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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Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, just gave a fascinating interview that strikes at the heart of debates around the purpose of social media. Ever since Facebook purchased Instagram to shore up its mobile credentials in anticipation of its IPO, debate has raged as to the true intentions of such founders and whether their powerful platforms were […]

Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, just gave a fascinating interview that strikes at the heart of debates around the purpose of social media. Ever since Facebook purchased Instagram to shore up its mobile credentials in anticipation of its IPO, debate has raged as to the true intentions of such founders and whether their powerful platforms were …

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Instagram’s unsurprising back down over changes to its Terms and Conditions is yet another example of the ongoing tension between access and privacy that pervades the social media space. Time will tell whether the concessions made by Instagram will prove sufficient or whether its creep away from prioritizing the user over the advertiser will prove …

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With so much understandable anxiety over budget allocation and concrete ROI, especially is you’re a small company, it’s valuable to study the best practices of those brands that have earned their way into the likability Hall of Fame. So here’s ten brands that are each among the most liked and a unique strategy they employ …

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The recent Facebook/GM arm wrestle just prior to the Facebook IPO raised an important issue as to whether Facebook should reformat its advertising to suit marketers or continue to let users drive its advertising. I believe Facebook has it right as power continues to shift towards consumers as a function of our business and personal …

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Yesterday it was announced that Karma, Facebook’s new gift app, will be instrumental in its e-commerce success. No doubt social data is an incredibly powerful e-commerce tool yet there are many reasons both for and against for arguing that Facebook will become the dominant e-commerce force. First off, here are 5 reasons that Facebook will …

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Over the last two years we have seen a steady shift from Google Search to Social Search as consumers, faced with an overwhelming amount of choices and information, are turning to their peers within social networks for trusted recommendations as to what to buy. Now it seems advertisers are recognizing this trends and following suit. …

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