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What the Cluetrain Manifesto Teaches Us on Social Media … 11 Years Later

this is the unabridged version of an article published and written originally for Bnet.co.uk of which I am a regular contributor

OK, “markets are conversations” but keep on reading anyway …

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Comments (0)Posted on on 28 February, 2010 - 23:04
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The Last Time

With Blockbuster's deft PR manipulation of the Wall Street Journal to write about its "remake" on the same morning it announced the continued collapse of its business yesterday, I also feel compelled to write about the company. This will be the last time I do so.

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Comments (0)Posted on on 28 February, 2010 - 00:09
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The Power of Text

What makes an engaging television commercial? If you think visual and auditory appeal – action, sound, music, people, color, etc. – you would usually be correct. Ditto for high production values. An exotic location might help, too.

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Comments (0)Posted on on 27 February, 2010 - 23:44
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(10/10) My Top 10 Tips for Implementing Social Media

continued from part one, this article is the last and final part in a series of 10 instalments

My recommendation: bringing real answers to real questions

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Comments (1)Posted on on 27 February, 2010 - 00:08
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Super Bowl 2010 Ad Winners

In what is becoming an annual event, Sands Research announced the “winning” commercials for Super Bowl 2010 as determined by their neuromarketing analysis. Volkswagen emerged as #1, well ahead of the competition by Sands’ metrics.

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Comments (0)Posted on on 26 February, 2010 - 23:24
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From Recycling to Fair Trade and Conflict Free Material. Companies such as HP Are Doing a Great Job.

Despite there are a lot of efforts on recycling, very little of our stuff is recyclable and being recycled. I don’t think we are doing enough, designers and consumers have a dilemma, and we love nicely designed packaging but hate to see the kind of waste we’re producing. Food containers are one good example.

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Comments (1)Posted on on 26 February, 2010 - 00:18
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How the Global Fortune 100 Are Using Social Media: Some Statistics

A useful survey from global PR firm Burson-Marsteller this week looks at the ways in which the Global Fortune 100 companies are using social media. The tools they are using and how they are developing a social media strategy. The survey looked at 100 firms in the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and examined how these firms are using social media.

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Comments (0)Posted on on 25 February, 2010 - 23:38
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Neuromarketing: From Soup to Nuts

I’ve been chronicling the nascent neuromarketing industry since 2006, and I don’t think I’ve seen a story to date which captured social media attention to the degree that the recent Campbell Soup neuromarketing story did. The original story in the Wall Street Journal fueled a mini-boom of Twitter and blogging activity. Why? I think the fact that a major consumer products company went on the record about their use of neuromarketing, and even provided specifics of how they changed their marketing, was the driving force. This was an unusually detailed look inside a practical application of neuromarketing.

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Comments (0)Posted on on 25 February, 2010 - 23:04
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(9/10) My Top 10 Tips for Implementing Social Media

continued from part one, this article will be published in 10 instalments

nine: quantity and flow of information

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Comments (0)Posted on on 25 February, 2010 - 22:39
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