14 Nov 2011

Social TV is Misunderstood


A buzzword of 2011, social TV is set to be huge. Soon we may see the TV become the epicentre of the futuristic ‘smart’ home, it is important however that manufacturers do not misunderstand the concept of social TV.

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21 Feb 2011

Share The Moment Or It’s Lost


The new big thing in live/real time content is mobile photo sharing. Is this a good thing? Should we be panicking about privacy, or embracing the benefits of this trend?

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17 Feb 2011

Back To The Shops: Social Shopping Hits the Real World


The retail landscape is changing. Digital is entering the high street, allowing people to be social while they shop. But what does this mean for consumers, and for brands?

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14 Feb 2011

The Rise of Real World Interaction


The lines between real and virtual, between old and new media, and between technology and biology are ever more blurred as consumers seamlessly adopt new technologies and move from channel to channel to transact and interact as part of their everyday lives.

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21 Jan 2011

2011 Predictions


Our top ten predictions for what 2011 will bring, the impact this will have on consumer behaviour and how brands should respond to these trends.

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23 Aug 2010

Who is the Crowd?


There’s been a lot of noise around the word ‘crowdsourcing’, but is the hype testament to what is currently happening in this space. Who makes up the crowd and is it more about skimming off the top layer of skilled freelancers that can write a TV script in answer to the brief, rather than finding the true advocates?

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13 Jul 2010

Experiential + mobile + social = live digital


Everyone loves to talk about convergence and integration in advertising and while interaction in the real world has been growing for a number of years now, very few brands are developing concepts that marry up digital tools with experiential marketing.

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13 Jul 2010

Advocate content is the future of brand advertising


Old model = take content from ATL campaigns and push socially
New model = encourage advocates to make social content for the brand and use that for ATL content

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