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#MarketingTitbits - Instagram Followers, CoolBrands 2015, Google's 18th Birthday

1. Instagram now has 400 million users It’s been 5 years since Instagram’s release, and the image sharing app’s growth shows no sign of slowing down. Earlier this week Instagram announced that it now has 400 million monthly active users,…
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#MarketingTitbits - Facebook's Dislike Button, Marketing Campaigns, Google's Q2 Report

1. Why Facebook’s ‘dislike’ button will be both a challenge and opportunity for brands Facebook features such as ‘like’, ‘share’ and ‘comment’ have been very popular with their users, and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg…
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#MarketingTitbits - Edible Adverts, Queen Flakes, Design Mistakes

1. Nakd erects an edible advert to get customers trying its goodies This ‘delightfully different’ snack brand created by Natural Balance Foods, set up shop outside London’s Shepherd’s Bush Westfield shopping centre this week with an…
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#MarketingTitbits - Favourite TV Ads, Flash Ads, Visual Evolution

1. #60YearsTVAds: vote for your favourite TV ad of all time The 60th anniversary of the first TV ad shown in the UK is approaching us, and over the past few weeks Marketing Magazine has asked for nominations for the best TV ads of all time.…
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#MarketingTitbits - Rugby World Cup, Snapchat Campaigns, Logo Colour Swap

1. A marketer’s essential guide to the Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup, taking place in England and Wales this year, is regarded as one of the biggest sporting spectacles on the planet. This year, the tournament is predicted to have 20,000…
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#MarketingTitbits - Masters of Marketing, Instagram, Google Analytics

1. Get your nominations in for brand of the year at the Masters of Marketing Awards Marketing Week are seeking nominations for the ‘brand of the year’ category at the Masters of Marketing Awards, held at this year’s Festival of Marketing.…
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#MarketingTitbits - Periscope, millennials and social media platforms

1. Periscope has 10 million users but advertising is ‘nowhere near top of mind’ Since its launch back in March, Periscope has gained huge popularity and has gone on to sign up more than 10 million users. Yet despite reaching this impressive…
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#MarketingTitbits - social media, Anchorman, Google

1. 9 ways social media marketing will change in 2014  Social media is one of the fastest developing industries out there today. New social networking sites can grow almost overnight and can fizzle away before you’ve even noticed them, for…
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#MarketingTitbits - Twitter, Alzheimer's, advertising

1. Tips to help your business gain more followers on Twitter  If you’re using Twitter the chances are you will be tweeting content as often as you can – and if you’re not you really should be. With this in mind, you don’t want to be…
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What can SMEs learn from big business – video

This month, we introduce the last instalment of our blog ‘What SMEs can learn from big businesses’. Part 3 focuses on viral marketing and how organisations are adopting video as a key element within their marketing mix for increased brand…
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#MarketingTitbits - Photoshop, Wordpress, Facebook

1. The 12 best free Photoshop plugins for designers  Photoshop is one of the most popular pieces of software for editing images out there. Used by both designers and photo enthusiasts, the software doesn’t come cheap but once you have it…
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#MarketingTitbits - Amazon, MAS#TAGS, curling

1. Amazon’s 100 books everyone should read in their lifetime Amazon Book editors have recently published a “bucket list of books to create a well-read life” that “over many months, the team passionately debated and defended.” They…
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#MarketingTitbits - news sites, images, clickbait

1. BBC is the most shared UK news outlet on Twitter, Mail Online is filth A new study from PeerIndex shows the most popular news outlets in the UK compared to the number of shares they have on Twitter. Perhaps unsurprisingly, The BBC is the…
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#MarketingTitbits - Facebook, Vine, YouTube

1. This is what happens on Facebook when you die You may have never wondered what happens to your social media profiles when you die. It is not something most people would think about. However, different social media channels treat death in…
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#MarketingTitbits - Gmail, Google, Vine

1. Gmail offers unsubscribe link and the world of email marketing comes to an end If you send emails out to your database on a regular basis, this might be one for you to read. As you may already know, if you receive what feels like millions…
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