Readers of my US blog,
AdScam,
were informed yesterday that I have given up on Twitter. Why? Because
in the last few days, I have had dozens of emails from very pissed off
people asking why I am bombarding them with shitty emails flogging
everything from insurance to condoms.
Also on MadScam:
What a brilliant visualisation of the logo. The best yet. While
so many brands are stuffy about their logos and actually think messing
with it will open the door to others messing with it (never let lawyers
have a voice in your corporation) Google likes to have fun. No wonder
they are so successful.
Also on Arnold on Ethical Marketing:
A couple of years back, I noticed a lot of stories in the paper about a split in the Church of England.
Also on Dave Trott's Blog:
We've already seen big cuts this year at Conde Nast now it is the turn of IPC Media parent Time Inc, which is set to announce as many as 500 job cuts today.
Also on Gordon's Republic:
Following
the acquisition of a 6.9% shareholding in Media Square reported here
this morning, Bob Morton's Jersey-based company Hawk Investment
Holdings has requisitioned a meeting of Media Square shareholders with
the aim of ousting the company’s executive chairman Roger Parry and
installing three new directors.
Also on the Bottom Line:
I've been over in NYC for the last couple of days, and whilst out in Soho spotted an overly enthusiastic girl selling Obama Condoms.
Her pitch was pretty tight - buy one for $5 or go for the ultimate
triple stimulus package for $10. I went all out for the $10 stimulus
deal. Bang!
Also on Rubbertopia:
A few weeks ago I
wrote about the importance of informing and educating consumers about the internet. This followed a revamp of the IAB’s website – www.youronlinechoices.co.uk
– aimed at helping internet users understand online behavioural
advertising, how it works and how to switch it off if they want to.
Also on IAB Blog:
In media, we like to create either/ors. Different media are generally
pushed (or pulled of course) into various binary oppositions. As well
as push/pull, we have lean forward/ back; interruption/engagement;
new/old; and, today’s niggle, passive/active.
Also on the Thinkbox Blog:
Sitting in my inbox is an email from the organizers asking, “How can we make Cannes Lions even better?”
Also on Reputation v Image:
Today at 1pm, I went to collect the Euros that I'd ordered using the Post Office's Travel Money service. The online experience had all gone very smoothly, I got a decent enough exchange rate and the service guaranteed to have my money round the corner at my local post office by 1pm the next day.
Also on Alan Munro's Blog:
Comment Central is designed for anyone on Brand Republic to post genuine opinion pieces and air industry insight that is of interest to the wider marketing community. It isn't for self promotion and is strictly moderated.
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Also on Comment Central:
On the back of continuing postal disruption comes the threat of industrial action on British Airways. More will undoubtedly follow, undoubtedly. Commentators are right: Is this 2009 or 1979?
Also on DM, Data and Beyond:
Also on Digital Blogger:
As hard as it is to predict who the winners will be when the inevitable
rationalisation takes place within the increasingly cluttered ad funded
/ music subscription market place, it's a fairly safe bet to suggest
Google will still be in a strong position.
Also on Frukt on Music:
As social networking continues its growth and appeal in new areas, the idea of community brands is gaining pace. Traditionally buying into a brand meant that you were part of that community. You are a Tesco shopper, a Louis Vuitton advocate etc.
Also on Brand New:
Last week Dell hosted an event intended to unite the worlds of fashion
and technology bloggers. Their goal was to discuss how technology could
be re-positioned as fashion in order to sell it to women.
Also on Lady Geek:
Hint Mint was founded on the idea that simple objects (like a tin of mints) can also be beautiful lifestyle accessories.
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Also on Too Smart For Advertising:
Argos shuns the familiar retail format in favour of a strange lobby arrangement consisting of little more than a few catalogues and a counter dispensing a peculiar array of boxed goods. Shopping at Argos is an oddly furtive experience.
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