Simon Mainwaring

We First provides consulting and training to help companies tell the story of their good work in ways that build their business

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March 22, 2013

When a brand leads with values, customers value you more

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Howard Schultz has long been know for his strident leadership positions from calling for a CEO boycott of corporate campaign donations to his ‘Create Jobs for USA’ which invited customers to contribute $5 to help entrepreneurs kick start the national economy. This week he went one step further in his support of same sex marriage. In doing […]

Howard Schultz has long been know for his strident leadership positions from calling for a CEO boycott of corporate campaign donations to his ‘Create Jobs for USA’ which invited customers to contribute $5 to help entrepreneurs kick start the national economy. This week he went one step further in his support of same sex marriage. In doing …

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March 19, 2013

How building your brand with your community grows both

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One of the constant themes of my blog posts over the last year has been the need to cop-create content for your brand with your community. One great example is You Tube sensation, ‘Epic Rap Battles’. Here’s just one example of their videos (apologies for the ad up front). The way it works is simple. …

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March 14, 2013

The rise in social ad budgets and what it means for your brand

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Recent studies conducted by Digiday for Vizu as reported by eMarketer show that marketers are looking to increase spend. In fact 64% of respondents said they will increase paid social media ad spends. This research demonstrates modest growing importance of social media ad spend with the full spectrum of marketing budgets but it’s instructive to view this latest research with an …

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March 7, 2013

Is this the end of purpose driven ads or a new beginning?

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I noticed the article by Rance Crain in Forbes this week in which he questioned whether the end of purpose driven ad is nigh because “none of it worked.” While Crain lays out the case “for” and “against” I would like to add some thoughts to the debate. First, there is an implicit presumption that …

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March 4, 2013

Insights from Social Good Brazil: Strategies for driving social change

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Social Good Brazil Report | 2012 from Social Good Brasil I was super excited to be one of the speakers at Social Good Brazil in Florianopolis in November last year. There were fantastic presentations from thought leaders like Peter Sims (‘Little Bets’), Beth Kanter (‘Measuring The Networked Non-Profit’) and Aaron Sherinian (the tireless force behind …

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