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Twitter removes 140 character limit on Direct Messages, adds App Targeting and Block Lists (Empower Mondays)

  Twitter removes 140 character Limit on Direct Messages: As of July, the 140-character limit to DMs on the platform is being removed. Useful from a customer service point of view and gives Twitter a competitive advantage in terms of being able to transition users from a lightweight sub-140 character interaction to a more in-depth […]

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Video Streaming Apps: Periscope vs Meerkat

The live video streaming app Meerkat was the talk of the town after its appearance at SXSW, but its popularity was short-lived. Just a few weeks later, Twitter released Periscope, a similar live video streaming app. Apps like Meerkat and Periscope are ushering in a new age of instant, in a world where we thought […]

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What’s in a name?

At Empower, we regularly get asked where the name for our communications agency comes from. So here's a potted history of the grand old name of Empower and where our agency its name.

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Facebook ad costs set to rise

According to Ad Age, Facebook has been able to boost revenue even as it sells fewer ads. In the final three months of 2014, Facebook served 65% fewer ads than a year earlier, but the average cost of those ads to advertisers was 335% higher. How has it managed this increase without scaring off advertisers? […]

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UK social media use dropped by 9%

In an online survey of over 9,000 consumers from nine countries, UK regulator Ofcom found that UK social media use among adults in the last 12 months has dropped 9%. Among the nine countries – including – France, Germany, Italy, USA, Japan, Australia, Spain and China – the UK saw the biggest drop of social […]

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Facebook news feed update punishes promotional content from brands

Facebook announced this week that, as part of an ongoing survey, they asked hundreds of thousands of Facebook users how they feel about the content in their News Feeds. That means a Facebook news feed update is coming. The bad news for businesses? The overall response from users is that they want to see more stories from friends, […]

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Small Businesses and Social Media: Best Practice

Empower Director Ben Matthews was recently quoted in an article on The Guardian’s Small Business Network, looking at best practice for small business and social media: “Many website analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, also let you see where visitors are coming from when visiting your small business website. It’s a great way to check if […]

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Digital Marketing Terms and Definitions

Keeping up with digital marketing terms can be difficult, especially as new products and services pop up every day – often bringing new words and phrases with them. That’s why we wanted to share this digital marketing terms and glossary from the University of Southampton that explains a lot of the key terms, plus some […]

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3 new twitter tools to try: flounder, @goodaudience and @sumall

Here at Empower, we like to try out new social media tools, products and services on a regular basis. Comms and social media is a fast-moving industry, so there’s always a new product or service to play with that could improve your campaigns and change the way you communicate with your audiences. Although there’s lots of tools we could cover, […]

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Empower featured in Better Business Magazine on the benefits and challenges of running a virtual business

Jaz Cummins, Director at Empower, was interviewed by Better Business magazine for their August / September 2014 issue on the benefits of working virtually. You can read the whole interview below or read the full magazine here. A virtually perfect way of starting up? With the prospect of low overheads, little initial investment and no […]

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