Allow us the self-congratulatory whoop but a Manchester band Real Fresh TV spotted and filmed back in 2006 is performing at this year’s Glastonbury festival!

Meet the The Ting Tings!

Back then they were Dear Eskiimo and you can watch their highly entertaining performance at the Futuresonic 2006 festival here.

The lucky few of you that will get coveted tickets to Glastonbury 2008 can see them perform on the John Peel stage on June 27.

Well done Katie and Jules! All that hardwork paid off…

UPDATE: Apple have also selected the Ting Tings song “Shut Up and Let me Go” for US TV adverts for the iPod+iTunes. Awesome. Watch on Apple and YouTube.

As promised, I will shortly be posting some blog posts/articles answering real marketing questions posed by delegates during my Masterclass at March’s excellent Marketing Tech: Tailor Made conference in London.

These articles will be posted under the ‘Real-Life Practical Advice on Social Media for UK Marketers’ title and you can read every article in the series by clicking on the ‘Practical social media advice‘ tag.

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After a rather lengthy hiatus, the study on social media usage by FTSE 100 companies is back!

In this five-company installment, the websites of corporate heavyweights like British American Tobacco, British Airways, BG Group, British Energy and British Land are reviewed on the level of consumer engagement they provide.

The FTSE 100 list this study is derived from can be found on Yahoo! Finance’s FTSE 100 page.

I have reviewed each company’s usage of such social media tools as RSS feeds*, blogs, online video, podcasts and social media platforms like Flickr and Facebook.

*RSS feeds are a simple way of delivering fresh versions of a website’s content to online readers automatically.

Sadly to say, of the five corporations studied, only one showed inventive use of online video.

Top marks to British Land for their live video feeds from web cams strategically placed around their key construction developments.

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This article forms part of a study on social media usage amongst FTSE 100 companies.

Each company in the FTSE 100 index was reviewed on its usage of such social media tools as RSS feeds*, blogs, online video, podcasts and social media platforms like Flickr and Facebook on its main website and on occasion, on websites of well-known subsidiary companies.

*RSS feeds are a simple way of delivering fresh versions of a website’s content to online readers automatically.

According to the Guardian.co.uk Business Glossary:
“The FTSE 100 index comprises the 100 most highly capitalised blue chip companies on the London Stock Exchange, representing approximately 81% of the UK market.”

Here’s how tobacco giant, British American Tobacco (BATS.L) measured up.

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This article forms part of a study on social media usage amongst FTSE 100 companies.

Each company in the FTSE 100 index was reviewed on its usage of such social media tools as RSS feeds*, blogs, online video, podcasts and social media platforms like Flickr and Facebook on its main website and on occasion, on websites of well-known subsidiary companies.

*RSS feeds are a simple way of delivering fresh versions of a website’s content to online readers automatically.

According to the Guardian.co.uk Business Glossary:
“The FTSE 100 index comprises the 100 most highly capitalised blue chip companies on the London Stock Exchange, representing approximately 81% of the UK market.”

Here’s how the UK’s leading airline, British Airways (BAY.L) measured up.

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This article forms part of a study on social media usage amongst FTSE 100 companies.

Each company in the FTSE 100 index was reviewed on its usage of such social media tools as RSS feeds*, blogs, online video, podcasts and social media platforms like Flickr and Facebook on its main website and on occasion, on websites of well-known subsidiary companies.

*RSS feeds are a simple way of delivering fresh versions of a website’s content to online readers automatically.

According to the Guardian.co.uk Business Glossary:
“The FTSE 100 index comprises the 100 most highly capitalised blue chip companies on the London Stock Exchange, representing approximately 81% of the UK market.”

Here’s how natural gas giant, BG Group (BG.L) measured up.

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This article forms part of a study on social media usage amongst FTSE 100 companies.

Each company in the FTSE 100 index was reviewed on its usage of such social media tools as RSS feeds*, blogs, online video, podcasts and social media platforms like Flickr and Facebook on its main website and on occasion, on websites of well-known subsidiary companies.

*RSS feeds are a simple way of delivering fresh versions of a website’s content to online readers automatically.

According to the Guardian.co.uk Business Glossary:
“The FTSE 100 index comprises the 100 most highly capitalised blue chip companies on the London Stock Exchange, representing approximately 81% of the UK market.”

Here’s how nuclear energy giant, British Energy (BGY.L) measured up.

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This article forms part of a study on social media usage amongst FTSE 100 companies.

Each company in the FTSE 100 index was reviewed on its usage of such social media tools as RSS feeds*, blogs, online video, podcasts and social media platforms like Flickr and Facebook on its main website and on occasion, on websites of well-known subsidiary companies.

*RSS feeds are a simple way of delivering fresh versions of a website’s content to online readers automatically.

According to the Guardian.co.uk Business Glossary:
“The FTSE 100 index comprises the 100 most highly capitalised blue chip companies on the London Stock Exchange, representing approximately 81% of the UK market.”

Here’s how the biggest landowner in London, British Land (BLND.L) measured up.

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I thoroughly enjoyed presenting at the highly anticipated Marketing Tech conference in London’s Grange City Hotel on Monday.

It was fantastic to see how much interest there is in using social media and other emerging technologies in the ‘New Digital Mix’ by brands and companies in the UK despite recent reports suggesting otherwise.

From rubbing shoulders with the great and the good of advertising (Publicis, WCRS and more) to meeting marketing visionaries at Cadbury’s and 3M, the event was a fabulous barometer of the emerging digital mix in the UK and brilliantly well organised by the smart team at Haymarket to boot.

For those who couldn’t make it, you can see my presentation on SlideShare:

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Earlier this week, I came across a fascinating report by Simply Media TV and media boutique, Work Research which claims that the PC has become the second TV in many homes.

Apparently, “men in particular are using internet video as a way of indulging their interests and escaping into a ‘virtual shed’.”

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