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January 25, 2010

Do ad agencies have a future? The What, How and Why.

January 25, 2010 by Simon Mainwaring

Social media has done more than connect consumers in ways never imagined before. It has done more than challenge brands that traditionally communicate with consumers by dictating behavior in a “push” rather than “pull” strategy. Social media has also redefined the short and long-term roles of advertising agencies. Here’s why. Traditionally brands have broadcast their […]

Social media has done more than connect consumers in ways never imagined before. It has done more than challenge brands that traditionally communicate with consumers by dictating behavior in a “push” rather than “pull” strategy. Social media has also redefined the short and long-term roles of advertising agencies. Here’s why. Traditionally brands have broadcast their …

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Filed Under: Advertising, Brands Tagged With: Advertising, Advertising agency, Brands, Social media

 
January 21, 2010

On purpose: Why some brands have already failed in 2010

January 21, 2010 by Simon Mainwaring

I’ve written often about the need for a brand to define who it is and what its core values are. I wanted to take that further by saying that it is equally critical to define the goals of a brand in terms of purpose for the year. Without doing so a brand is likely to …

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Filed Under: Brands, Values Tagged With: Brand, Business, Consumer behaviour, Marketing

 
January 20, 2010

One good idea deserves another: Book Giveaway

January 20, 2010 by Simon Mainwaring

As my way of saying thank you for all the incredible feedback and support I’ve received in the past year, I’ve decided to launch a book giveaway. These are all books that I have read or am reading as research and think are worthwhile. (Your book will be new of course!) It’s a great way …

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Filed Under: Creativity Tagged With: Creativity, Marketing

 
January 18, 2010

Nike Just Does It Again: New Local/Social ‘True City’ AR App

January 18, 2010 by Simon Mainwaring

Nike released a new iPhone app last week that demonstrates why they continue to be a marketing leader. Called True City, it provides unique insight into six European cities by detailing information that only people who live in that city would know. Basically, an insider’s guidebook to London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Milan, Paris and Barcelona. What’s …

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Filed Under: Brands, Creativity, Technology Tagged With: Augmented Reality, Nike

 
January 14, 2010

Consumers say, “Catch us if you can”. Coke and Pepsi give chase.

January 14, 2010 by Simon Mainwaring

I really appreciated the fantastic feedback on this week’s post about The Death of Corporate Websites. Lo and behold, last night I spy a quote (thanks, Frank Reed) from Anne Carelli, Digital Marketing Manager for Coke saying: “Several years ago, Coke realized that Coke.com is not their home page – it is Google.com, digg.com and …

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Filed Under: Brands, Consumers, Social Tagged With: Brands, Coke, Pepsi, Pepsi Refresh Project, Social media, SuperBowl

 
January 11, 2010

The death of corporate websites: Top 10 ways they will change

January 11, 2010 by Simon Mainwaring

In the not too distant future static corporate websites will be replaced by their social equivalents. This will happen because more and more consumers are engaged in daily conversations, often involving brands, across multiple applications, platforms and networks, wholly independent of these sites. As these conversations become increasingly independent of these sites, falling traffic will …

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Filed Under: Brands, Consumers, Social Tagged With: Brands, CES, social business, Social media

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