Snack Social Summary
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Here is what else is happening in the world of social media:
1. Ronaldo is the most followed footballer in the world
The Real Madrid star has reached 30million followers on Twitter, and trumped second-placed Brazillian footballer Kaka by nearly 10 million followers
Wow! Reached the 30 million followers on Twitter, it’s amazing. Thanks everyone. — Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) September 24, 2014
2. Selfies and the Ryder Cup
Organisers of the Ryder Cup are encouraging people to take selfies during the tournament. People taking selfies caused some controversy during the Tour De France.
Don’t worry @rorymcilroy, there’s no selfie ban at the #RyderCup: http://t.co/klnAZlmhh3 pic.twitter.com/QloxVn2ftL — CNN World Sport (@WorldSportCNN) September 25, 2014
3. Twitter working on native polling tool
This new tool will increase engagement rates on Twitter. However, at the moment the tweet in short form looks like this:
— Lyndsay Iorio Signor (@LyndsaySignor) September 23, 2014
It is only on expansion that you get the full poll
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4. Brands respond to #BendGate
We saw some creative real-time content from Samsung and other competitors as the iPhone6 Bend Test YouTube video reached over 30million views.
Great piece of reactive advertising from @samsung following the #iPhone6 #BendGate “Bend to those who are worthy” pic.twitter.com/z5a610vtg2
— Wyatt International (@WyattIntl) September 25, 2014
We don’t bend, we #break. #bendgate #iPhone6plus pic.twitter.com/uippCg4kCi — KITKAT (@KITKAT) September 24, 2014
Our phone doesn’t bend, it flexes…on purpose. #bendgate pic.twitter.com/d1DudxDQgf — LG USA Mobile (@LGUSAMobile) September 24, 2014
5. Top 3 tweets from Social Media Week (so far)
Social Media week has taken London by storm (as well as New York, Mumbai, Sydney, LA and many more). There have been a number of masterclasses, debates and workshops for those who are experienced on social media, and also those who are just starting out. Here are three highlights from the week on Twitter:
Socialbakers were providing real-time social listening stats throughout the week in some eye-catching infographics. They were looking at the various country specific hashtags as well as #SMW and other keywords.
Social Media Week keeps buzzing on Twitter – 62,432 mentions across 2 days! #smw14 pic.twitter.com/1D3CdVqaSo — Socialbakers (@socialbakers) September 24, 2014
There were even stop motion vine workshops for those that want to create things as creative as @YvesDas:
Is social media your cup of tea? #goodmorning #smwldn #monday #social #london https://t.co/VAhvuH4Cnm — Yves Das (@YvesDas) September 22, 2014
As well as some top quality ‘advice’ for those wanting to increase their social media engagement:
A handy tip to get more social media engagement. 😉 #SMWLDN #SMWJHB #SMWSYD #SMW pic.twitter.com/3xN4TDyrvV — Michael (@xGogsx) September 25, 2014
