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Volunteering at the Olympic Games 2012
If you saw the Olympics Opening Ceremony, chances are you also saw Meltwater´s very own Mariah Hamailainen. Out of the 205 women who were chosen to represent each country, Mariah was chosen to lead the Jamaican team with Usain Bolt! Since this was a once in a lifetime opportunity, we asked what it was like to play a role in the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Mariah let us in on how it all came together, what her favorite part was, and even some behind the scenes action:
Coordination skills and Danny Boyle
The first auditions were in…
Meltwater Group works with over 20,000 companies and organizations across the world. We spoke with some of our clients to learn more about their experience with Meltwater; using our products and working with Meltwater employees.
One of our clients; Kristy Officer, Head of Marketing at Ausfilm, shares her experience with Meltwater News.
“We´ve been using Meltwater News for a few years and for us as an organization which places a lot of importance on international sources of communication, we need to tap into not only Australian content but also international news sources. So for us it is invaluable having Meltwater News as a service that can cut down the information that is coming through, and provide us with the detailed information that covers our industry”.
“Social media is playing such a more important evolving role in our ongoing marketing initiatives, so we are really excited about the potential that Meltwater Buzz can bring to us, to assist us in further detailing and taking our listening in the online space into another level, it should be fantastic”.
“It is also fantastic to have a couple of account manager that I am dealing with quite closely at Meltwater, that have already, in for example Buzz, come out and done two tutorial sessions at the office with our staff, to walk them through the benefits of Meltwater Buzz and take us through practical examples of how we would use it daily in our office”. Continue reading
This week, Meltwater launched a brand new product module, Meltwater Buzz Connect, a new module in our social media suite Meltwater Buzz. Connect enables companies to easily create, publish, and manage Facebook tabs.
To introduce Connect to the market, Meltwater Buzz offices across the world (Berlin, Singapore, Sydney, Helsinki, and Copenhagen) invited clients to their offices to learn about the product and get first hand experience with the new module.
The events were a great success. Not only did they allow us to showcase our new product to our clients, it allowed our clients to discuss and share experiences with the use of…
I´ll admit it. I was skeptical that I would learn to be more efficient from a book that was published when barely half of all workers used a computer at work, only 7% of Internet users worldwide had broadband, and the most popular way to archive and organize was with Pendaflex-style file-folder hangers.
I was wrong. Getting Things Done, is part tools and techniques, part psychology. The idea behind the book is that you need to move tasks out of your mind by recording them externally, so the mind is free from the job of remembering the tasks that need to be…
It’s no secret: social media has changed the way we communicate. And with the changes come new possibilities, but also new things to be weary of. It is important to be thoughtful of the image we project online, but social media doesn’t have to be a risk. Be your best self on social media and use it to your advantage.
As most of us engage with social media on a daily basis, it’s probably natural for you to incorporate your work into your interactions, especially if you’re in sales, marketing, or PR.
In her blog post, Being Engaged (in Social Media) and Your Career,…
