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Digital technology
Innovation isn’t always where you think it is
It may seem strange but somehow, I’m not entirely certain that innovation is always where you think it is. Sometimes it lurks in corners, or even is conspicuous but you were looking in another direction. Perhaps that’s what happened at showstoppers on February 26th (a preview event before MWC in…
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Digital technology
First few slices of technological innovation at MWC
First few slices of technological innovation at the 2012 MWC event. You certainly know you are in Spain when you can spot the Patanegra at a buffet, but the motivation for the happy few who were present and invited act the showstoppers event in Barcelona today, didn’t quite come for…
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social media & social networks
Of influence and trust by 1000heads’ Joanne Jacobs
Joanne Jacobs was presenting today at Lincuplive, a great social media conference put together by our friends Celia, Glenn and Tim and today was a very special day. It was Joanne’s last UK appearance as she is returning to Australia and will be leading the 1000heads WOMM company down under.…
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Content Marketing
Our Top Blogging Team at Mobile World Congress
Here’s my top blogging team for the MWC 2012 event. In the telecommunications industry, everybody knows about the mobile world congress. The yearly event, which has been hosted in Barcelona for quite a few years now, is the obligatory focal point for all the players in that industry: carriers, service…
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Web, Internet and the Economy
Chinese Internet: the global battle has begun
The Chinese Internet is now conquering the world. In a previous series, Alban Fournier, a young French professional who fell in love with Asia warned us that China was the next worldwide International giant in the making. In this piece, he is expatiating on this previous report and delving into…
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Marketing & Innovation
Byron Sharp: debunking the myths of marketing “How Brands Grow”
Marketing myths are numerous. They are like religious beliefs, they spread and converts repeat them without trying to question their relevance. Once in a while, a business book appears which changes your perception of things forever. Such business books are inspirational (Crossing the chasm in 1992 for instance), some are…
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social media & social networks
Evidence on engagement rates on facebook shows little interaction
Just before I post a 2 part piece on Byron Sharp's "brand that grow" marketing opus, here is a link he added on his blog to a facebook "fan" survey which shows that engagement rates are extrelmely small; a conclusion I've already made a number of times, underlying the "cyberbabble"…
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social media & social networks
The end of social media … as we knew it (Pre Commerce contribution)
Today's selection is ... My 2 cents on the future of Social Media for enterprises after 5 years of field practice as Director of Digital Media at Orange Business Services and - more recently - the Orange group. All of this courtesy of Bob Pearson on the Pre Commerce blog.…
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social media & social networks
Social Media Dashboard: Dec. 2011 version and Analysis
What’s in a social media dashboard? A few months ago, towards the end of 2011, as I delivered a pitch on social media ROI/ROE at the iStrategy conference in Amsterdam, I asked my team at Orange to put a social media dashboard together, one that would be monthly, more appealing…
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digital marketing
42 tweetable marketing truths you should know about
Pamela Vaughan's highly enjoyable "truth vs. myth" tweettable piece on Marketing at Hubspot. Enjoyable for sure, but you should take these numbers with a pinch of salt. Much as I believe in the power of social media, my field experience has shown that Facebook is not a catch-all tool for…
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b2b marketing & sales
LinkedIn is adding 2 new users every second says LinkedIn Head
LinkedIn is aiming at keeping its users happy. In terms of Social Media, Facebook springs to mind with its 850 million users and growing every day. Yet, there is another social media behemoth which launched in 2003 and has only – even though only in this case is very relative –…
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social media & social networks
5 Top tips for organising social media teams in large organisations
This is the session synopsis of my keynote presentation at Figaro Digital in London on November 23, 2011. I only used a few slides which I will provide later on. In this presentation I gave my tips for organising social media teams in large organisations, based on my current experience…
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