January 2010
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I don't know about this: Male Lion + Tigress =...
via telegraph.co.uk (via telegraph.co.uk) Hercules the Liger poses with Ragani Ferrante from TIGERS (The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. A liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress. So says the news for 27 January 2010. Posted via web from Flatacre | Comment »
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Innovation and the Future.
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The Role of the CMO: Marketing Strategies for...
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Marshall McLuhan Week Part 3: Speaking Freely...
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Marshall McLuhan Week, Part 2: All Media Are...
“Living in an information age…knocks down all the walls between culture and business.” For me McLuhan becomes more relevant as the years pass. An academic visionary, or charlatan? What do you think? Posted via email from Flatacre | Comment »
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Marshall McLuhan Week, Part 1: The 1961 Playboy...
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A Really Bad Music Business Model by Seth Godin.
Derek Sivers interviewed Seth Godin on his new book, Linchpin. I agree with Seth’s first bit. And I’d like to summarize it, “Good is the enemy of great.” This is true in everything. Especially music. I think what he’s saying is that the herd mentality is still following the record company example - trying to be successful by being commercial, rather than having the...
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Society of Digital Agencies, 2010 Digital...
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Found Art: Japanese Rice Fields.
Not to be outdone by crop circles, Japanese farmers create their own version of field art using a variety of rices every year. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Flatacre | Comment »
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A Good Summary of the Past Year: Most Contagious...
via slideshare.net Written in magazine style, “Contagious” presents very thorough coverage of popular trends in marketing, technology and social media. Posted via web from Flatacre | Comment »
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A Beer Brand That Understands Their Customers:...
via youtube.com There’s a lot of brutally boring, politically correct beer advertising in Canada. A complete waste of money in my opinion. If beer doesn’t = fun, then what does it equal? Maybe they can take a lesson in understanding the customer from this case study. Posted via web from Flatacre | Comment »
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Sound Frequencies Raising Objects: The Acoustic...
via youtube.com It’s been rumoured that Tibetan Monks have raised and transported large boulders by blowing into massive horn type instruments. Some have surmised through forgotten technology this is how the pyramid blocks were moved into place. Quackery? Posted via web from Flatacre | Comment »
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Smart Advice: Why Brands Should Embrace...
Avi Dan makes some very good points in this AdAge article. Rapid change in technology and consumer behaviour is something every brand marketer should be paying close attention to. However, given the average 11% budget allocated to online marketing (in Canada), most aren’t. Failure is the consequence, as the tenure of the CMO will continue to decline from the current average of just 18...
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Advertising. The Business That Fun Forgot?
Take the fun out of advertising and it’s left with no spirit. There’s nothing to motivate an audience to pay attention and take action. There’s nothing to engage with.The same could be said for taking the fun out of anything, I suppose. Except for taxes. Fun is the one thing that should permeate all aspects of the advertising process, injecting the end creative product with an overdose of fun....
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A very involved but important report. I like it right from the title. Mobile, especially with the advent of the smart phone is the internet, afterall. Some seem to think of it as a different animal altogether. Some highlights: Wealth creation and destruction is material in new computing cycles. We are now in the beginning of the 5th cycle. Tech cycles tend to last about 10 years. Mobile is...
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Morgan Stanley: The Mobile Internet Report. The...
A very involved but important report. I like it right from the title. Mobile, especially with the advent of the smart phone is the internet, afterall. Some seem to think of it as a different animal altogether.Some highlights: Wealth creation and destruction is material in new computing cycles. We are now in the beginning of the 5th cycle. Tech cycles tend to last about 10 years. Mobile is more...
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What It Takes to Be a Remarkable Leader: John...
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Google vs. Apple: The Same, But Different.
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Strange, But Somewhat Funny.
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Facebook Says New Privacy Guidlines Happily Ensure...
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The world's tallest man and the shortest man in...
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"EyeSeeCam" Gaze-Driven Camera.
