Snack Social Summary-Facebook introduces "Rooms" and the Queen's first tweet
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Snack Media secure exclusive partnership with Arsenal & Europcar
Snack Media are delighted to announce that they have secured an exclusive arrangement with Arsenal’s official car hire partner Europcar to deliver unparalleled live matchday coverage throughout the 2014/15 campaign. Following Arsenal’s alignment with Europcar in August, London’s leading real-time content experts kicked off their own groundbreaking partnership by providing live blog coverage of the Gunners’ most eye-catching annual fixture - Arsenal versus Tottenham - on Saturday, September 27th.
Snack Social Summary-Snapchat to start advertising, Facebook to base ads on where you have been, and Brands react to the #GBBO Final
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Have you tried the 'anti-Facebook' social network Ello?
Snack Social Summary-Lidl responds on social to Sainsbury’s blooper, Facebook issues apology, and Twitter launches their new amplify product
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Did you know:
The Dennis Viollet Story
A survivor of the Munich air disaster, a Manchester United record goalscorer, a team mate of the late, great Stanley Matthews and two-time Football League First Division title winner. There is no surprise that Rachel, the daughter of Dennis Viollet is producing a documentary showcasing the life of her father who sadly passed away back in 1999.
Snack Social Summary-Ronaldo is the most followed footballer in the world and #BendGate
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Football FanCast profiles the global Champions League fan
As the UEFA Champions League starts again FootballFanCast.com have undertaken a survey with over 2000 participants around the world to reveal what is most important to a fan pre, during and after a Champions League Game.
Snack Social Summary-Facebook to take on YouTube, Instagram to roll out Ads in the UK, and Bebo is back!
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Did you know... Social media ad spending in the UK is expected to double this year.
Here is what else has happened in social media this week:
Snack Social Summary-Premier League launches Away Days App, Facebook introducing Expiring Posts, and Bookmaker Coral introduces Age Gate on Twitter account
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With the announcement of the iPhone 6 this week it may have be easy to miss some of the other bits of social and digital news. That's where we can help:
Snack Social Summary-Transfer Deadline Day, NFL have created their own Twitter bespoke match centre, and Instagram launches its Hyperlapse App
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Our Facebook newsfeed is no longer filled with #ALSIceBucketChallenges and we have all spent the last week realising how unpopular we are on Twitter through them opening their analytics feature up to everyone. Here is a summary of what else is new on social media:
LIVE BLOG: #WorldCup2014 and the power of live content
It’s official. The 2014 World Cup has become social media’s biggest ever sporting event....
Arsenal top Twitter stakes as Snack Media acquire leading fan forum
Snack Media have recently acquired the highly respected Arsenal Mania website and forum. One of Arsenal's largest independent fan sites, it has been one of the go-to places for opinion, discussion and debate for avid Gunners fans from around the globe.
The news coincides with Arsenal officially surpassing the four million followers mark on Twitter today - the most for an English club on the internet and only third on a global scale to Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The Viewable Impression - is being seen all it's cracked up to be?
If 2014 is to be defined by one aspect within the digital advertising space then it looks like it will be the viewable impression.
Good Things Come in Snack-Size Packages
2013 – The year of the ‘selfie’, Vine and Snapchat.
All of these are short, easy ways to grab somebody’s attention on social media and convey a message in seconds. Increasingly in today’s world, people are time poor. The rise of Twitter only goes to support this and reinforces a behaviour that is becoming the norm.
The UK is Twitter’s most mobile market in all of Europe
Fascinating research was uncovered by statistical goliaths Nielsen last week who revealed that as much as 80 per cent of Twitter’s UK traffic is being contemporarily driven by mobile.
Having long been impossible to ignore for any aspiring business, the latest research now suggests that UK-based Twitter visitors are not simply mobile mad, but they are also more engaged that your average Twitter user.