Hotspotting: A New Era for the Interactive Advert

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Guest Post: By Alexandra Beard Although Hotspotting, or Clickable Video Technology has been around since the early 2000’s it has only now started to attract the attention of big brands. Fuelled by our increasing accessiblilty to digital video content, Hotspotting is steathly encroaching on new domains and a larger audience. Hotspotting technology makes it possible [...]

How Should I measure Social Media Activity?

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Today I was asked this question. “How should I measure my social media activity?” I felt like asking, how do you measure land?  Where is the context? Are you measuring you back yard? An estate? A farm? A country? What are you trying to measure? What are your objectives? How are you going to make [...]

Social Media is a Funny Thing

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Guest Post Author: Alex Shippee Social Media is a funny thing. When it’s used well it can enrich a community or fulfill a latent need for an otherwise invisible audience. When it’s used personally, it’s a great way to keep in touch with far-away friends we wished lived closer. But when it’s used poorly, it’s [...]

How To Get Your Client To Plan For Cultural Transformation

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As organizations realize that their customers hold control over their brand conversation, and harnessing the knowledge both from, and about their stakeholders is the smart and truly sustainable way forward, but the manner in which they respond is key. Twitter chats such as #smchat and #innochat deal with these topics all the time. Much wisdom [...]

A Clear Path To Context

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Context gets a boost this year with the proliferation of location aware devices. The idea of using crowd-sourced information with the added layer of location aware intelligence makes me very excited.  It is not only smart, it also provides the ideal tools for context and relevance. Yet, many remain stuck in the mindset of ‘Get [...]

Innovation: Why Africa Is The Place To Be – Opinion

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  If an American or European organisation were to invent the automobile today, they would not get it approved by the army of regulators, health and safety officers, industry regulators, environmental targets and all the other hurdles thrown in their way. If it were a Chinese organisation on the other hand, things would be different. [...]

Social Media 2010 – Focus and Approach

Author: Alasdair Munn I have been thinking about the latest trends for using social media. Through participating in twitter chats like #smchat and #innochat I have been spotting some trends. Another huge area of learning for me has been looking at how people in situations where resources are limited, are approaching social media tools, technology [...]

Africa: Doing Her Bit for Haiti

It is fun going to conferences and events that focus on subjects that are important to you. Once such event for me has been Africa Gathering. It not only focuses on the continent of my birth, but also how technology and social media can help with creating sustainable development. Two of my favourite subjects. People [...]