A couple of weeks ago now, one of Turkey’s leading social media sites, SosyalMedya.co, reached out to 1000heads for some opinion and insight about the amazing growth the area has seen over the past year. The full item can be read [in Turkish!] on their site, however, Fulya Çimen, content strategist at SosyalMedya.co has kindly [...]
As part of our active membership of the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) Social Media Council, it’s our duty to discuss, debate and disclose details and information about the issues facing the industry today. Effective immediately, we’ll be contributing a monthly column to the IAB UK Social blog pages and that kicks off today with this [...]
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As a global word of mouth creative agency we have offices all over the world, aiding and assisting clients everywhere. Our roots, believe it or not, are in rural Oxford but for the past two years, our global headquarters (and natural home) has been right here in London. We work here, we live here, we [...]
Each morning I spend around 15mins of my day looking through my Google Reader for some decent content that I can share across the fairly interesting 1000heads Twitter feed. Sometimes though, I come across such a fantastic idea, such a perfect execution that it warrants a whole blog post on its own. Today is one [...]
The success of our social recruitment work with Mars has left us pretty evangelical about its possibilities, and it looks like increasing numbers of HR and recruitment professionals are starting to source and engage with talent in a social way. Here in London Bill Boorman‘s #trulondon social recruitment unconferences are a good place to look [...]
My girlfriend and I spent the weekend in Dorset a couple of weeks ago, relaxing with friends. It was lovely. Beaches, barbecues and beer. Bliss. On the Friday evening, we were having a drink in the garden when my friend’s phone buzzed from inside the house. “Oh”, he said returning with the device, “I’ve got three [...]
A tale about that lesser-know social network, Gransnet Last Christmas, my mother-in-law announced that she was never going on Facebook, that she was far too busy to mess around on the web, and that she knew no-one in her social circles who was on it. This surprised me slightly – she loves to chat to [...]
This week I discovered a handy graphic from author Geoff Livingston that tracks the history of ‘influencer theory’. The idea of the influencer – that well-connected, vocal and trusted trend-setter who spreads advocacy and sales through his or her online network – has been hugely important in the development of social campaigns. However, it far [...]
LaFleur @ Flickr The music industry has taken a radical turn in the last ten years. Anyone watching with even a passing interest can’t fail to have noticed how the emphasis has turned to online tools. My colleague Molly touched on this issue very recently and she had a great point to make – labels, [...]
