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Archive for May 2007

May 31st, 2007

Mesh and Building a community

Building a Community - How and Why it Matters
Mark Relph talks with Will Pate, Jordan Banks and Lionel Menchaca.
Mark: community means a lot of things to different people; for many different reasons.
Q: with all those different definitions, what does it mean to you and your org:
lionel: similar interests, form a corp perspective we look […]

By Rachel -- 2 comments

May 31st, 2007

Mesh and teaching old marketing new tricks

New Media - Teaching Old Markets New Tricks
Mike McDerment talks with Jen Evans, Maggie Fox and John Jantsch
Q: what is new media and why is it relevant to have this conversation
maggie: this is like what is art? Technology is important but there are important cultural shifts happening as well. Email and social media […]

By Rachel -- 0 comments

May 31st, 2007

Richard Edelman

Richard Edelman

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Richard Edelman during his keynote conversation at Mesh this morning.

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May 31st, 2007

Mesh and Richard Edelman

Notes from the first morning keynote as Mesh conference
The Future of Public Relations
Stuart MacDonald talks to Global CEO of Edelman Richard Edelman.
Q: what is your definition of PR:
A; it s about telling a story well, and the essence of a story is true. it should not be spin or black arts, that’s malpractice. […]

By Rachel -- 0 comments

May 30th, 2007

PR and the online business

I write last week about how not to approach a blogger as an agency. Dave McClure has a great post about why PR agencies have trouble from a geek perspective, especially with online business. In summary (but go read all the reasons why):

Pr firm does not understand the technology they are selling
PR […]

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May 29th, 2007

Heinz Make your own

More from Rebecca, who points me in the direction of another entry in the seemingly never ending stream of user generated advertisement promotions, this one from Heinz ketchup (US only), at the Top This TV challenge. There’s nothing too new here; it’s in conjunction with YouTube, it needs to be 30 seconds, you have […]

By Rachel -- 0 comments

May 29th, 2007

Are agencies using the Web2.0 tools they are selling?

Rebecca Caroe, an old friend from the UK, has been doing some research (link direct to pdf of results) on UK agencies and their use of ‘Web2.0′ technologies. Some conclusion she has made:

Creative agencies are lagging behind global trend of web2.0 adoption in global businesses
the return on investment remains to be proven
client demand is […]

By Rachel -- 0 comments

May 29th, 2007

Online Banner Actions

For many people, online banners are all about the click; the action, the drive through to the website to do more. This, in the past, has heavily influenced their design, with prominent call to actions to get that click. With the increase in rich media applications, a click-through becomes less necessary as […]

By Rachel -- 0 comments

May 23rd, 2007

Bud.tv not working

From PSFK, we see that PaidContent are reporting the potential demise of bud.tv. I can’t comment on the quality of the site, as I decided not to fill in the 2 forms they sent me to prove I was over 21 so never got in but with that many hoops to jump through […]

By Rachel -- 0 comments

May 23rd, 2007

How not to approach a blogger

Scaramouch over at YesButBoButYes recently received a pitch email from an agency, looking to him to help them push the latest piece of content for their client Anheuser-Busch. The suggested point by point response is pretty funny and well worth a read. I asked him of I could do a different kind of […]

By Rachel -- 6 comments

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