All Blacks: Rucking Good Social Media

Posted by on Feb 10, 2012 in Links | No Comments

Being half-Kiwi I had the pleasure of knocking about 8 months off my life expectancy on Sunday as the All Blacks just held off a spirited French revival. Despite the tension it was a tremendous day, and it prompted me to write this… A couple of weeks ago the video below popped up in my ...

I Watched, I Purchased, My Problem was Solved

Posted by on Feb 9, 2012 in Links | No Comments

I recently remembered a story about advertising that worked wonders in introducing me to a product that I purchased and loved. Being somewhat of a music and technology nerd, I follow several blogs that keep pace with what’s happening in the industry. I can’t remember exactly where, but in browsing one of those sites a ...

Time For Brand Marketers To Lead A Comeback

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It’s a good thing the game between the NFL’s New England Patriots and the New York Giants was exciting because this year’s Super Bowl commercials were dull, and what a weird thing to say about the Super Bowl. Generally, it’s the very opposite of that. Perhaps it’s best not to read too much into Super ...

Inaccurate labels and why we need them (and need to improve them)

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If I tell you, “I’m going to the baseball game,” it seems as though you’re likely to understand what I mean. Of course, you won’t. When George Will goes to a baseball game, it’s a religious experience. Me, I don’t even like baseball. Or maybe it’s my nephew’s ball game (the playoffs), or maybe going ...

Hanging in there – an eye catching brand advertising campaign by German magazine Wirtschaftswoche

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It certainly did make me stop and look twice. They were looking pretty realistic from afar. Two men hanging either side of a poster. On closer inspection it was revealed that they were of course just dummies, but it all tied nicely together and reminded me of the Economist brand ads, but taken to a ...

After Kodak, Can Old Brands Survive by Re-inventing Themselves?

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Kodak is the latest brand struggling for cash and has filed for bankruptcy protection. The photographic pioneer has over 130 years history – and they seemed to have made a successful transition from old school film and cameras to digital when digital cameras started to go mainstream – with the Kodak gallery as just one example of ...

SOCIAL BRAND LEADERSHIP

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Simon Mainwaring is the author of We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World (Palgrave Macmillan). Prior to founding We First, a social branding consultancy, Simon was a Nike creative at Wieden+Kennedy and Worldwide Creative Director for Motorola at Ogilvy. He blogs at simonmainwaring.com and tweets @simonmainwaring For decades, ...