 2010
Internet ad spend up and Christmas shoppers start early online (25/10/2010)

Companies internet ad spend increased by 13.3% in third quarter According to a new report by Bellwether, after a dip in online advertising spending in the second quarter, third ...

TAGS: Ad spend | Christmas | Social networks
Oct 15th 2010
Your weekly digital fix (15/10/2010)

Consumers are outpacing retailers in their demand for mobile commerce According to new research from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), 51% of British mobile users – 2 ...

TAGS: Bing | Facebook | Mobile | Social networks
Jul 12th 2010
Get your weekly news fix here! (12/07/10)

Yahoo! plans news service based on searches and trending topics Yahoo! plans to launch a new type of news service based on search queries and Twitter’s trending topics. The ...

TAGS: Social media | Social networks | Twitter
Jun 25th 2010
Weekly news round-up

Giving you a taste of this weeks biggest stories in digital. Studies reveal that social media is being underused and Twitter's promoted trending topic is finally here. The underus ...

TAGS: Email marketing | Facebook | Social media | Social networks | Twitter
May 08th 2010
Silverbean in seminar for social media

Award winning digital marketing agency Silverbean has presented its guide to achieving social media best practice at the North East How to Use Social Media in Business, Seminar. T ...

TAGS: Social media | Social networks
Mar 17th 2010
Are you anti-social?

Client Service Manager at Silverbean, Emma Adcock, considers the dangers and benefits of social media in the professional world and how to generate real value for businesses. Be h ...

TAGS: Social media | Social networks | Twitter
Feb 11th 2010
Google goes social

Have Google created the next phenomenon in Social Networking, or have they simply jumped on the bandwagon too late with no new ideas for the congested Social scene? Neil M Hancock, ...

TAGS: Google Buzz | Social media | Social networks