Facebook

May 8, 2012 by Simon Mainwaring

As the Facebook IPO Roadshow shifts into high gear, it seems relevant to consider exactly what value Facebook can offer your brand and business. While the addition of Instagram and Glancee has done much to sure up their mobile capacities (as yet only in perception), the core business opportunities cannot be underestimated. The roster of […]

April 24, 2012 by Simon Mainwaring

If brands and ad agencies were already struggling to create seamless, real-time shopping experiences built around customers’ multi-screen lifestyles, their work just got harder. It is one thing to migrate seamlessly between the on and offline world across multiple devices (PC, tablet, smartphone) to never lose touch with your customer, it is another to reconcile […]

February 23, 2012 by Simon Mainwaring

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 […]

January 18, 2012 by Simon Mainwaring

I wanted to share this video with you that features David Kirkpatrick, the author of The Facebook Effect, talking about the impact of social tools and technology on the way consumers and citizens around the world are demanding change. He does a wonderful job of articulating how the internet has heightened awareness around the world of […]

January 13, 2012 by Simon Mainwaring

http://youtu.be/eOX6CPC9GnA Last week I had the pleasure of joining other guests on This Week in Social Media with host, Robert Tercek. As always, it was a lively discussion ranging from the rise of Google+, to citizen and consumer activism, to the future of journalism. I hope you enjoy it.

November 7, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

I’ve had the chance in the last year of visiting three exceptional places that are famous for their degree of creativity and marketplace dominance, and I wanted to share come common traits that seemed to factor into their success. The first is Weiden & Kennedy, perhaps the preeminent creative advertising agency in the world, where […]