The launch of Twitter Brand Pages coincides with a site-wide redesign and restructuring of the micro-blogging site and will enable additional features and functionality to company presences. According to reports, brands will be able to customise their profile header and improve the overall look and feel as well as highlighting their best content. Reports also suggest the ability to select a tweet to stay at the top of their page, with that tweet automatically expanding — even without a visitor clicking — to display a photo or video. Additionally, brands will be able to separate their @ replies and mentions.

Users and brands have been awaiting in anticipation for the launch of a more business orientated destination for users of Twitter, particularly since the improvement of Facebook Pages and the launch of Google+ Business Pages over recent months. Rumours began in April that the product was to be developed and launched in 2011.

Before we all get too excited though, Twitter has carefully selected a number of launch partners who are currently advertising on Twitter. Launch partners for the pages include Coca-Cola (in the example shown below), Dell, Disney, Hewlitt-Packard, McDonald’s, Nike, PepsiCo, Heineken, Subway and Paramount Pictures (specifically for the release of Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol).

It may be the case that the next roll out of Brand Pages are exclusive to high spending advertisers before this is available to the average Twitter user. In any case it is a proactive step forward from the social network giving brands a home and differentiating brand accounts from personal users.

To date most major brands have a presence on both Facebook and Twitter, but until this announcement, a brand’s Twitter page was more a place to push content to their followers’ streams and respond to customer service enquiries and was not a standalone destination in itself.

Watch this space for the latest updates…

Sources: Mashable and AdAge

Below are a few snaps of our middle floor offices and our new board room.  Check back soon for some more updates!

Our address has now changed to:

3 St John’s Court,
Vicars Lane,
Chester,
CH1 1QE

Google Street View

Phone numbers remain the same.

Due to recent expansion we are very excited to announce that as of Monday 3rd October 2011 our Chester Headquarters will be moving a few doors down to much larger premises.

During the afternoon of Friday 30th September 2011 we will be migrating to our new offices. Correspondence during the afternoon may be limited, but we will endeavour to reply to any emails and phone calls as soon as possible. There will be no disturbance to any pre-agreed deadlines or campaign dates, so no need to worry about your projects.

Please make a note of our new business address:

3 St. John’s Court
Vicars Lane
Chester
CH1 1QE

We hope to see you at our new home soon!

Following Facebook releasing the ability for users to browse Facebook over a secure connection, it is shortly to be required that all custom page content must be hosted securely. This means that all tabs on pages need to convert over to HTTPS by Saturday October 1st 2011.

If we have designed your tabs you should have heard from us either by telephone or email this week about transferring over to a secure server hosting package. If you haven’t replied or received an email, please ensure you get in touch with us ASAP as your page may not display as of Saturday.

Should you wish to host/continue to host your own page yourself, then you will need to purchase an SSL certificate and also make the relevant changes to your application settings. For more information please see the official Facebook developers blog here >>

Twitter competitions are an excellent way to engage your current Twitter followers in a fun and exciting way, as well as rapidly growing your Twitter following. Your competition (and awareness of your brand) will be spread virally, reaching potential new customers, making them aware of your business. It can also potentially help with your SEO rankings, as Google is now taking into account the amount of noise made about brands on social networks.

Twitter competitions are a brand new phenomenon, so running one would put your brand at the very forefront of something new and exciting, so it’s bound to achieve a great level of interest and exposure. Why not find out a bit more about our Twitter competition service? Click here for more info…

The iPad is something that has created an enormous amount of intrigue and discussion in both businesses and the general public. The revolutionary new device has been extraordinarily popular with more people than ever now owning one. So obviously it wasn’t going to be long before they became a powerful marketing tool as well. That time is now here and we are proud to announce we can offer both display and search advertising specifically for iPad and other tablets.

iPad users browse the internet & search to find products and services in a way that mirrors laptop & desktop users. As such, iPad search ads appear virtually the same as on a desktop computer. However, display ads can appear as magazine-style full-page with high quality images, or in an animation or video format.

