Ciarán Norris

About: Ciarán Norris

Biography:

Ciarán has been working online since getting a job in a Sydney internet cafe in 1999. Upon returning to the real world he initially worked in digital publishing, including at Reed Business Information, the UK's largest B2B publisher, where he was a founder member of the company's first ever search marketing team. He moved agency side in April 2007, heading the Search & Social team at Altogether, the digital arm of Engine, the UK's largest independent communications group. Whilst there he won the award for Best Viral Marketing Campaign at the Interactive Marketing & Advertising Awards for dothetest.co.uk Ciarán joined Mindshare in June 2009 and currently leads their global social media offering and is working with clients such as Nike, Rolex, Unilever & HSBC. As well as speaking at many leading digital industry events and for organisations including the IDM & IAB, he writes a monthly column on social media for Search Engine Land, the #1 ranked blog in Ad Age's Power 150.

Author Archives: Ciarán Norris

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The Obligatory Facebook Places Post

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Facebook & The Tyranny Of Attention

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Redefining Viral: B2B Social Marketing

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If you live in the UK and use Facebook regularly, you may have noticed a new type of ad appearing. [...]

The Death Of The Remote Control Syndrome

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YouTube Follows Facebook, Goes Feather Lite

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No More Searching For Brands That Go Social

Last week British trade publication New Media Age led with the news that Coke & Unilever, two of the world’s [...]

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