Archive for March, 2008
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Or more to the point, who analyses the analysts? In this case it is the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR).
In a marketing world that is dominated by PR, the creation of a dedicated body to promote AR best practice and stand as a forum on issues against heavyweights who might [...]
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Picture of the day
Every now and then I witness a marketing campaign that makes me stand back and applaud. Today I doff my cap to HSBC and China Design Now who have filled Leicester Square with origami pigeons. Not only is this visually stunning but if you take a bird and follow the call to action (unfold me [...]
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Mary Beth-Kemp from Forrester has recently completed a new report that Edelman contributed towards that has tried to look at the value of influencers in a connected world.
Mary has previously explained that marketers need to integrate an individuals social value (knowledge, involvement, participation, contacts) into their plans. My take from this is that [...]
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How to make a video go viral
Earlier this year I was asked to give advice to one of our clients who wanted to make a ‘viral video’. At first I was a little bit overwhelmed by this request, as my initial view was that something only goes viral if the content is top notch. As Media Guerilla states, “If there’s any real [...]
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My colleagues from the public affairs team have just written a very comprehensive summary of today’s budget - which I am pleased to share with you:
Download pdf: Budget 2008 - Edelman Public Affairs
Listed below are some of the key point from this document:
Updated economic growth forecast: Mr Darling downgraded the mid point of [...]
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Last month the Wall Street Journal reopened the debate concerning whether analysts are independent. This caused quite a stir amongst several AR commentators which eventually moved the discussion towards that on ethics.
The IIAR (Institute of Industry Analyst Relations) have a consensus-approved blog which has a very interesting take on this. Specifically it looked at [...]
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Kudos to my colleague Mark Pinsent who pointed this great report from the EIU
Download the marketing paper Engaging Global Executives: 10 Megatrends in B2B Marketing 2008
The 10 megatrends it predicts include:
1. Thought leadership becomes a top priority
2. B2B marketers go higher, deeper and wider
3. Integrated marketing becomes the norm
4. Emerging markets move to centre [...]
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