Is summer nearly over already? If the weather is anything to go by then the Autumn is definitely near early. As always our digital industry has been very active with some great and strange news occurring. This is what we have been reading at KMP Towers for the month of August.
Christian Aid launch Twitter QuizAid, a live Quiz held over Twitter that anyone in the world can join. Charities have been using Social Media as a way of spreading the word about the great things they do and help get exposure for their future activities. A good example of this is the “justgiving” pages people are able to add to their Facebook pages to help raise money for charity.
Back in February KMP Digitata announced our new partnership with TrekAmerica, part of the Tui Travel Group, and after months of hard work KMP are happy to announce that they have launched the new TrekAmerica community platform, TrekAmerica Live, which is set to change the way online social media is used in the travel industry.
The Conservative party has been taught a harsh lesson in how not to use social media and what can happen if you do it wrong or forget the fundamentals.
In an attempt to attack Gordon Brown and his links to the Unite union (currently involved with the BA strikes) the Tories launched the Cash-Gordon website with a scoring system to encourage people to spread the word and the Twitter hashtag #CashGordon
KMP Digitata is extremely happy to support this year’s Manchester Twestival on the 25th March. Twestival is an international event taking place simultaneously in over 200 cities around the world to help raise money for worldwide causes.
