Radio Remix
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »Radiohead is a band that has given me countless hours of pleasure. At Radio 1 recently - whoever was hosting the show did their own version of Nude a Radiohead song as a remix. here's he link to ...
How do I reach Jan Chipchase @ Nokia and why is Apple so bad?
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Education, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Travel, Trends, Web/Tech | 4 Comments »If you need to reach Jan Chipchase, the best, and sometimes only, way to get him is on his cellphone. The first time I spoke to him last fall, he was at home in his apartment in Tokyo. ...
The Twittering Government
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Government & Politics, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Picked this up from Jeff Jarvis A speech by Tom Watson The 19th century co-operative movements had their roots in people pooling resources to make, buy or distribute physical goods. Modern online communities are the new co-operatives. Jarvis makes his own ...
Mind the Gap
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Media, Mobile, Networks, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »Reading Tomi's last post prompted me to think out loud on some broader issues that have been brewing for some time. That thought process relates to the idea of FRICTION - Friction is abrasion, agitation, attrition, ...
How consumer conversation will change business using Social Marketing Intelligence
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Networks, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Prive Waterhouse Coopers have published a report How consumer conversation will change business One consumer voice can morph into a community in minutes. Are you listening? They say - The speed and scale of consumer conversations can redirect entire markets - ...
remix America!
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Engagement Marketing, Government & Politics, Networks, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Web/Tech, Weblogs | No Comments »I just read Ellen McGirt's poignant feature story on The Brand Called Obama in Fast Company, and my marketing head is spinning. "The fact that Obama has taken what we thought we knew about politics and turned ...
Evolution of SMLXL
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Books, Broadcast, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Education, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Generation C, Government & Politics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Networks, News, Newspapers, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Retail, Science, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech, Weblogs, iPTV | No Comments »In 2002, I founded a company called SMLXL - short for Small Medium Large XtraLarge. Its focus was and still is - how do businesses and organisations meaningfully engage in a commercial or social agenda with their audiences. We were some ...
New Business Models in online communities
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Mobile, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »I have never met Benjamin Joffe - but he is part of our global network as is Lars Cosh-Ishii from tokyo Benjamin recently presented in OZ and I wold like to share with your his thoughts ...
Oh - we had a community - Lessons from Nextel
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Engagement Marketing, Ethics, Mobile, Social Networks, Strategy, Trends | 2 Comments »A fascinating article on what Tomi blogged at at great length may I add on the Sprint/Nextel debacle. Nextel Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTL - message board), once the poster child for high average revenue per user ...
The 1st Agency Summit - Sopwell House
Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Events, Media, Strategy, Television, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Last night I kicked off this 3 day event with a small address about how advertising faces perhaps some of its greatest challenges to survive in the digital age. I mentioned Esther Dyson and Bill Gates who observed ...
