I love it when a new series of prime time TV show like The Apprentice and Celebrity Jungle starts. Not only does it bring around a new set of “celebs” to watch (and cringe at) but you can be sure there will be a good deal of banter and comment Read more…
Posted in: Blog, Social Media on Sunday, May 12th, 2013 by David Lakins, Managing Director & Head Honcho
Did you see the final episode of Broadchurch on Monday? The smash-hit ITV murder mystery series came to an end this week after 8 tense instalments, watched by an incredible 9 million viewers. The murder of Danny Latimer was finally solved (the file is still open on the serial murder Read more…
Posted in: Blog, Social Media on Friday, April 26th, 2013 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
By David LakinsAt Key Multimedia we love social media but we are always looking to try new ways of using it – particularly in a business sense. We are big advocates of using social for customer service and are well aware that the bigger brands such as FatFace and Next are Read more…
Posted in: Blog, Social Media on Thursday, February 7th, 2013 by David Lakins, Managing Director & Head Honcho
With millions of users sending out millions of messages on Twitter every day, getting your own tweets to stand out and get noticed is not always easy. It’s like trying to be heard in a crowded market square in which everyone’s been given a soapbox and a megaphone, and they’re Read more…
Posted in: Blog, Social Media on Monday, October 15th, 2012 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg received a welcome bit of good news this week with the announcement that his social network has topped 1 billion “active” users i.e. users who have logged into Facebook at least once in the last month. It’s ideal timing for Zuckerberg, whose company has suffered a Read more…
Posted in: Blog, Social Media on Friday, October 5th, 2012 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
When is a Tweet not a tweet? When its blatant advertising disguised as the views of one man. The ASA have cracked down on Nike recently by banning its Twitter #makeithappen marketing campaign through Mr Wayne Rooney’s Twitter page. The Tweet in question from Mr Rooney, said “My resolution – Read more…
Posted in: Blog, General, Social Media on Monday, September 10th, 2012 by James Hart, Digital Account Manager for Search, Marketing & SEO
We’re big fans of third party Twitter apps such as Tweetdeck and Hootsuite here at Key Multimedia, and have found them absolutely invaluable when we have had to manage multiple social media campaigns for many different clients simultaneously. We also encourage clients who look after their own social media to Read more…
Posted in: Blog, General, Social Media on Friday, August 17th, 2012 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
By James Hart☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☂ ☂ ☂ ☂ ☂ ☂ ☂ ☂ Read more…
Posted in: Blog, Social Media on Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 by James Hart, Digital Account Manager for Search, Marketing & SEO
Many council’s across the country have taken to using social media platforms in an effort to communicate and engage with their local community. Despite the proliferation of such platforms it’s interesting to see the different methods being used to broadcast the council’s message and engage with local community. In writing Read more…
Posted in: Blog, Social Media on Friday, August 3rd, 2012 by James Hart, Digital Account Manager for Search, Marketing & SEO
As well as being the world’s biggest sporting event, the London 2012 Olympics is likely to be the biggest demonstration of the power and reach of social media we’ve ever seen. With just a week to go until the opening ceremony, Team GB has been generating a lot of buzz Read more…
Posted in: Blog, Social Media on Friday, July 20th, 2012 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
Douglas Adams said that nothing travels faster than the speed of light, apart from bad news, which follows its own rules. I can’t think of a better example of this than last week, when our local police force here in sleepy Dorset became a trending topic worldwide on Twitter, after Read more…
Posted in: Blog, Social Media on Thursday, April 5th, 2012 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
Our advanced social media monitoring tools are capable of capturing up to 3 months worth of data from Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms that cannot picked up by Google Alerts or other free tools. This means that we are able to get the complete picture of mentions online Read more…
Posted in: Blog, General, Resources, Social Media, Tools on Friday, January 6th, 2012 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
Knowing the best times to tweet is vital if you are going to make your time spent on Twitter count as much as possible. You want to get your messages out at a time when they are most likely to be seen and engaged with by your followers, rather than Read more…
Posted in: Blog, General, Pay-Per-Click, Resources, Social Media, Tools, Website Management on Friday, December 16th, 2011 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
Hear that mournful whistle? That’s the winds of change, my friend. 2011 is almost at an end, and it’s been an enormously exciting and dynamic year for online marketing. Here is our round-up of the most important online developments and changes we’ve seen in the last twelve months. Google Panda Read more…
Posted in: Blog, General, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation, Social Media on Friday, December 9th, 2011 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
In the five months since its initial exclusive launch, it hasn’t been all smooth sailing for Google+. The new social network has struggled to really get off the ground, with the number of its registered users rising steadily but unspectacularly since it was first introduced. There is one big lifeline Read more…
Posted in: Blog, General, Social Media on Friday, November 18th, 2011 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
Thanks to everybody who came to our social media workshop on Tuesday this week. Twelve eager attendees were given their induction into the world of social media, and hopefully went away with a new understanding of the benefits and opportunities of using Twitter and Facebook for business.
Posted in: Blog, General, Social Media on Friday, November 4th, 2011 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
The times they are a’changing in the world of social media. We’ve already had the launch of Google Plus this year, and a couple of weeks back at the F8 conference in San Francisco, Facebook announced some big changes to their site, signalling a major shift in the way they Read more…
Posted in: Blog, General, Social Media on Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
This blog post looks at what impact social media monitoring could have on crime-fighting, particularly in the wake of the recent riots in the UK.
Posted in: Blog, General, Social Media on Friday, August 19th, 2011 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
Remember your first day of school? Remember how you didn’t know anyone there, and weren’t sure where you were meant to going and what you were meant to be doing? That lost and baffled feeling is similar to what you get when you first enter any new social networking site, Read more…
Posted in: Blog, General, Social Media on Friday, July 15th, 2011 by David Lakins, Managing Director & Head Honcho
Whether you like it or not, your industry, your products and most likely your business itself is being talked about online. Today’s consumers constantly share opinions, reviews, questions and ideas about what they spend their money on, and its up to you whether to see that as an opportunity or Read more…
Posted in: Blog, General, Social Media on Friday, May 20th, 2011 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
A great short YouTube video on how some celebrities are using twitter.
Posted in: Blog, General, Social Media on Sunday, May 1st, 2011 by James Hart, Digital Account Manager for Search, Marketing & SEO
Has Google’s rocky relationship with social media finally found its footing?
Posted in: Blog, General, Social Media, Tools on Friday, April 8th, 2011 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO
Another day, another story about the growth of social media. We are constantly being told about the increasing influence of social media in the world
Posted in: Blog, General, Social Media on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 by Chris Redhead, Digital Account Manager for Social & SEO