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 15, 2012

Why timing means everything to the success of your brand

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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 for Linked In Analytics that breaks out the growing and shrinking industries as defined by […]

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 for Linked In Analytics that breaks out the growing and shrinking industries as defined by …

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March 8, 2012

Invisible Children, social media & how you can save the lives of children

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This is an important film and I hope you share it. It is unconscionable as a father and a man that children are subjected to such unspeakable treatment. It’s also a chance for us to help just by sharing this film. By making Joseph Kony famous for his actions. By using the tools we enjoy …

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March 5, 2012

What technology has in mind for your brand’s future

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Every corporation, start-up and non-profit faces multiple challenges today, most pressing of which is the pace of changing technology. But just as important is the ability to imagine what possibilities new mobile, gaming and social technologies all unlock for your business, brand and social impact. With this challenge in mind, I wanted to share three …

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March 1, 2012

Let Go & Lead: How to engage customers in the social business marketplace

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Simon Mainwaring: On Engagement in the Social Marketplace from Let Go & Lead on Vimeo. I recently had the privilege of being included in Gagen MacDonald’s fantastic ‘Let Go & Lead’ project and the interview just came out so I wanted to share it with you. ‘Let Go & Lead’ is a project to explore …

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February 29, 2012

Facebook & Twitter to Madison Avenue: Your future is social

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In the run-up to the Facebook IPO a day doesn’t pass without another announcement as to how social networks are monetizing the valuable personal data banks they oversee. A boon for marketers, these ad platforms inspire further privacy concerns for users but also put greater pressure on advertisers to accept that their future will be …

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February 23, 2012

The State of the Social Sphere: Usual Suspects and Surprises

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Adweek just published this really insights info graphic produced by Carlos Monteiro that combines data from Experian Hitwise, Forrester Research and PQ Media to provide a snapshot of the leaders in the social media sphere (excluding mobile data). There’s so much to discover but here are a few things that jumped out at me:  Facebook captures …

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