A couple of days late due to the MRS Conference and Easter playing havoc with my scheduling.
Blog-related
- IBM blogging policy NB: All companies should have one; few do
- Review of WARC Online Conference
- NIN make $1.6m in the first week (Wired) NB: A dedicated fanbase willing to pay for deluxe editions seems to be a pre-requisite for this model to work
- Party trashed after Radio 1 shout-out (BBC) NB: So “traditional media” still has the social power for flashmobs/crowdsourcing/generic person-based buzzword
- Moonwalking Bear Advert (youtube) NB: TfL have been accused of plagiarism for this
- 10 ways digital can help you thrive in a recession (David Armano)
- Are brands out of tune with the global economy? (Nigel Hollis)
- Burger King “Morning tongue” advert (youtube)
- Analysis of the Twitter messages during the Zuckerberg SXSW keynote (Marrowbones)
- How to make a video go viral (technobabble2dot0)
- Marketers biggest challenges with social networks (Advertising Age)
- Will newspapers follow Google’s model? (Brand Republic) NB: The comments are of far more value than the article – a great example of web2.0 in action
- IPA (unsurprisingly) say marketing budgets shouldn’t be cut in a downturn NB: I like the share-of-voice to share-of-market comparison
- Great tool that segments audiences by web participation (Forrester/Groundswell)
- 15 free social media white papers/e-books (Mashable)
- Retort to article on Wired comparing Apple to Google (daring fireball) NB: It is a good argument
- The obsolescence of demographics? (Pitchfork/Blackbeardblog) NB: Thanks Richard!
Random
- Best band logos (Spinner)
- Biggest record label screw-ups (Blender)
- Funny flow charts (MMOABC)
- Very detailed blog on London’s River Fleet (lndn)
- London’s underground mail railway
- Subterranean London mapped (Londonist)
- 100 best last lines from novels (American Book Review) NB: This link is a pdf
- Freecell games split by difficulty
- Excellent write-up of a non-league football match (Guardian)
- Top 10 sci films that never existed (pointlesswasteoftime)
- 5 facts about the Batman TV show from the 1960s (Mental Floss)
- Examples of recreations of the Last Supper in popular culture (culturepopped)
- Evolution of video game consoles (Fun Fever)
A bit of a bumper week given that these links cover 9 days. In particular I would recommend:
From the blog-related side: Are brands out of tune with the global economy?, Analysis of the Twitter messages during the Zuckerberg SXSW keynote, How to make a video go viral, Will newspapers follow Google’s model? and Marketers biggest challenges with social networks
From the random side: Funny flow charts, Excellent write-up of a non-league football match and Examples of recreations of the Last Supper in popular culture
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