I was most looking forward to David Baddiel’s (of 90s telly prog Fantasy Football, The England Men’s football anthem 3 lions, comedy stand up and Twitter power user fame) BBC2 documentary ‘Social Media, Anger and Us’ last night (13 December). It did not disappoint.
Tackling Covid 19 misinformation – Go Viral
I am not a gamer. I am not a conspiracy theorist. I am not a spreader of falsehoods. I don’t even generally tend to click when I see something specifically clickbaity BUT I found this Go Viral Game fascinating, eye-opening and a bit scary. The home page says “GO...
On social media, and OFF
Ssh, don’t tell anyone, but I watched the last hour of the Euro 2020 final on Sunday. I switched it on at 10 pm to see if it had finished, purely as I wanted to go to bed, but only safe in the knowledge that I wouldn’t be woken up by screeches of joy, or the other. So...
Giving good GIF is not enough
There’s a real power in having access to a brand’s SM and being a grand guardian. And, as we all know, with great power comes great responsibility. Checks and balances need to be put in place to ensure that any account stays on brand.
My thoughts on The Great Hack
Hands up if you’ve watched The Great Hack on Netflix? I wasn’t going to watch it as I felt I knew the bones of the story from following the revelations, in real-time, as they came to light on Twitter, and reading the many Guardian and Observer articles but I succumbed...
Responsible marketing in the post truth era
Breaking news – In Australia ‘Fake news’ has been selected as Macquarie Dictionary’s Word Of The Year. The Oxford English Dictionary announced ‘post truth’ as its choice in November, and the Merriam-Webster dictionary selected ‘surreal’ – both chosen due to a...
The Jack of all trades building approach to marketing
By Deborah Wroe My dream is to build my own eco house. No, you won’t see me on Grand Designs soon. 1) my design is not that grand and 2) I’m camera shy – no really I am. My job has always been to put others in the spotlight whilst I hover in the background and I’m not...
FOMO and marketing
By Deborah Wroe Ofcom’s Communications Market Report 2016 has found that one in three adult internet users (34%), equivalent to 15 million people in the UK, has sought a period of time offline, with one in ten (11%) doing so in the last week alone. Some people are...
Twitter made simple – says Twitter
By Deborah Wroe It normally bugs me when people moan about changes to Facebook and Twitter. Facebook and Twitter can make whatever changes they like and we just have to work with it, but…the most recent changes announced by Twitter have really riled me. I could drop...
CEOs managing Twitter for a day
By Deborah Wroe I read a tweet the other day from someone suggesting all CEOs should manage their company’s social media for a day. I think it was from a social media manager 😉 I’m a big fan of back to the floor stuff. That TV show ‘Back to the floor’ ah no,...