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Why social media is critical to the future of TV

October 1, 2012 Comments


Last week I had the pleasure of doing a keynote at the Televisa Conference in Mexico City. I talked about the shared future of TV and social media and wanted to pass on some thoughts from the event. I cannot …

Posted in Advertising, Brands, Consumers, Future, Technology, Thought leadership | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

 

Top 5 reasons Facebook will become an E-commerce giant and Top 5 reasons it won’t

May 25, 2012 Comments


Yesterday it was announced that Karma, Facebook’s new gift app, will be instrumental in its e-commerce success. No doubt social data is an incredibly powerful e-commerce tool yet there are many reasons both for and against for arguing that Facebook …

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Today’s social media landscape and where you fit in

May 21, 2012 Comments


When you look at this rather frightening infographic of social media landscape from Buddy Media/Luma, it’s easy to feel lost and overwhelmed. And it’s true that each day presents new opportunities and complexities for social media engagement and management. Yet …

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When virtual worlds collide: Facebook meets 3D shopping

April 24, 2012 Comments


If brands and ad agencies were already struggling to create seamless, real-time shopping experiences built around customers’ multi-screen lifestyles, their work just got harder. It is one thing to migrate seamlessly between the on and offline world across multiple devices …

Posted in Advertising, Brands, Facebook, Social media, Technology, Virtual Goods | Tagged , , | 9 Comments

 

Social media seen through Google’s augmented reality lens

April 6, 2012 Comments


The release of this video from Google gives us a glimpse of what life might look like through the lens of Google’s augmented reality glasses. It poses as many questions as it answers but as you watch the video, you …

Posted in Consumers, GENERAL, Social media, Technology | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

 

Move over New York: What happens in an Internet minute

March 30, 2012 Comments


Last week I wrote about how important timing is to the success of your brand from a macro and micro point of view. Well, this is thrown into even starker relief when you consider what happens on the web in …

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Robert Tercek: The rising impact of social media, big data and media disruption

March 21, 2012 Comments


I was so thrilled when Robert Tercek kindly agreed to speak at the We First seminar. His talk was inspiring, confronting, educational, and rousing in equal measure. Everyone loved it and got so much out of it. For those that …

Posted in Brands, Conferences, Creativity, Future, Leadership, MEDIA, Mobile, Social media, Technology, Thought leadership, We First | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

 

Why timing means everything to the success of your brand

March 15, 2012 Comments


In this age of real-time social and customer engagement I wanted to share two charts that dramatically demonstrate how important timing is to the success of your brand from both a macro and micro perspective. The first is a chart …

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About Simon Mainwaring

Simon Mainwaring is founder of We First, a social branding consulting firm that helps companies, non-profits and individuals use social media to build communities, profits and positive impact.

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