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YouTube Video Turned Into a Virtual Piano.
via labnol.org Hit the play button, wait until the video loads in your browser and then click any of the piano keys inside the YouTube video itself to play music. Posted via web from Flatacre | Comment »
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Still glowing strong after 109 years: the world's...
via dailymail.co.uk Since 1901, it’s only been turned off once, for one week. Take that you freak mercury laden, energy saving light bulbs from hell. No, worse, Al Gore. Posted via web from Flatacre | Comment »
Why Good Music No Longer Equals Success | MADE http://ow.ly/VKzo
Pass the Ketchup. Americans Consume One Billion Trillion Bytes of Data a Day. - Flatacre http://ow.ly/VKdA
Is Convenience the Death of Music? - Flatacre http://ow.ly/VKi0
Is Brand Involvement With Music Becoming a Point of Survival for Both? http://ow.ly/VKCy
An Argument For Unfamiliar Music Versus ‘Hit’ Music In Brand Advertising. http://ow.ly/VKDc
The Agony and the Irony: What Traditional Values Can Teach the Music Industry Today. http://ow.ly/VKBW
Advertising. It Actually is Rocket Science. The DreamSpace Group’s Consumer Space Flight Program. - Flatacre http://ow.ly/VKg1
50 Things we know now that we didn’t know this time last year. - Flatacre http://ow.ly/VKex
“Social Media” Will Be Renamed “That Digital Thingy” and Other Predictions For 2010. http://post.ly/IL2w #advertising #marketing
Advertising’s Not Dead. But Some Expert Predictions Should Be Taken Out Back and Shot. - Flatacre http://ow.ly/VKa0
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"Social Media" Will Be Renamed "That Digital...
Given my last post, I felt guilty for criticizing somebody else’s prediction for the coming year without posting my own. So, here goes. If you don’t differentiate your product, both in manufacturing and advertising, it will fail. If you base your product on a unique idea that people actually want, amazingly it’ll require less advertising. If your advertising’s great, but...
Please design a logo for me. With pie charts. For free. http://ow.ly/VBAF | Very funny
Fun defeats fear.
Think About These 2009 Music Sales Figures… - hypebot http://ow.ly/VKtn
Want to learn about music marketing? Don’t listen to major record companies. http://ow.ly/V4k8 #music #marketing
Is Brand Involvement With Music Becoming a Point of Survival for Both? http://ow.ly/V4hM
Advertising’s Not Dead. But Some Expert Predictions Should Be Taken Out Back and Shot. http://post.ly/IAyo #advertising #marketing
50 Things we know now that we didn’t know this time last year. - Flatacre http://ow.ly/V3Ww
Rolling Stone’s Steve Knopper On The Rise And Fall Of The Music Industry | MADE http://ow.ly/V4e6
The coldest winter since ‘85 - Advertising Age - http://ow.ly/V6aG Is the emphasis on CO2 a dangerous diversion? http://ow.ly/V6cJ
Is Convenience the Death of Music? http://ow.ly/V4gI #music #marketing
How Understanding Irrational Human Behaviour Can Lead to Success in Marketing. - Flatacre http://ow.ly/V41m
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Advertising's Not Dead. But Some Expert...
Marketing Magazine, like pretty much every other ad trade magazine, has compiled some expert opinions concerning the coming year. Some are okay. Others just make you shake your head and wonder what colour is the sky in their world? Like this, for example: “People will continue to buy and pay more for reliable brand reputations that enrich the depth and breadth of their own identity. The...
Pass the Ketchup. Americans Consume One Billion Trillion Bytes of Data a Day. - Flatacre http://ow.ly/V3VZ
Is Convenience and Laziness the Death of Music? - Flatacre http://ow.ly/V3Z4 #music #marketing
The lawsuits continue: Universal Music Group Sues Grooveshark - hypebot http://ow.ly/V4c2