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Is Old Spice the best social media campaign ever?

August 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Digital Strategy, Social Media

When the Old Spice videos started showing up on social media a couple of weeks ago, I was amongst those who promptly declared it “the best social media campaign ever.” Now that the dust has settled, I thought it was time to revisit my original assertion (I was wrong) and see what impact, if any, [...]

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Getting a job as a digital marketer

July 20th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Digital Strategy

When it comes to hiring digital marketers, it’s a jungle out there. Even with the number of digital marketing positions on the rise as businesses scramble to avoid being left behind, the growing pool of new digital talent and traditional marketers looking to reposition themselves means that competition in this space is fierce. The emergence [...]

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Holiday Reading List 2009

December 21st, 2009 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized

Amidst the chaos leading up to the holiday break, I thought I’d sneak in this quick post. Aside from spending time with family and friends (not to mention spoiling my son rotten), one thing I’m really looking forward to these holidays is settling in for some R&R to rejuvenate, consolidate and build on my thinking [...]

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Is Twitter now only for the hardcore?

August 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Social Media

Interesting to hear on Episode #164 of Mitch Joel’s awesome Six Pixels of Separation podcast that the barriers to entry for recent adopters of Twitter may be getting too high. Where in the early days, or even 6 months ago, it was easy to connect and engage with people you respected and position yourself as [...]

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