Comments for Simon Mainwaring

Comment on How your brand wins over empowered customers to profit from social commerce by Mafrick17

Mafrick17 — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:08:00 +0000

You are a dick and I am going to analyze why based on your article on Forbes about the Facebook IPO. On your list #6 makes no sense. Mark being arrogant has nothing to do with everyone being a student of the future. Number 7 is about loss of privacy and responsibility. How does companies stealing peoples information have anything to do with responsibility? Most ridiculous of all is #10. For thousands of years people survived without the Internet or any technology yet you say a need has been there. If you are really “friends” with someone you would pick up the phone and call them. Facebook is a sick addiction for most people and a money making scheme for others like yourself. I am in no way against Facebook and think the idea of it is genius. Mark deserves every dollar he made but Facebook has been on a steady decline since advertising on the website started. You should write a book about making a selling a good product.

Comment on How to use social media internally to build your brand and business by Social Media and Internal Communications – You Following? | leannecarey713

Social Media and Internal Communications – You Following? | leannecarey713 — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:53:03 +0000

[...] “It is critical to note that a company’s employee base – like its customers – is a media-savvy audience that judges the effectiveness of internal social media. That judgment, in turn, affects the ability of a company to attract top talent as potential employees who know only too well that a successful company must also be a social engaged company.” Source: Simon Mainwaring, The We First Blog [...]

Comment on When virtual worlds collide: Facebook meets 3D shopping by Simon Mainwaring

Simon Mainwaring — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:28:00 +0000

I agree. Google never watches idly. There are plans afoot!

Comment on When virtual worlds collide: Facebook meets 3D shopping by Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:19:00 +0000

I’m sure Google has a plan once facebook launch their virtual mall. Let’s see what’s their
reaction about it..

Comment on When virtual worlds collide: Facebook meets 3D shopping by Simon Mainwaring

Simon Mainwaring — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:51:00 +0000

Agreed. Online behavior is increasingly driving commerce and if teens get behind it the rest will follow. Thanks Michael.

Comment on When virtual worlds collide: Facebook meets 3D shopping by Michael Skoler

Michael Skoler — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:26:00 +0000

I believe Zappos started by taking pictures of shoe inventory from actual stores to test its idea of a virtual shoe store. This might be testing the same idea, but for a mall. Given how teenagers gather to shop together, and how parents often want to see the purchases before paying for the clothes with credit cards, there might be a natural market for this.

Comment on When virtual worlds collide: Facebook meets 3D shopping by Simon Mainwaring

Simon Mainwaring — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:30:00 +0000

Very smart suggestion. I think you just gave them a great idea! Nice one, Patrick.

Comment on When virtual worlds collide: Facebook meets 3D shopping by Patrick Wagner

Patrick Wagner — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:53:00 +0000

I can’t wait for facebook to drive a Google Maps style image capture device – to scan malls and then provide them online in 3d with the ability to change which stores are in the virtual mall?

Comment on When virtual worlds collide: Facebook meets 3D shopping by Simon Mainwaring

Simon Mainwaring — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:55:00 +0000

Thanks, and I hear you. That said, the send life’s of the world continue to prosper so maybe the shopping opportunities will new confined to this users. But I agree, it’s a line call for now. Thanks.

Comment on When virtual worlds collide: Facebook meets 3D shopping by lochwinnoch

lochwinnoch — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:53:00 +0000

I see a huge number of challenges ahead, not least, the requirement for shoppers to learn an entirely new interface, following none of the standards that have developed over several years from test & learn through eCommerce platforms. I can’t think of a single 3D avatar interface that’s worked on a mass scale for anything other than gaming, so the question for me becomes, “is this something that users actually want? Is this the way that they want to browse for, and purchase goods?”

Only time will tell, of course, but this feels oddly like boo.com in a different guise…