One of the biggest hits for Lady Gaga has not been any of her billboard songs or platinum albums, but rather how she maximised the used of social media to reinvent herself. Being the first artist to have more than a billion views on Youtube and having almost 5 million Twitter followers she is a big hit in the Social Media space. According to an article by Mars Dorian we can learn the following 3 tips from this mega "Social… Read More
Last night our team went to the premiere of "I Now Pronounce You Black and White" and what a great time we had with special guests and cast members. Celebrating this great achievement and being part of such a wonderful production, you can watch the Official EPK below. Be sure to join them on Facebook and Twitter.
This video is one of our favorites explaining why we believe Social and New Media will change the way people engage with one another and with companies. It is also an opportunity for new innovations to emerge to better support people on these new platforms. … Read More
Today we had a good meeting with Andi Friedman from Mobenzi with regard to a pilot collaboration in the Western Cape. This will mean that we will have an increase number of our Social Media Factory Members who will be able to use their skills to provide valuable feedback to brands, products and services. "Mobenzi… Read More
After an exciting start to the Social Media Factory it is with excitement that we are managing our first entertainment Social Media Strategy of a locally produced movie by Ollywood Productions. This movie will be distributed by Numetro cinemas in South Africa later this year and more information will be available soon. With movies like Avatar who have done extremely well through the use of Social… Read More
As the Social Media Factory prepare for the year ahead many exciting movements are happening in the Social Media space. Already number of Twitter users in South Africa have increased and even youth are picking up on this trend (Teenager FaceBook status: Eish fb n its nonsense today, is it just me or does evrybody else also hav 2 keep loggin in every tym they click on sumthing?? nx, this is y we hav twitter, follow me ) A number of these have become evident amongst young people and with the following crazy Social Media statistics it is no surprise that the Social Media Factory has already started off well: - FaceBook has over… Read More
As we are preparing for our Social Media training with non-profits tomorrow we came across an interesting video where Adam Brown, Head Of Social Media… Read More
This video is one of our favorites explaining why we believe Social and New Media will change the way people engage with one another and with companies.… Read More