“Sometimes it’s best to talk to a real, live person about your business marketing options.”

I couldn’t agree more with the statement Facebook’s business potential customers find themselves greeted with when they visit the social network “Get Help” for business page. Indeed I was delighted to also find a phone number on the page and being offered so willingly the chance to ask that one question I didn’t seem to be able to find an answer to in the rather comprehensive social network FAQ guide.

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As part of opening up its self-service advertising platform to small and medium-sized businesses in the UK and Ireland, Twitter has announced a partnership with O2 to support UK small businesses.

Businesses that sign up (for FREE) to O2’s new ‘Social League’ may be eligible for a £50 credit to spend on Twitter’s new advertising platform.

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Eram’s new advertising campaign: “The family is sacred !” sparks wide controversy in France for portraying two women and a child as a “Family.”

Once more a major brand, this time Eram who are one of the leading manufacturers and retailers of shoes in France, find themselves the centre of controversy after challenging the accepted traditional family structure with its new advertising campaign.

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Arla certainly don’t have to wait (too long) for theirs cows to come home in those firmly tongue in cheek commercials.

Of course when Harry Reynolds, the Cornish dairyman who started making Anchor® butter in 1886, launched his business, grass dispensers and karaoke machines were not part of cows everyday lives. But customers can rest assured that the butter is still made from the milk of free range cows.

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Schweppes’ new advertising video produced by fashion photographer David LaChapelle, makes the sparkling beverage itself taste flat.

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Uma Thurman, the latest actress to feature in the soft drink company’s advertising campaign, oozes “Schweppsuality” in this smartly executed creative campaign, rich in colour and stylishness!

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