Broadcast Video Europe is the UK’s essential broadcast and production technology event. BVE is a popular broadcast show that took place in the capital last week. Exhibitors included Sony, Panansonic, JVC and Polecam. For 2013, the show moved its base from Earl’s Court to the London ExCeL centre for the first time. Not surprisingly for a technology event, BVE was already active on social media channels including  Twitter, Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. But whilst the show has great branding with its ‘play’ icon, this was not consistent across all channels.[[MORE]] Boombox worked with BVE at the start of the year to ensure that all their social media accounts not only looked great (and on-brand), but were also connected with all their exhibitors and guest speakers.  Messages were sent to followers of old and defunct accounts ensuring that online conversations were all happening on the correct channels.   Complete profiles were created, along with bespoke Facebook page tabs that linked to the BVE mobile app and event registration forms.  This has been the second event Boombox has worked on this year. We didn’t post live updates in this case, but that allowed us to catch up with clients at show including TV-BAY, whose broadcast show streamed live from ExCeL daily. The new venue proved to be a success and the BVE team are already busy planning the 2014 event.  BVE is part of the i2i Events Group. 
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Broadcast Video Europe is the UK’s essential broadcast and production technology event.

BVE is a popular broadcast show that took place in the capital last week. Exhibitors included Sony, Panansonic, JVC and Polecam. For 2013, the show moved its base from Earl’s Court to the London ExCeL centre for the first time.

Not surprisingly for a technology event, BVE was already active on social media channels including  Twitter, Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. But whilst the show has great branding with its ‘play’ icon, this was not consistent across all channels.

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Win a polar bear from black+blumDesign duo black+blum create products for the home and office, combining ruthless practicality with a mischievous and intellectually-satisfying design aesthetic. Their latest product is is a polar bear ice tray who can live in your freezer called brrrrr… Not only does it take the fuss out of making ice cubes, it also stops them picking up taste and odours of other items in your freezer. How cool is that?To tie in with today’s International Polar Bear Day, a competition to win a brrrrr… was announced via the black+blum Facebook page. Boombox created a bespoke Facebook competition page tab that included an online form for entrants to add their name, email address and an option to sign up for black+blum newsletters.The competition is free to enter, just visit the black+blum Facebook page using a computer (not a mobile or tablet) and click on the ‘Win a polar bear!’ tab under their cover image. The closing date is the 8th March. After which time we’ll send all the entrants names onto black+blum so they can choose a winner.The ice tray is so new that it’s not even on the black+blum website yet (they’re expecting in the next month) but you can see their current product line-up here.
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Win a polar bear from black+blum

Design duo black+blum create products for the home and office, combining ruthless practicality with a mischievous and intellectually-satisfying design aesthetic. Their latest product is is a polar bear ice tray who can live in your freezer called brrrrr… Not only does it take the fuss out of making ice cubes, it also stops them picking up taste and odours of other items in your freezer. How cool is that?

To tie in with today’s International Polar Bear Day, a competition to win a brrrrr… was announced via the black+blum Facebook page.

Boombox created a bespoke Facebook competition page tab that included an online form for entrants to add their name, email address and an option to sign up for black+blum newsletters.

The competition is free to enter, just visit the black+blum Facebook page using a computer (not a mobile or tablet) and click on the ‘Win a polar bear!’ tab under their cover image. The closing date is the 8th March. After which time we’ll send all the entrants names onto black+blum so they can choose a winner.

The ice tray is so new that it’s not even on the black+blum website yet (they’re expecting in the next month) but you can see their current product line-up here.

12 Days of Christmas Neal’s Yard Remedies is an award-winning high street retailer, specialising in organic health and beauty products.Boombox has worked together with their fantastic Social Media Manager on the NYR ‘12 Days of Christmas’ Facebook campaign, which launched today.Fans of the organic brand (and there are thousands of them) can enter a daily prize draw to win an organic gift set via a Facebook page tab created and managed by Boombox. The prize changes each day, promoting the NYR range of organic gift sets, whilst a ‘next day’ teaser encourages fans to keep returning to the Facebook page.The competition runs until the 14th December with Boombox providing daily page tab updates. Boombox also sends the latest data on to the NYR each morning so they can pick a lucky winner.UK residents can enter the 12 Days of Christmas competition via the NYR Facebook Page (just ensure you use a computer rather than a mobile or tablet when clicking on the link as Facebook page tabs are not currently supported on mobile devices).If you  want to ‘give the gift of organic’ this year, then check out the Neal’s Yard Remedies website here. You can also follow NYR on Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.
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12 Days of Christmas

Neal’s Yard Remedies is an award-winning high street retailer, specialising in organic health and beauty products.

