Un p’tit bulletin en français pour parler de Cindy

10 06 2008

Et un petit article pour mes amis bloggeurs Français expatriés. La Nouvelle Star vous connaissez ? C’est un programme de télévison sur M6 genre the X-Factor…

 

Un buzz de fou s’est produit autours d’une canditate cette année, non pas parce qu’elle a gagné, mais parce qu’elle s’est fait éliminer…

 

Depuis son passage à l’émission “Nouvelle Star”, Cindy Sander bénéficie d’une nouvelle notoriété, passant sur de nombreux plateaux TV. Beaucoup sont moqueurs et j’adore tout simplement cette parodie! Déjà-vu ?

Notre Cindy nationale s’est forgée un nouveau look et est entrée en studio pour enregistrer son nouveau titre électro Papillon de Lumière, un titre efficace et autobiographique… Comme le veut l’expression devenue culte, “Céline Dion c’est Céline Dion, Cindy c’est Cindy, un point c’est tout” !

Voici le titre que Cindy dédie aux internautes, à qui elle doit tant !

Bien que Papillon de Lumière ait fait un énorme buzz sur le web, seulement 1977 exemplaires ont été écoulés lors de la première semaine d’exploitation.

CONCLUSION: le buzz ne fait pas le moine (ou la chanteuse)!

L’été va être chaud sur les pistes de danse en France cet été, mais quant à choisir je préfère la Tecktonik !





Addicted to Twitter! (for now…)

25 05 2008

 

… is the question my geekiest friend asked me this afternoon. ‘I don’t get it, I really don’t!’ He’s not the only one, and admittedly, I only just started playing with Twitter… I guess I’ll find out in the next few weeks whether this is lust or love!

 

A while back, I asked my Twitter followers what Twitter is all about and Mack gave me the following answer.

 

 

 

 

So far, I have seen people twittering about the weather, traffic information, sending useful links, and promoting their blogs. Here is what Phil and Mack had to say about how they use Twitter:

 

 

 

I think there’s a massive opportunity for brands to build relationship with their consumers on Twitter, by creating their own Twitter pages and sending regular Tweets to their followers.  Saying that, I think Twitter will have to develop a way of sorting contacts in a more practical and organised way i.e.  allowing users to classify their contacts in groups (e.g. marketing Twitters, friends, brands, news etc)

 

I think Twitter will also radically change the way we consume media as the application evolves – Twitterpic via Twirl is simply great and allows Twitters to become real-time journalists sharing information and news as it happens.

 

Watch this space  

 

Further reading: Discover new Twitter friends with who should I follow





Twitter is listening to its community!

24 05 2008

 

It’s taken me some time, but I am now truly addicted to Twitter. I will post something about it in the coming days.

 

As a fairly recent user of Twitter I haven’t come across any major problems – OK, it is sometimes a bit slow at updating who you are following and your followers list, but apart from that, my experience has been pleasant.

 

But Mack reported a few days ago that Twitter went down but no one told the community why

 

Well I am pleased to announce that Twitter has listened to its community! I just tried to send a message on Twitter right now (12.35 GMT+1), and saw this message on my homepage:

 

 

 

Well done for listening Twitter! Glad to see you’re trying to keep your community happy! Saying that are you talkig about your night or my night? Not everyone who uses Twitter lives in America! ;)

 

Update: Twitter also have a blog





Introducing the ultimate Facebook on the go for the masses (and it’s a little scary!)

11 05 2008

It is being billed as the ultimate Facebook on the go! Instead of logging on to search for friends, mobile phone Bluetooth technology alerts people to other users logged on nearby. In other words, profiles, pictures and background flash onto the screen so users can decide if they want to strike up a real conversation.

 

The system piloted in Berlin, called aka-aki, can also reveal whether a stranger is a friend of a friend and even if you share the same interests to break the ice. Fear not, the system also allows you to screen out any undesirables. Pheww!

 

I don’t really see this service working in the UK the Brits love privacy, and in all fairness I find the whole concept a little scary! Although one obvious use for the service is dating, I think I would be a little scared of anyone randomly approaching me and knowing my name and lots of info about my life.

 

What do you guys thing about this service? Is it the next big thing or am I being paranoid?

More about aka-aki in English right here





Age of Conversation vol. 2

11 04 2008

 

Did you miss the conversation in the blogosphere last year about The Age of Conversation - the collaborative book project that brought together some of the leading names in blogging and social media?

