Recently there are few trends and topics in marketing which we hear everyday and everywhere.
One is for sure Content Marketing!
The consumers are now very interested in what you produce and lead them to consume! The world is changing, so as the consumer behavior. They want to know what is inside the package rather than the package itself.
Here is a brief description of Content Marketing from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_marketing
And for a broader perspective on what is going on in the content marketing side of our business Top 42 Content Marketing Blogs are listed by Content Marketing Institute. Here you go with the link, enjoy reading!
http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/top-content-marketing-blogs/
Monday 22 April 2013
Friday 22 March 2013
If there is no water, there is no life.
A nature conservation foundation in Turkey, TEMA, has an
advertising to underline the importance of the water on World Water Day by
saying ‘If there is no water, there is no life.’ And the copy is highly
supported by the creative.
22 March is ‘World Water Day’ since 1993. The day is declared by
UN. And according to UNESCO;
·
85% of the
world population lives in the driest half of the planet.
·
783 million
people do not have access to clean water and almost 2.5 billion do not have
access to adequate sanitation.
·
6 to 8
million people die annually from the consequences of disasters and
water-related diseases.
TEMA’s advertising is summarising UNESCO’s data.
Monday 18 March 2013
No need to say ''attention please''!
A container is becoming a huge shoe box. And that shoe box is being showcased with the products in it at various events, like a music festival. Adidas made this activation at Lollapalooza Music Festival 2011. This box is a great idea to take the attentions to your brand in a festival area!
Friday 8 March 2013
What Do Women Want? At Work, That Is… [INFOGRAPHIC]*
What do you want at work? What does success mean to you? What is your biggest challenge at work? We asked these very questions (and more) to thousands of professional women around the world to better understand the challenges women face in their careers, what success means to them now and how that’s changed over the past 5-10 years.
While some stark differences emerged by country, we uncovered some key global trends. Today, almost two thirds of working women say that success is about achieving the right work-life balance. This is a major shift from 5 to 10 years ago when ‘salary’ topped that list along with an ‘interesting job’ and ‘responsibility’. Interestingly, work-life balance wasn’t really on the radar then.
These findings emerged from our ‘What Women Want @ Work’ study, released today in celebration and support of International Women’s Day on March 8th.
Not surprisingly, our study tells us that working women the world over are looking for one thing above others – greater flexibility. As a working mum of two little boys, I know only too well what a juggling act it can sometimes be. Two out of three of working mums we surveyed agree and ‘would like more flexible work conditions’. Furthermore, there is a strong belief that for the next generation of professional women greater flexibility will be crucial for their success – a whopping 4 out 5 agree with that sentiment.
Other big issues that the study surfaced included concerns over lack of investment in professional development and lack of a clear career path. Encouragingly and despite all this, there is a great deal of confidence and optimism about careers and future opportunities – with 3 out of 4 women believing they can ‘have it all’. Perhaps that’s what women really want.
So where can professional women turn for support? As the world’s largest professional network, LinkedIn is a great place to start.
- Get career inspiration. Choose someone you admire at your company, check out their LinkedIn profiles and take a look at the steps they took in their careers to be successful.
- Seek out women mentors. Join LinkedIn Groups for professional women in your industry or region. Make new connections and learn from others.
- Ask, and you shall receive. If flexibility is an issue where you work, connect with other women on LinkedIn via your own network and utilise LinkedIn Groups to gain advice on how to ask for flexible work conditions. Then, set a plan to present to your manager. You can also research positions similar to your own on LinkedIn to understand the skills required so you can have regular informed conversations about your position.
* Ngaire Moyes, February 28, 2013
Women's Day Ads
8th of March, Women’s Day has again became the right day to
draw attention to violence against women.
Protests, marches, actions, print ads, TVC’s all around but
this year there has been a strict discussion about the images that have been
used for this act. Show the violence in the images or hide it as it is already
known?
The tendancy to show the violence as / is to draw attention
had been very popular in the recent few years followed by using celebirities
and also replacing men instead of women.
