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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

 

Authors@Google: Simon Mainwaring, We First

October 24, 2011 Comments


I finally had the chance to visit Google, a business, brand and creative powerhouse I have admired for years. I spoke there about We First as part of their authors series. Everyone was super gracious and I now understand why …

Posted in Advertising, Books, Capitalism, Causes, Community, Consumers, Economy, Future, Globalization, Non-profits, Optimism, Philanthropy, Purpose, Social Entrepreneurship, Social media, Technology, Thought leadership, Values, Virtual Goods, We First | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

 

Mashable Social Good: Building a Private Sector Pillar of Social Change

September 20, 2011 Comments


Mashable Slides View more presentations from Simon Mainwaring I had the real pleasure of speaking at Mashable Social Good yesterday. It was a hugely inspiring day with great presentations by Ted Turner of Turner Enterprises,  Alec Ross from the State …

Posted in Brands, Capitalism, Causes, Community, Consumers, Economy, Future, Mobile, Non-profits, Optimism, Philanthropy, Purpose, Social Entrepreneurship, Social media, Thought leadership, Virtual Goods, We First | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

 

Fueling the Future: What’s shaping branding, advertising and social media

August 1, 2011 Comments


David Shing, Digital Prophet at AOL kindly included me in Adweek and AOL’s  ‘Fueling the Future’ blog series a few weeks ago at the 2011 Cannes International Advertising Festival. He fired off a few questions about what look interesting in the …

Posted in Advertising, Brands, Future, Gaming, Social media, Thought leadership, Virtual Goods | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

 

TEDxSF: From Me First to We First Living

June 13, 2011 Comments


I had the great privilege last weekend of participating in TEDxSF speaking on the topic of ‘Me First to We First Living.’ I wanted to post it with you in the hope that you would share it with your community …

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Zynga: How the virtual world can save the real world

April 12, 2011 Comments


I’ve written in the past about the great relief efforts of Zynga to aid the earthquake victims in Haiti. At the time I saw this as a powerful demonstration of what could become a consistent and transformative force for positive …

Posted in Brands, Causes, Community, Future, Gaming, Social media, Thought leadership, Virtual Goods, We First | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

 

Brandlines: If and when brands begin and end?

November 10, 2010 Comments


The web pays no heed to language, geographic or cultural boundaries. What began with the internalization of currency and expanded through multi-national corporations is now compounded by the seamless integration of social media users around the world. Our awareness and …

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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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