Well this year, ‘The Age of Conversation: Why Don’t People Get It’ has some 275 authors contributing covering the following subjects:

  • Manifestos - Declarations, up front, on the Age of  Conversation and why don’t people ‘get it’
  • Keeping Secrets in the Age of Conversation – With everyone talking so much, why do we need secrets and what is the role of privacy?
  • Moving from Conversation to Action - The practical steps that businesses and brands can take  to move from conversation to something more valuable to their business
  • The Accidental Marketer - What is the attraction of marketing and are there company’s or brands that happen into marketing success? 
  • A New Brand of Creative - With the changes in the way  that people communicate and collaborate online, marketing and advertising  companies are needing to reach out and work with a new type of creative team.  What do these “creatives” look like and what are the challenges that they face?  
  • My Marketing Tragedy - covering projects that have failed and what was learnt from the failure?
  • Business Model Evolution - Just as the markets and  people are changing, so too are the business models around both clients and  agencies - this chapter will explore the implications of the new business model 
  • Life in the Conversation Lane - Bringing it all back to  the individual and  how is life in a digitally connected, social world impacting us all?

The authors of the Age of Conversation 2.0 are:

Adam Crowe, Adrian Ho, Aki Spicer, Alex Henault, Amy Jussel, Andrew Odom, Andy Nulman, Andy Sernovitz, Andy Whitlock, Angela Maiers, Ann Handley, Anna Farmery, Armando Alves, Arun Rajagopal, Asi Sharabi, Becky Carroll, Becky McCray, Bernie Scheffler, Bill Gammell, Bob Carlton, Bob LeDrew, Brad Shorr, Bradley Spitzer, Brandon Murphy, Branislav Peric, Brent Dixon, Brett Macfarlane, Brian Reich, C.C. Chapman, Cam Beck, Casper Willer, Cathleen Rittereiser, Cathryn Hrudicka, Cedric Giorgi, Charles Sipe, Chris Kieff, Chris Cree, Chris Wilson, Christina Kerley (CK), C.B. Whittemore, Clay Parker Jones, Chris Brown, Colin McKay, Connie Bensen, Connie Reece, Cord Silverstein, Corentin Monot, Craig Wilson, Daniel Honigman, Dan Goldstein, Dan Schawbel, Dana VanDen Heuvel, Dan Sitter, Daria Radota Rasmussen, Darren Herman, Darryl Patterson, Dave Davison, Dave Origano, David Armano, David Bausola, David Berkowitz, David Brazeal, David Koopmans, David Meerman Scott, David Petherick, David Reich, David Weinfeld, David Zinger, Deanna Gernert, Deborah Brown, Dennis Price, Derrick Kwa, Dino Demopoulos, Doug Haslam, Doug Meacham, Doug Mitchell, Douglas Hanna, Douglas Karr, Drew McLellan, Duane Brown, Dustin Jacobsen, Dylan Viner, Ed Brenegar, Ed Cotton, Efrain Mendicuti, Ellen Weber, Emily Reed, Eric Peterson, Eric Nehrlich, Ernie Mosteller, Faris Yakob, Fernanda Romano, Francis Anderson, G. Kofi Annan, Gareth Kay, Gary Cohen, Gaurav Mishra, Gavin Heaton, Geert Desager, George Jenkins, G.L. Hoffman, Gianandrea Facchini, Gordon Whitehead, Graham Hill, Greg Verdino, Gretel Going & Kathryn Fleming, Hillel Cooperman, Hugh Weber, J. Erik Potter, J.C. Hutchins, James Gordon-Macintosh, Jamey Shiels, Jasmin Tragas, Jason Oke, Jay Ehret, Jeanne Dininni, Jeff De Cagna, Jeff Gwynne, Jeff Noble, Jeff Wallace, Jennifer Warwick, Jenny Meade, Jeremy Fuksa, Jeremy Heilpern, Jeremy Middleton, Jeroen Verkroost, Jessica Hagy, Joanna Young, Joe Pulizzi, Joe Talbott, John Herrington, John Jantsch, John Moore, John Rosen, John Todor, Jon Burg, Jon Swanson, Jonathan Trenn, Jordan Behan, Julie Fleischer, Justin Flowers, Justin Foster, Karl Turley, Kate Trgovac, Katie Chatfield, Katie Konrath, Kenny Lauer, Keri Willenborg, Kevin Jessop, Kris Hoet, Krishna De, Kristin Gorski, Laura Fitton, Laurence Helene Borei, Lewis Green, Lois Kelly, Lori Magno, Louise Barnes-Johnston, Louise Mangan, Louise Manning, Luc Debaisieux, Marcus Brown, Mario Vellandi, Mark Blair, Mark Earls, Mark Goren, Mark Hancock, Mark Lewis, Mark McGuinness, Mark McSpadden, Matt Dickman, Matt J. McDonald, Matt Moore, Michael Hawkins, Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Michelle Lamar, Mike Arauz, Mike McAllen, Mike Sansone, Mitch Joel, Monica Wright, Nathan Gilliatt, Nathan Snell, Neil Perkin, Nettie Hartsock, Nick Rice, Oleksandr Skorokhod, Ozgur Alaz, Paul Chaney, Paul Hebert, Paul Isakson, Paul Marobella, Paul McEnany, Paul Tedesco, Paul Williams, Pet Campbell, Pete Deutschman, Peter Corbett, Phil Gerbyshak, Phil Lewis, Phil Soden, Piet Wulleman, Rachel Steiner, Sreeraj Menon, Reginald Adkins, Richard Huntington, Rishi Desai, Beeker Northam, Rob Mortimer, Robert Hruzek, Roberta Rosenberg, Robyn McMaster, Roger von Oech, Rohit Bhargava, Ron Shevlin, Ryan Barrett, Ryan Karpeles, Ryan Rasmussen, Sam Huleatt, Sandy Renshaw, Scott Goodson, Scott Monty, Scott Townsend, Scott White, Sean Howard, Sean Scott, Seni Thomas, Seth Gaffney, Shama Hyder, Sheila Scarborough, Sheryl Steadman, Simon Payn, Sonia Simone, Spike Jones, Stanley Johnson, Stephen Collins, Stephen Cribbett, Stephen Landau, Stephen Smith, Steve Bannister, Steve Hardy, Steve Portigal, Steve Roesler, Steven Verbruggen, Steve Woodruff, Sue Edworthy, Susan Bird, Susan Gunelius, Susan Heywood, Tammy Lenski, Terrell Meek, Thomas Clifford, Thomas Knoll, Tiffany Kenyon, Tim Brunelle, Tim Buesing, Tim Connor, Tim Jackson, Tim Longhurst, Tim Mannveille, Tim Tyler, Timothy Johnson, Tinu Abayomi-Paul, Toby Bloomberg, Todd Andrlik, Troy Rutter, Troy Worman, Uwe Hook, Valeria Maltoni, Vandana Ahuja, Vanessa DiMauro, Veronique Rabuteau, Wayne Buckhanan, William Azaroff, Yves Van Landeghem.

