Every week is a social media week in the north west, which is perhaps why we haven’t decided to formally declare any one week a Social Media Week™ …
Month: January 2011
Manchester Twestival is back for 2011 – Social Media Manchester
Twestival is back in Manchester, for the fourth time and, Social Media Manchester are looking to make this one bigger and better than ever before.
If you don’t know, Twestival (or ‘Twitter Festival’) is a global fundraising initiative using social media for social good. Twestival is the largest global grassroots media fundraising initiative to date. Through harnessing the power of volunteers and social media, Twestival has raised over £760,000 for 137 good causes since the autumn of 2009. Each Twestival is run on the same date in host cities around the world.
Manchester is the UK’s second city – on Twitter – Social Media Manchester
The crown of the UK’s second city has been claimed by Manchester – at least on Twitter.
Manchester has the largest number of Twitter users in the UK after London, according to a report from Twittergrader. It also ranks as the third across the whole of Europe. Continue reading