Pinterest adds details to pins to make them more informative

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Pinterest has introduced a new feature that makes pins more informative. Instead of exclusively linking back to the original source, pins from certain brands will now display information such as recipes, movie reviews and price information. This had been a [ ... ]

Study: How top brands use Twitter for customer service

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Twitter is a channel that has been steadily growing in importance for brands and marketers. 99 of the top 100 brands, according to Interbrand’s list of the best global brands have an official presence on Twitter. Simply Measured recently released [ ... ]

Facebook to introduce auto-play video ads in users’ News Feeds

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This July, Facebook will be rolling out auto play video ads in users’ News Feeds. According to Financial Times, these video ads will play automatically for almost 15 seconds with no sound. Users will then have the option of activating [ ... ]

Interview with Samar Singh Sheikhawat, Senior Vice President of Marketing, United Breweries Ltd.

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Kingfisher has become an alliance which bridges social media users with the brand’s roots. They have a clear social media approach – provide user lead content generation to its consumers via online activations, apps and gamifications etc. along with instant [ ... ]

Pikboo – Sandeep Amar’s entrepreneurial venture

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Pikboo.com brings something new to the World Wide Web by being the first dedicated platform to build websites for children. Sandeep Amar, former Head of Marketing at Times Internet Limited, launches this entrepreneurial venture. Pikboo.com allows parents to document the [ ... ]

How are e-commerce brands performing on social media?

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Electronic commerce (or e-commerce) encompasses all business conducted by means of computer networks. According recent reports, the Indian e-commerce market has grown from $2.5 billion in 2009 to $6.3 billion in 2011 and it is projected that by 2015, the [ ... ]

‘Facebook Home for Android’ – How will marketers benefit?

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Facebook introduces ‘Home’, a home screen replacement for Android phones that pushes network updates to the phone. One no longer needs to log into a separate Facebook application, because, the Android launcher integrates Facebook features into most aspects of Android smartphones. [ ... ]