Stay tuned!





It’s been a long time…

8 04 2008

 

 

Life has once again been a little hectic which has left me with no time on my hands to write anything, but I promise to come back with some fresh, interesting stuff soon!

I picked up a link courtesy of Spinning Around containing a list of the top UK blogs taken from AdAge. Based on the AdAge Power 150, the top UK bloggers on all things advertising and marketing on 1 April 2008 (with no comedy additions what with it being Fool’s Day and all).

If you feel that you should be included, you can get in touch with AdAge here, who will add you to the list.

 

UK

Global

Blog

1 (=)

25 (+4)

David Airey

2 (=)

46 (+6)

Blogstorm

3 (=)

55 (+5)

NevilleHobson.com

4 (=)

61 (+1)

russell davies

5 (+1)

90 (+5)

The Engaging Brand

6 (-1)

107 (-22)

adliterate

7 (=)

114 (+8)

PR Blogger

8 (=)

128 (+7)

Crackunit

9 (+1)

139 (+9)

Modern Marketing

10 (+1)

143 (+17)

Only Dead Fish

11 (-2)

147 (-2)

Welcome to Optimism

12 (+2)

173 (+15)

A PR Guy’s Musings

13 (+2)

178 (+12)

Crenk

14 (-1)

182 (-2)

Fraser’s Affiliate Marketing Blog

15 (+1)

186 (+9)

PPC Blog

16 (-4)

189 (-16)

Make Marketing History

17 (+1)

248 (+11)

Hobo SEO UK

18 (+2)

251 (+25)

greenormal

19 (=)

263 (+9)

Life Moves Pretty Fast

20 (-3)

278 (-33)

Simonsays

21 (+3)

308 (+13)

Interactive Marketing Trends

22 (+3)

309 (+13)

mediations

23 (-2)

317 (-25)

Drew B’s take on tech PR

24 (+2)

329 (+5)

50-Plus Marketing

25 (+4)

336 (+11)

Wadds’ tech pr blog

26 (+1)

344 (-3)

Raw Stylus

27 (+1)

345 (-3)

The Way of the Web

28 (+2)

348 (+11)

Faster Future

29 (-7)

354 (-51)

Beyond PR

30 (+4)

355 (+37)

livingbrands

31 (-8)

356 (-52)

Blog Till You Drop

32 (=)

372 (+9)

…the world’s leading…

33 (+2)

399 (+10)

The Friendly Ghost

34 (+2)

408 (+12)

(Almost) Always Thinking

35 (-4)

