Samantha Edwards

Community and social media editor

Community and social media editor at Brand Republic.

Men in fancy dress and a dodgy drawing in Costa's brand BuzzFeed video

Men in drag and hedgehogs star in BuzzFeed's first UK branded video

BuzzFeed aims to replicate the success it had with US brands by producing a video for Costa Coffee that asks, "what makes British people happy?"

Spectre: Daniel Craig as James Bond

James Bond has joined Snapchat and he needs to take a break

Sony and KitKat mark the release of Spectre, the latest 007 film.

Little Big Planet: celebrate Back to the Future Day

3D films, check. Wearable tech, check. Hoverboards and self-lacing shoes, well...

Brands celebrate Back to the Future Day on social and industry experts look at how the film's future predictions have shaped digital marketing.

DWP Press Office: celebrates Back to the Future Day

Brands mark Back to the Future Day

Today is Back to the Future Day. 21 October 2015 is the date Marty McFly and Doc Brown time-hopped to in the 1989 blockbuster Back to the Future II. Here's how brands, including Toyota, Pepsi and PlayStation, are marking the occasion.

Ad:tech London 2015: brands and agencies reveal their digital content secrets

The 4 digital content tricks marketers have up their sleeves

Representatives from Paddy Power, ZenithOptimedia, John Lewis and Evian reveal their digital marketing content secrets at Ad:tech London.

Lenny Henry: talks diversity in advertising at BigThink@BAFTA (Twitter/Graham Lovelace)

4 quotes that stayed with us after BigThink@Bafta

Actor Lenny Henry and leading marketers from Camelot and Channel 4 reveal their views on the current state of the advertising and marketing industries at Thinkbox's BigThink@BAFTA event.

Starbucks: mobile order & pay service launches in the UK

Starbucks rolls out pre-ordering smartphone service to the UK

Starbucks is introducing its Mobile Order & Pay service to more than 150 London stores today, to give customers the chance to skip queues and pre-order drinks and food via their mobile phones.

The Royal Opera House: the venue's 'Your Reaction' content hub

How the Royal Opera House uses social media to engage the newcomer and ballet buff alike

Chris Shipman of the Royal Opera House reveals how social media has allowed the brand to connect with its audiences, as part of a speaker session at Social Media Week London.

Oreo: adopted a successful real-time strategy during the Super Bowl 2013

What three things does real-time content need to succeed?

A panel at Social Media Week London argued for the importance of frozen content, preparing for spontaneity and predicting the future when creating real-time social content.

Rugby World Cup 2015 stunt in Cardiff

Get ready for #44DaysOfCrazy rugby fever

Brands mark day one of the Rugby World Cup 2015 and Lawrence Dallaglio talks about the power of the sport.

OMG: Buzzfeed reveals the social content and distribution LOLZ that help them win the internet

BuzzFeed's social content and distribution secrets

Jonathan Davies, BuzzFeed's director of brand partnerships, Europe, has revealed the media company's top tips for content creation and themes, as well as the best methods for distribution on social.

Social storytelling (picture credit: Flickr/Cliff Johnson): Adam Etheridge and David Watson of Aspect explain all

The recipe for telling a great story on social

Once upon a time, Adam Etheridge and David Watson, executive director and executive creative director, respectively, at video marketing agency Aspect, explained the six fundamental ingredients needed for social storytelling, as demonstrated by the likes of Turkish Airlines and Coca-Cola Life.

Zo毛 Pearson: Pinterest's marketing manager

Why you shouldn't call Pinterest a social media platform

"We say we're a visual discovery tool," said Zo毛 Pearson, marketing manager at Pinterest at a Social Media Week London speaker session.

The Sysomos team: Steven Read, Jason Harris and Lance Concannon

5 areas of social intelligence digital marketers should know about

Sysomos, the Toronto-based social media analytics company, put the spotlight on the power of social networks to connect with online audiences at Social Media Week London.

Tariq Slim: Twitter UK's telco and tech lead (Twitter/@TariqSlim)

Twitter's three Cs explains how mobile is dominating the world

Tariq Slim, head of telco and tech at Twitter UK, took to the stage at Social Media Week London to discuss how mobile is transforming communication, content and consumption, and explain how brands can harness the increasing power of mobile devices when publishing content via social.

Karin Robinson: discusses social data at Social Media Week London. Photograph: Laurie Close (鈥廆Laurieec1)

4 social data metrics that might be lying to you

Karin Robinson, head of social insight at OgilvyOne, has kicked off Social Media Week London with her talk, Lies, Damned Lies and Social Statistics: why raw data can tell the wrong story, and why that matters.

#DeadlineDay: Booby Moore

They think it's all over. It definitely is now

Brands mark #DeadlineDay on social and it even gets its own emoji.

Cat videos: Felix launches Catdaq YouTube channel

Thou shalt follow vlogger guidelines (and watch cat videos)

The ASA reveals new vlogger guidance while Felix launches a YouTube cat channel.

Social media terminology to get your head around in our latest glossary

Know your APIs from your NLPs

Social media jargon broken down for digital marketers in our latest industry glossary.

#Tubestrike: who's winning on social?

#Tubestrike reactions from brands on social

It's round two of the Tube strike and brands have come out in their droves (again) to entertain and condole Londoners on social media. Take a look at our rolling coverage.