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Google versus Facebook - from an advertising perspective [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Google versus Facebook - from an advertising perspective [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | May 8, 2013
There is a new kid in town when it comes to online marketing - Facebook, after years of trying to convince marketers that it was a viable platform, is starting to make its mark. Read More
Opportunity knocks: Facebook goes after truly personalised travel
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Opportunity knocks: Facebook goes after truly personalised travel
By Viewpoints | May 7, 2013
Facebook is dreaming of a world where personalisation is no longer just a marketing buzzword and relevance is a reality. Read More
How to organise your social media workflow
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How to organise your social media workflow
By PhocusWire | May 6, 2013
Maintaining a social media strategy is not only about scheduling tweets and replying to mentions. Rather, social media marketing is a living process in which each component is connected to the others. Read More
Decode this: The value of social media in marketing
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Decode this: The value of social media in marketing
By PhocusWire | May 2, 2013
In the ongoing evolution of social media in 2012, people’s behavior in social and mobile matured to a point where the first thing they do when they wake up in the morning is check Facebook on their... Read More
Millions of social mentions bring the crowd to trip planning
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Millions of social mentions bring the crowd to trip planning
By Nick Vivion | May 2, 2013
By parsing the millions of travel mentions on social media, Suggestme.com curates an algorithmically-organized view of a city. Read More
Reality check, please: Not every startup founder will be the next Mark Zuckerberg
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Reality check, please: Not every startup founder will be the next Mark Zuckerberg
By PhocusWire | May 1, 2013
Entrepreneurs dream of sell their company for millions of dollars. But a nasty secret of venture capital is that the dream can be dashed as the venture capitalists make millions in a sale, leaving the... Read More
Mining the Facebook social graph to work out what travellers want to do on a trip [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Mining the Facebook social graph to work out what travellers want to do on a trip [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | May 1, 2013
Travel companies are finally getting their heads round the fact that Facebook can be a goldmine of information about consumer habits and the things they like doing on a trip. Read More
Battle of the sexes played out in social media
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Battle of the sexes played out in social media
By PhocusWire | April 29, 2013
It's not just the youngsters, adults have given into the social media temptation and have signed up for Facebook and created Twitter accounts. Read More
Beyond engagement and marketing - other growing pains for social media
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Beyond engagement and marketing - other growing pains for social media
By PhocusWire | April 26, 2013
Listening to various panels at a recent event, I noticed many expressed a "wait and see" attitude about social media. Perhaps this reflects the reality that social media is still in its infancy. Read More
Thomas Cook tunes into social media with listening lab
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Thomas Cook tunes into social media with listening lab
By Linda Fox | April 25, 2013
Lots of buzz words kicking about in Thomas Cook's announcement of a 24/7 rapid response social media listening lab Read More
Social media marketing ethics - reflections after the Boston Marathon bombing
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Social media marketing ethics - reflections after the Boston Marathon bombing
By PhocusWire | April 24, 2013
Social media professionals have turned to tactics that undermine some of the core tenets promised by social media. Read More
Indians fail to leave social networks at home when travelling
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Indians fail to leave social networks at home when travelling
By Karthick Prabu | April 24, 2013
A study has found Indians cannot switch off from their digital lives during a trip, with 42% of the travellers actually logging into social networks more whilst on holiday than when at home. Read More
Reviewing ecommerce in India through the lens of social media
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Reviewing ecommerce in India through the lens of social media
By PhocusWire | April 24, 2013
Ecommerce and social media - interestingly, both chart their beginning at the same period and their growth has been somewhat identical as well. Read More
Social media fail at El Al as Open Skies strike grounds services
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Social media fail at El Al as Open Skies strike grounds services
By Viewpoints | April 22, 2013
At times of crisis, it’s well-known that social media comes into its own. It helps spread real-time updates, answer questions from anxious customers - but this isn't new. Read More
Sabre distances itself as American Airlines weathers storm of systems outage
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Sabre distances itself as American Airlines weathers storm of systems outage
By Linda Fox | April 17, 2013
Sabre has moved to put some space between it and a major systems failure at American Airlines that forced the carrier to ground flights yesterday Read More
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