419 (-39)

Lewis 360

36 (-3)

429 (-38)

Brand Strategy Magazine Blog

37 (+4)

464 (+23)

A Mountain Dweller in the Thames Valley

38 (-1)

469 (+2)

Tell Ten Friends

39 (+1)

470 (+15)

[Bluurb] stuff and things

40 (-2)

474 (-1)

Nick Burcher

41 (+3)

483 (+32)

Simon Wakeman

42 (-3)

484 (-2)

Brandgym Blog

43 (-1)

504 (-3)

Unleashed on Marketing

44 (-1)

507 (-4)

The New Marketing

45 (+3)

511 (+26)

Pudding Relations

46 (-1)

515 (+1)

PR Voice

47 (=)

525 (+2)

Living in a digital world

48 (+1)

538 (+3)

Offer and Acceptance

49 (-3)

548 (-29)

All Things PR

50 (=)

552 (+2)

PRwordSmith

51 (=)

567 (-2)

Indolent.com





Calling all researchers!

22 02 2008

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Here’s the best Social Networking idea I’ve seen in ages – if you are a researcher, you simply have to sign up! Ray Poynter has put together a site for researchers called the Market Research Space… I just signed up and will work on my page at the week-end.  The site allows you to blog, post videoas etc etc.

I will keep you posted on how the site evolves but I think the concept is a fantastic idea so spread the word!





A few thoughts on seeding programmes

6 02 2008

an8gjx.jpg    Steve at VCCP asked me a while back how I felt about the 3 Skypephone seeding programme. The timing is perfect to share my thoughts as I have just agreed to take part in another seeding programme…

1)    Pitch it right

In case you didn’t know, my name is not Darryl and no I don’t live in the US! I am not quite sure how I would be able to blog about a US product when I don’t have any knowledge of the market… Read my blog (or at least pretend to read it!) and understand what makes me tick and what doesn’t. In the 5 minutes that you take to customize your pitch, the chances of me blogging about your product has gone up from 1% to 100%…

2)    So I’ve agreed to write about your product…

Comments and feedback about my posts are always welcome – it shows that you’ve bothered checking your links and that you care about what I have to say. I would suggest leaving comments on both my blog and your blog – it allows conversation (blogging is all about sharing ideas, right?) and will probably increase traffic on your blog.

Both the O2 Cocoon and 3 Skypephone campaigns were well executed – good pitches, interesting ideas but overall I felt that that the online discussion was one-way when I would have liked to see a two-way conversation i.e. people bouncing off ideas of each other, rather than a list of all the posts/reviews. As a researcher, I like to understand the why’s and how’s therefore when criticising a feature, I would have liked to know why the bloggers felt this feature was bad and how/what could be improved in future phones.

The 3 campaign was cleverly orchestrated using a number of successful web 2.0 sites such as flickr and youtube, however (sorry guys!) I didn’t get involved beyond the phone review, partly because I am not the target market for the 3 Skypephone.  

Both the O2 and 3 blogs look great however, my main criticism is that they are hard to find and I can’t see a link on the networks’ websites – consumers should be able to find these blogs easily and I would suggest that O2 and 3 put a link on their homepage which should hopefully increase traffic hence online interaction.

Kudos to O2 for allowing consumers to co-create (i.e. write posts) on their blogs – this blog could be a useful resource covering phone reviews as well as an online troubleshooting portal. If marketed properly, the blog could become a real strength for O2…

Looking forward to reading your thoughts on this   





More on Facebook…

6 09 2007

Although I absolutely love Facebook, knowing that anyone will be able to search my profile using a search engine worries me a little… I recently read that online identity theft is on the increase in the UK and the British authorities are currently struggling to tackle this. Facebook is fun but I am still careful with the information I put on my profile.

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Although you can edit your privacy settings so that your profile does not appear on a search engine, Facebook’s privacy system is not so straight-forward. I realised the other day that my profile was public (i.e. anyone could look at my photos, messages etc), and it took me 15 minutes (call me stupid!) to set my profile to private!  

  • Any idea why Facebook decided to do make profiles searchable on Google?
  • How do you feel about your Facebook profile searchable to non-Facebook users?




The magical W list

29 08 2007

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The W list or the Magical List as some have called it, is a way for women to celebrate women. I was extremely surprised to find out that out of the 150 blogs on the Todd’s Power 150 Marketing Blogs, only 13% are written by women.

 

Valeria Maltoni started collecting links of blogs written by women and the W list was born! Needless to say, the W list getting bigger and bigger by the minute! The full list can be found here on our wiki the W Magical List of Women Bloggers.

 And if you’re a Facebook user, why don’t you join the W List Facebook Group?