However this year it has been very much not approved by some
columnists and opinion leaders since it has started to be “disturbing”.
You will find the exact two works that is flowing in the
digital media in the recent week. The second one represents an example of both
celebrity usage and violence images as clear as can be. The messaging was “ I
could be HER”. On the other hand the other one strikes the message with just
the opposite “invisibility”.
Both ways are impressive on my sight but I would rather see
works of “solution to stop violence against” and “women insight” in the next
campaigns for a change.
Friday 22 February 2013
30 Things You Should Not Share on Social Media*
- What
chicken you are plucking or cow you’re milking on Farmville on Facebook
- How
many you have killed on Mafia wars or where they are buried.. again on
Facebook
- Party
photos showing you inebriated or a hand placed where it shouldn’t be
- That
you are having a party.. you might get more guests than you counted on
- Photos
revealing you flirting with the bosses wife at the annual work Christmas
party
- That
you are having an affair
- That
you are thinking of having an affair
- Complaints
about your boss
- That
you hate your job and want to leave.. you might get your wish..
involuntarily
- Don’t
share photos or an event that reveals that you were not sick that day at
work
- That
are you are planning to take a sickie
- Drama
with your friends
- Issues
with your parents
- Passwords..
unless you have more money than brains
- Hints
about passwords like dogs names
- Images
and videos of your children
- Updates
on Facebook after you have escaped from Jail and on the run (don’t laugh
it has happened)
- Revealing
your thoughts about a court case… when on jury duty
- Don’t
link personal sites to professional business sites like LinkedIn.. don’t
mix business with pleasure
- Financial
information such as how much money you do or don’t have in your bank
account
- Personal
Information
- How to
get more friends or followers.. it already sounds like a scam
- You are
leaving on a holiday
- The
dates you are away on your holiday
- Your
daily schedule.. burglars have been known to use these little hints to
their advantage
- Showing
you doing something stupid .. not good for personal branding
- Your
bodily functions
- Revealing
extreme views on Race, Religion or politics
- What
you had for breakfast
- Finally,
If you are not comfortable about it … don’t share it
*by Jeff Bullas
Monday 18 February 2013
27 Tips To Make Your Brand A Social Media Powerhouse
Facebook
by Jeff Bullas
- Link to
your Facebook page in your email newsletter
- Post
your news releases to Facebook as an update
- Link to
your blog and website on Facebook
- Run
competitions on Facebook
- Ask
customers to vote on two new products to see which one will sell (Supre do
this on their Facebook page
- Advertise
on Facebook
YouTube
- Video 2
minute reviews of your products and upload them to YouTube
- Interview
your company’s experts who are passionate about what they do and literally
embed them virtually into your website and blogs.
- Interview
customers by video
- Interview
your companies key strategic partners on video and upload those to YouTube
- Record
your seminars and post it to YouTube
Blogging
Evolve your blog into a social portal by including
these social features
- Retweet
buttons as a standard feature of your blog
- Facebook
Social plugin (this will then update everyone who “likes” your company
Facebook page when a new update hits the Facebook stream)
- Facebook
share feature
- Embed
and feature YouTube videos on the blog in the side panel and in posts
- Place a
LinkedIn share button at the top of each post
LinkedIn
- Put
your companies Twitterfeed on its LinkedIn profile
- Link to
Facebook on the profile (you have 3 website URL’s available to use)
- Link To
your Companies blog from LinkedIn
- Activate
the LinkedIn blog feature panel
Twitter
- Retweet
buttons on your blog
- Tweet
buttons on your email
- Tweet
specials to your brands followers
- Monitor
Twitter noise for customer feedback
- Create
multiple twitter accounts that communicate to each of your vertical
markets
Social Mobile
- Develop
a mobile app that includes features makes it easy for people to share with
their friends on Facebook or Twitter
- Register
with Facebook places and start offering specials to people who checkin
nearby on their mobile phone
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