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I’m attending TED@PalmSprings for the next few days. I believe it will be quite the adventure – inspiring, exciting, mind-blowing. I’ve already had the privilege of running into a few interesting people, purely by chance and the power of Twitter.
Having Dinner with Chel, Bristol, Matt and Andy was a great deal of serendipitous fun.
I’ll be [...]

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Engage them

January 27, 2009

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Clever look at the new age of marketing by European agency Scholz & Friends

While it does talk about engagement and a conversation, it doesn’t mention the principles behind success in all of this. Openness, honesty, clarity, respect for the (former) audience – those in Cluetrain.

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This week’s discoveries. Click through and enjoy.
The Phenomenon of Retweeting: A Deep Analysis | Pistachio

A long, hard look at the phenomenon of the retweet. Good stuff!
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Tags: twitter, community
FT.com / UK – The new corporate firefighters

FT looks at the arrival of the senior social media rep in several big companies [...]

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A lot to live up to

January 22, 2009

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It’s both humbling and a little terrifying that I’ve been ranked so highly in the Australian Marketing Pioneer Blogs list. The company I’m in is a group I highly respect and being included both makes me feel I have a lot of expectation to live up to and that I need to try harder.
In particular, [...]

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Apropos of absolutely nothing, this needs to be shared. It’s very funny. Enjoy.

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.
You should really click through and read both the explanation and the comments. They’re worth it.

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The title says it all. You can read Renai LeMay’s article here.

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acidlabs on Facebook

January 13, 2009

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It’s arguably a touch silly, but acidlabs now has its own page on Facebook.

If you’ve got something to say to us (hopefully nice, but we accept brickbats as well as bouquets) or like what we do, drop by and leave a message on the Wall or become a fan.

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This week’s discoveries. Click through and enjoy.
Social Media Is Not a Plug-In | Marketing Profs Daily Fix Blog

Failing to treat social media inclusion in marketing or other activities in a holistic way is risky. Amber Naslund explains why the “just add it on approach” is full of FAIL.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Tags: social [...]

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This week’s discoveries. Click through and enjoy.
Survey: Automated “Direct Messages” | Pistachio

Laura Fitton looks at some survey results around automated DMing on Twitter. Interesting and it validates my (totally unscientific) gut feel that they are bad.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Tags: twitter, marketing, branding
24 ways: Contract Killer

I think that all contracts should be written [...]

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Merry Christmas

December 24, 2008

in asides

I’ll only be taking a short break over Christmas, but just wanted to sign off the next couple of days with the Christmas greeting I sent out yesterday.

I was a little worried that people would think it was dorky and twee to send this, but the reaction I’ve received has been great, so I feel [...]

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