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Don Draper Pitches Facebook Timeline

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An excellent and wholly accurate take on the Ethos of the latest attempt by Facebook to soak up your data by piecing your entire life together through them and therefore, online.

Visually, Facebook Timeline looks great. It takes a significant step away from the also ran of Google+ and makes the move towards increase targeted advertising opportunities.

From 30 September, Facebook’s servers will swell. In the meantime, just let Don Draper explain why it works at a human level.

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Social Stewart: The socialisation of Stewart Lee (Video)

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I have previously blogged about the aim of brands seeking to use social to direct visitors to the target .com website and the ways in which they do this with content on a variety of platforms. The above video is a satirical take on the method of using social to direct viewers to the BBC on-demand iPlayer platform. It features the incredible talent of Stewart Lee, a dead pan UK comedian with a cyncial outlook on life and in this instance, social media marketing. Don’t enjoy it too much or we will all be out of a job.

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WEBINAR – Lifting the lid on mobile marketing: Mobile & Direct Marketing

In our last mobile marketing webinar we discussed how to select the correct channel for your messaging. In the second of this series of five, we will explore the opportunities of Mobile and Direct Marketing.

Mobile marketing is no longer just about sending an SMS message or having an iPhone App – Integrating mobile into the overall marketing mix will unlock huge benefits for those that get it right.

Webinar Two: ‘Mobile & Direct Marketing’ takes place on Tuesday 12th April at 10am (UK)

This webinar will focus on:

  • Integrating mobile seamlessly with other marketing channels
  • Achieving a joined-up technology solution from different suppliers
  • Using mobile to deliver a profiled one-to one relationship with your customers

This session is a must for Marketing Managers and Marketing Directors tackling the growing need to engage and sell to customers via mobile phones, smart phones and tablets.

Sign up to Webinar Two: Mobile & Direct Marketing

Future webinars in the ‘Lifting the lid on mobile marketing’ series
Device Technology: Monday 9th May @10am UK
E-commerce: Tuesday 14th June @ 10am UK
Social Media: Tuesday 12th July @ 10am UK

 

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Alterian SM2 grows a red nose for Comic Relief

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Today is the UK fund-raising chucklefest that is Comic Relief and John Fleming, our VP of Field Marketing, has kindly declared that for every demo of SM2 that we book today, he will donate £5 of his own money to Comic Relief.

This is a great idea and we really want to ‘make him pay’! Do get in touch with me if you would like a demonstration of Alterian SM2 and most importantly, to help raise some money for the Comic Relief cause.

Alterian SM2 is a business intelligence product that provides visibility into social media and lets you tap into a new kind of data resource; your customers’ direct thoughts and opinions.

It allows you to easily capture and analyze data from social media channels to monitor your brands, identify key communities and influencers, address customer service issues, and generate new sales leads.

Contact me now to get involved james.ainsworth@alterian.com or @AlterianJames

 

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WEBINAR – Lifting the lid on mobile marketing: Choosing the Correct Channel

“Global mobile web browsing will soon exceed PC browsing, which means that every organisation will need to deliver their content to the ever increasing array of mobile devices.”

Our new series of mobile marketing webinars will provide an over-arching review of all things mobile and will be followed by a look at mobile technology and one-to-one engagement from 4 different perspectives of mobile:- direct marketing, device technology, e-commerce and social media.

Webinar One: ‘Choosing the Correct Channel’ takes place on Tuesday 15th March at 10am (UK) 

This webinar, featuring Phillip Clement of bemoko, will provide an understanding of the channels available and how best to integrate them into the overall marketing mix.

  • Pick Technology:  Mobile offers a vast array of technology platforms; some have populous appeal but might not actually have deep penetration in terms of users

  • User Experience: Adding an extra layer of multiple technology layers into the mix can elongate or complicate the user journey

  • Context & Content: Understanding context and content for an elegant and engaging experience increases take-up and viral spread

  • Integrating native apps & online apps: The early adopters of an integrated offline and online app experience will lead the market

  • Mobile web and app performance standards & analytics: Understanding the impact of good quality standards for website code and the use of best practices in mobile delivery is crucial for good brand recognition and being able to measure success on many levels

Phillip Clement is Sales & Marketing Director for bemoko, an Alterian partner. Phillip has been building strategic partnerships across the mobile industry for more than 20 years and is now responsible for bemoko’s business development and driving sales of bemokoLive – a powerful web development platform which makes it easy for developers to deliver true multi channel web experiences.

Future webinars in the ‘Lifting the lid on mobile marketing’ series
Direct Marketing: Tuesday 12th April @10am UK
Device Technology: Monday 9th May @10am UK
E-commerce: Tuesday 14th June @ 10am UK
Social Media: Tuesday 12th July @ 10am UK
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INFOGRAPHIC: How engaged is your brand? Our survey said…

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The results of the 8th Alterian Annual Survey have some interesting highlights. 

In the year ahead we can expect to see increased overall marketing and social media budgets, as marketers look to address the imbalance of cross-channel engagement, poor understanding of social media, and a lack of analytical competency that they reported as their overall experience of 2010. Are you part of the 77 per cent that feel their brand is somewhat at risk of not being fully engaged with their audience?

 Take a look at the Alterian Annual Survey

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