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Entries Tagged as 'Marketing and Branding'

Funniest Banner Ad Ever?

August 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Marketing and Branding

I am so NOT a fan of banner ads or ads that make you click through to some kind of ridiculous site. But while I was building a blog site for some friends of mine, I came across this hysterical ad from Pringles. Trust me, it’s worth clicking through to the end.  The ad was [...]

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Social Business by Design

August 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Collaboration, Corporate Culture (or not), Marketing and Branding, Presentation Goodness, Social Media

The inimitable David Armano gave a great presentation on “social media” and it’s integration into businesses at the Social Fresh Conference. It is, in David’s usual style, extremely insightful and packed with valuable information.

I particularly think the portions of the presentation that deal with organizational culture are really key to the ultimate success or failure [...]

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Don’t beg like NPR…unless you’re NPR

June 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Marketing and Branding

Last week, my local public radio station (KCFR) was holding its annual pledge drive. I love NPR and local public radio and always give to support it. But, it’s kind of annoying when they spend an entire week asking for pledges, making me feel guilty if I don’t give, and worst of all, providing just [...]

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Enough with Bad Auto DM’s Already

June 9th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Marketing and Branding, Social Media, Twitter

OK, maybe this is going to sound cranky, and I’ve talked about it before, but if you’re on Twitter I’m begging you to please, please, please stop sending out bad automatic direct messages to everyone who follows you. I’ve already followed you, and now we’re following each other and I really, sincerely appreciate the fact [...]

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