Here is this month’s selection of random giant flipflop monkeys, electronic memorials and giant paper boats I’ve gathered from around the web. I’ve also highlighted some of the finest royal tat now cluttering up eBay in honour of next year’s wedding. Feel free to join in and let us know what other unmissable stuff you’ve ... Read more
Here’s a collection of my/ our fave posts, articles and other online stuff that you might have missed from the week that was. It’s got everything from considerate thieves, bananas, action figures, knitwear, Lego and much more. Enjoy. Oh, and do feel welcome to post links to other cool stuff that you think we might ... Read more
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Posted By Mark
There’s no question that social media has passed its tipping point: Facebook has over 1/2 billion users; 10% of UK web users use Twitter; YouTube gets 2 billion hits a day… each week new milestones are reached. As social tools such as these have gained mass market acceptance, brands have naturally begun to use them ... Read more
Ok, go on and say that I’m bias because I’m Swedish and proud of it… but I do think that H&M are doing a really good job online. With 2,750,000+ Facebook friends surely they must be doing something right?
H&M have undertaken a very central-lead approach to social media that means that most of the activity ... Read more
As the iPad nears it’s launch date, coverage is starting to focus on the content, or lack thereof. It seems that several apps are missing for reasons that seem obvious to professional app producers (like us) and perplexing to others.
The simple reason is space. The iPad can run iPhone apps in a scaled up version. ... Read more
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Posted By Benn
Bloggers are always in search of ways to monetize their content. A lot of us blog for love of the art form, but many of us would also love to be able to figure out how to get a return on our time investment.
Although content is king, making money requires a wide readership and targeted ... Read more
It is generally agreed that when we potter over to Google, hunting for enormously exciting topics to read about, we want it to return the best results possible for a search. But who or what should decide what those “best” results are? Option one – is a machine. Since its conception in 1998, Google has ... Read more
Content is king. No doubt, but content takes time to create. Good content takes even longer – most of our blog posts takes weeks in the making. One element of digital solutions that we implement for some of our clients is the ability to create content automatically using a dynamic system. This means that websites, ... Read more
Following on from Benn’s post about “Coke’s Trans-media Storytelling” (trans-media storytelling being the most unlikely buzz-word), it seems more brands are becoming “content creators” in a bid to drive sales. As reported in Monday’s Media Guardian, Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJ) and Procter & Gamble’s TAG brand have recently formed a new hip-hop ... Read more
On Tuesday I spent the day at the Being Digital Mashup conference. It was a really interesting and insightful day – although there were way too many pitches crammed into the programme.
For those of you that didn’t attend, I’ve put together a summary of the key predictions from the event, outlining what is going to ... Read more