Whether your ads are targeted contextually, are related to users interests or are targeted to previous visitors of your site, iPad advertising is an extremely effective way to get your business’ message straight to the hands of a user – literally! In addition, iPad ads are also a great way to promote iPad apps and drive traffic to them directly.

So, have you got an iPad? Use it a lot? Well so do millions of other people; the time is ripe to promote your business on the nation’s iPads. Get in touch with us today and find out more about iPad & tablet advertising.

Click here to find out more about iPad & Tablet advertising >>

Click here to learn more about Twitter competitions >>

Or just get in touch with us! We love talking bout iPad advertising and Twitter competitions, so let’s have a chat. Call us now on 0845 257 1225. Or alternatively get in touch via the website… click here >>

The some comms awards are now in their second year and aim to celebrate the best in UK social media by recognising the mavericks & pioneers who are revolutionising the use of online to communicate in cool and innovative ways. The awards take place in October.

For more information on our Social Media services please contact our team on 0845 257 1225 or email us.

Developed for Whizz Education, the leading provider of online maths tuition, we have created a fun and youthful design whilst incorporating useful functionality and features for visitors. As Whizz Education cover primary maths, ks1, ks2 and early ks3 delivered through innovative and interactive games and lessons we needed to ensure that the Page reflected this offering and provided users with relevant and interesting resources.

As Whizz Prof has a following worldwide, we enabled a language toggle feature. As well as useful links and resources the page also includes downloads, email sign-up and App integration.

Check out the designs below and click the images to visit the Page:

We are pleased to announce that we have recruited Vicky Walsh as one of our new Web Designers, who commences work with us this week.

She comes to us with vast experience of the web market and a real flair for design, having worked with large brands such as Coca Cola and Epson. Not only this, she was awarded in the Top 10 Young Graphic Designer Worldskills Awards 2010, also a UK Worldskills Designer Bronze winner and a shortlisted competitor for London 2011 Worldskills International for Graphic Design.

Vicky will be working alongside our Website Development Team to ensure that your website is at the forefront of the market.

You can contact Vicky by emailing vicky@clickymedia.co.uk – say hello today!

Check out the custom Facebook Page, Twitter Account & YouTube channels we have created for this unique and special cause below. Simply click the image to see the corresponding live version!

As part of this year’s Teaching Awards, we have been involved with setting up and promoting the competition online, along with the bespoke branding of social media presences such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. This time round, the competition revolves around students sending in a short video thanking their teacher. Not only will the teacher receive a lovely thank you message, there’s a massive giveaway of iPads, Nintendo DS’ and iTunes Vouchers for the best nominations. To top it all off, the campaign itself is endorsed by the one and only Tinchy Styder! You can check him out thanking his teacher here >>

Social Media really is taking the world by storm. Why not find out more about our Social Media Services here >> or call us today on 0845 257 1225 and discuss your requirements with a member of our team.

With spectacular new events for 2011, the year ahead for JD parties is an exciting one! One that should rightly be reflected in all their online marketing. JD parties have been putting on incredible parties for over 15 years, entertaining over half a million guests at their annual Christmas and New Year extravaganzas. Through their magnificent parties their reputation has gone from strength to strength and are a company we continue to enjoy working with.

We at Clicky Media have been hard at work providing the glamorous Christmas Parties Company with an all-new fabulous look for their website and social media presences, to showcase the stunning Christmas parties for 2011. Among numerous other digital marketing activities for 2011, we have revamped the website, given the Twitter account a makeover and given the Facebook Page a face-lift!

I think you’ll agree these stunning designs give JD parties the extraordinary dramatic look they deserve. Take a look for yourself (and don’t forget to ‘like’ it or ‘follow’ if they get you excited about JD Parties!):

www.JDParties.co.uk
www.Facebook.com/JDParties
www.Twitter.com/JDParties

If you’d like to have your website re-designed or your social media presences vamped-up, get in touch now via the website or call 0845 257 1225 and we’ll have a chat about how we can help.