Boombox has worked together with their fantastic Social Media Manager on the NYR ‘12 Days of Christmas’ Facebook campaign, which launched today.

Fans of the organic brand (and there are thousands of them) can enter a daily prize draw to win an organic gift set via a Facebook page tab created and managed by Boombox. The prize changes each day, promoting the NYR range of organic gift sets, whilst a ‘next day’ teaser encourages fans to keep returning to the Facebook page.

The competition runs until the 14th December with Boombox providing daily page tab updates. Boombox also sends the latest data on to the NYR each morning so they can pick a lucky winner.

UK residents can enter the 12 Days of Christmas competition via the NYR Facebook Page (just ensure you use a computer rather than a mobile or tablet when clicking on the link as Facebook page tabs are not currently supported on mobile devices).

If you  want to ‘give the gift of organic’ this year, then check out the Neal’s Yard Remedies website here. You can also follow NYR on Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.

Do you enjoy work?

Chiswick Park is home to many UK head offices with Starbucks Coffee Company, Swarovski, Paramount Pictures, Foxtons and Airplus International all calling it home.

As well as being the name of Chiswick Park’s estate management company, Enjoy-Work is the ethos and brand that defines this business community. 

As the video above shows, this business park is like no other. Enjoy-work hold regular special events such as 007 stunt school training, festivals, exclusive Proms concerts, camel rides as well as regular guitar and photography lessons. 

Social media was a natural fit for a company that loves to interact with park residents. Boombox helped setup Facebook, Twitter and a Linked In company account. Boombox visited the site in Chiswick for initial meetings and then again to provide training to members of the Enjoy-Work marketing team.

We certainly had fun with this project, but suddenly can’t help thinking that perhaps we should make the move to Chiswick in the near future… 

Have you uploaded your new Twitter header yet? Following in Facebook’s footsteps, Twitter has introduced header images so that your brand can keep a consistent look across computers, mobile and tablet devices. The Twitter iPad app has also been updated today. “Expand Tweets with a single touch to see beautiful photos, rich videos and web page summaries right in your timeline. Dive into the content with another tap to see the photo, play the video or read links from the web in fullscreen mode.” Let us know what you think of the updates, and if you need help in creating a new header image or graphics for your Twitter account then please get in touch. You can follow Boombox on Twitter via @tomboombox.
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Have you uploaded your new Twitter header yet?

Following in Facebook’s footsteps, Twitter has introduced header images so that your brand can keep a consistent look across computers, mobile and tablet devices.

The Twitter iPad app has also been updated today. “Expand Tweets with a single touch to see beautiful photos, rich videos and web page summaries right in your timeline. Dive into the content with another tap to see the photo, play the video or read links from the web in fullscreen mode.”

Let us know what you think of the updates, and if you need help in creating a new header image or graphics for your Twitter account then please get in touch.

You can follow Boombox on Twitter via @tomboombox.

Previewing Facebook Pages Boombox is back online after a muddy good weekend at the Isle of Wight Festival. After checking up on e-mails, messages and tweets (why can’t mobile batteries last a little longer?) we immediately noticed a new page preview update from Facebook. Seeing as Tom Petty was our stand-out act at the festival, we have used the official Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker’s Page to show this new page preview update. Although the screenshot is taken on the Page, the preview also works within user’s newsfeeds. By hovering your mouse pointer over a Page’s name, you can see a larger version of the profile picture, along with the page’s cover photo. You can also see the page’s listing, its total likes and the number of your Facebook friends who like the page. Whilst still in your news feed you can also choose to include updates from that page in your news feed, start a new interest list (including the current page) or even send the Page admin a message.
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Previewing Facebook Pages

Boombox is back online after a muddy good weekend at the Isle of Wight Festival. After checking up on e-mails, messages and tweets (why can’t mobile batteries last a little longer?) we immediately noticed a new page preview update from Facebook.

Seeing as Tom Petty was our stand-out act at the festival, we have used the official Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker’s Page to show this new page preview update. Although the screenshot is taken on the Page, the preview also works within user’s newsfeeds.

By hovering your mouse pointer over a Page’s name, you can see a larger version of the profile picture, along with the page’s cover photo. You can also see the page’s listing, its total likes and the number of your Facebook friends who like the page.

Whilst still in your news feed you can also choose to include updates from that page in your news feed, start a new interest list (including the current page) or even send the Page admin a message.