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What the f**k is Social Media

Aug 3

Posted by Frederic in Marketing and Advertising, Social Media | No Comments

This very poetic title is actually the title of a very good overview on Social Media, their power and some do’s and dont’s in social media advertising.

It all starts with a Twitter quote by Google Analytics Evangelist, Avinash Kaushik, “Social media is like teen sex: Everyone wants to do it. No one actually knows how. When finally done, there is surprise it’s not better.”. An excellent introduction to a very good presentation by Marta Kagan that offers a whole update on Social Media today.

I can only advise you to have a read at this excellent presentation.


What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later

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Make a Friend Famous

Jul 13

Posted by Frederic in Marketing and Advertising | No Comments

make-a-friend-famousThis “Make a Friend Famous” campaign and Facebook application has been launched a couple weeks ago by HBO, the US broadcaster well-known for its creative TV series. The goal of the exercise is to promote the U.S. launche of the new season of the “Entourage” serie.

The base concept of this game is actually dead-classic, it’s a popularity contest like the “web-2.0-sphere” like it, but smartly based on the main topic of the promoted program, ie the daily life and challenges of the manager of a star. This is where one can see some originality in the concept: as a candidate, you have to do the maximum to get votes, not for yourself, but for a friend of yours you have chosen to “manage” up the celebrity ladder. Next to the obvious link with the topic, it Read the rest of this entry »

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Traditional advertising is still relevant, even Google thinks so

May 10

Posted by Frederic in Marketing and Advertising | No Comments

For years, Google has succeeded in building the most valuable brand of the world while hardly doing any traditional advertising.

google-on-nytimes-tbnWhether it’s through technical innovations or with anecdotes, Google succeeds to appear in the media very often against a very sharp marketing budget.

Having said this, let’s not forget that Google isn’t always number one. It’s actually pretty common to see Google struggling in other domains than search.

The most typical case is probably the web browser Google Chrome, which seems to be the exception to Google’s marketing rule of not marketing in a traditional way. It started in Japan with a TV advertising (pretty conceptual) in the beginning of the year and more recently in the States.

Last week, Read the rest of this entry »

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