Media Contacts
TV
BBC TV
Meridian Television
RADIO
BBC Radio Solent
south.today@bbc.co.uk
itvnewsmeridian@itv.com
Wave 105 FM
Express FM
solentguide@bbc.co.uk
radio.solent@bbc.co.uk
charlotte.buutt@wave105.com
studio@expressfm.com
PRESS
Hampshire Chronicle
Portsmouth News
Fareham
Havant
Gosport
Health
Daily Echo
Eastleigh
New Forest
Winchester
West Hampshire Observer
Basingstoke Gazette
Andover advertiser
Alton Herald
Bordon Herald
Haylingislander
Petersfield Post
Isle of Wight County Press
Lymington Times
Pos'abililty magazine –
Disability View
Forward Magazine
Mencap
Disability Now
RNIB
RNID
The Stroke Association
Guide Dogs
news@hampshirechronicle.co.uk
newsdesk@thenews.co.uk
chris.broom@thenews.co.uk
elise.brewerton@thenews.co.uk
sam.bannister@thenews.co.uk
priya.mistry@thenews.co.uk
newsdesk@dailyecho.co.uk
Julian.Robinson@dailyecho.co.uk
Chris.Yandell@dailyecho.co.uk
Andrew.Napier@dailyecho.co.uk
hampshiremedia@aol.com
newsdesk@basingstokegazette.co.uk
newsdesk@andoveradvertiser.co.uk
alton.herald@tindlenews.co.uk
bordon.herald@tindlenews.co.uk
liz.bourne@haylingislandtoday.co.uk
Graeme.moir@thepost.co.uk
editor@iwcp.co.uk
news@advertiserandtimes.co.uk
enquiries@2apublishing.co.uk
info@disabilityview.co.uk
sia@spinal.co.uk
helen.ketton@mencap.org.uk
editor@disabilitynow.org.uk
Corpinfo@rnib.org.uk
mediarelations@rnid.org.uk
press@stroke.org.uk
guidedogs@guidedogs.org.uk
www.geoffholt.com
Inspiring Inclusion Conference
24th April 2013
Getting Your Message Out There
Geoff Holt
www.geoffholt.com
Social Media Headlines
 86% of 16-24 year olds have a social networking profile
 1/4 of all time spent online is on social media
 Half the UK population have a Facebook account
 Social networks increase traffic to online retailers by 13%
 25% of mobile phone users use them to access social media
74% of teenagers use them for social networking, 83% of them every day
 55% of UK's workforce access social media at work
 Time spent on social networks is now 30% greater on a mobile than a
pc
Facebook headlines
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Receives 56% of all visits to social networks
2nd most visited site after Google
Visits have quadrupled in 4 years
20% of all time spent online is on Facebook
Average users spends 27 minutes each visit
Facebook = main source of news for 9% of all 18 to 34 year olds
65% of companies use FB as part of their marketing strategy
Not just for kids – fastest growing demographic on FB is women aged
65+
Twitter headlines
 100 million active users
 16,500 tweets posted every 10 seconds
 55% users tweet via mobile
Youtube headlines
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3rd biggest website
1 in ever 35 visits is to YouTube
Fastest growing social network
Reaches 17.7 million adults in UK each month