The US President Donald Trump has a tendency to issue quite contentious statements via Twitter. Some of those statements might appear to be a little lacking in gravitas. This plugin for Chrome will give them the gravitas they deserve by converting them all to Comic Sans.
You can see it “in action” on one of President Trump’s recent tweets in the screenshot below:
Want it? You can grab it here.
FIFA has sent takedown notices to Twitter in relation to Twitter users “abusing” the FIFA trademarks.
More details here
The Irish Social Media Awards are being held in June in Dublin and nominations opened today.
As with other years nominations are 100% free.
This year’s categories are:
Facebook categories:
Facebook Page for a Business (Non Campaign)
Facebook Page for a Non-Profit/Organisation
Facebook Page for a Business (owner managed)
Integrated Facebook Campaign: Page, App, Ads
Twitter categories
Best Business Twitter account – marketing, sales
Best Business Twitter account – support, CRM
Best Business Twitter Campaign
Mobile categories
Best Mobile App (Marketing)
Best Mobile App (Events)
Best Mobile Campaign Using Social Media
SME Categories
Best Use of Social Media by an SME (new)
Best Blog of an SME
Other Categories
Best Experimental Format (Vine, Instagram, Snapchat)
Best Social Media Only Campaign (not linked to any other media)
Most Innovative Use of Social Media
Best Use of Social Media by State Body
Customer Care using Social Media (Integrated)
Best Video/Video Campaign (non broadcast)
Best Online PR Campaign
Best Use of Social Media for a Sponsorship Campaign
Social Media Effectiveness – conversions, metrics etc
Best Integrated Social Media Campaign
Full details on the event site.
Gary Vaynerchuk posted this deck yesterday.
It’s well worth reviewing and sharing, as it highlights one of the worst things that people and businesses do on Twitter:
I’ve seen a LOT of businesses abusing Twitter this way. Sure, if someone pays you or your business a compliment you might want to share it. But if the bulk of your tweets and retweets are just this kind of junk then it’s really quite pathetic
Economy carrier Ryanair has finally joined twitter
Their first tweet was sent nearly two weeks ago and shares the “tongue in cheek” style you’d expect from the brand:
#Ryanair has joined Twitter! Follow our official account for the latest Ryanair news & special offers. PS There's no charge for following us
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) September 17, 2013
So far their account hasn’t got that many followers, but it does have the “verified” symbol:
What’s a little “odd” is that so far the account is not following anyone back, though following a far lower number of accounts back than follow them is fairly normal for brands on social networks.
Twitter is experimenting with new advertising techniques and formats.
In a recent announcement the company announced their plans to start targetting their US users based on their web browsing activity.
The new “service” is aimed at US based Twitter users so Europeans should not be impacted:
So if you’re a European Twitter user you shouldn’t have to do anything..
But if you are in the US it’s quite easy to disable this new form of targetting.
George Takei “gets” social media and his Facebook page is probably one of the more amusing ones on Facebook.
From earlier today:
Social media networks want more users. Of course if you’re trying to grow your social network then it makes sense that you use your users’ existing connections .. So a lot of social networks tap into the data available via Twitter, Facebook and other services.
Of course by doing this they can upset each other .. end result you see social networks blocking access to each other. Sometimes it’s pretty petty, but it’s still fascinating to watch.
The guys over at Hootsuite used a Game of Thrones style analogy to visually represent what’s been going on:
Pinterest has made changes to their systems in the last couple of months that make it easier for brands and businesses to use the social network.
But what’s actually going on?
This graphic from Curalate gives some interesting insights:
Do you use Pinterest? Why? Do you like it? Hate it? Let us know in the comments!
A lot of the companies flogging social media services to businesses probably shouldn’t be in the business at all.
A lot of the “advice” they’re giving companies is terrible and yet they charge their clients “top dollar” for it.
(Not all of the companies operating in the space are “evil”, but a lot are)
The Onion’s recent video in the style of “Ted Talks” is brilliant and worth watching if you have any doubts about social media gurus:
