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Entries from November 24th, 2009

Making the most of the weekend

November 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Parenthood

If you’re like me, come Monday morning, you’re often wondering where the weekend went. When you throw kids and a minimum amount of ‘couch time’ into the equation, you can easily wind up not accomplishing a helluva lot.
The problem gets compounded when there a things around the house that you really need to do such as installing [...]

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Bum shuffle

November 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Parenthood

One of the best things about being a dad is watching my son discover all the cool, new things he is able to do.
Increasingly aware of what’s around him, he’s become determined to get from A to B, whether it means  climbing over mum and dad to get to the remotes or making a break [...]

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8 Guiding Principles of Digital Strategy

November 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Digital Strategy

At the Digital Marketing and Media Summit 2009, EURO RSCG’s Paul Hutchins and Sony Australia’s Michelle Hall revealed the guiding principles they abided to when developing and implementing Sony’s “The Quantum Code” promotion.

Make new technology relevant
Apply the KISS principle
Plan, plan and then plan some more
Be prepared to adapt and update on the fly
It’s not just [...]

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Really simple test of home page effectiveness

November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Digital Strategy

Not sure how well your home page is performing?
There’s a really simple test that I picked up from Malcolm Auld during his presentation at Marketing Week. While primarily to do with copy, it is nonetheless a simple and effective way to assess if your website’s home page is hitting the mark.

Call someone with no prior [...]

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10 Things Social Media Can’t Do

November 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Social Media

Amid the endless pronouncements about social media — often shortened to “social” these days by consultants trying to sound like they know what they are talking about — is the reality that social media is not a solution, or a sure bet.
Social media can’t:

Substitute for marketing strategy
A Twitter campaign, or a Facebook page that [...]

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