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Great Content and Owning Eyeballs

September 5, 2012 |

I was reading a post by Anthill’s James Tuckerman yesterday where he said that “the first rule of a successful modern business: own the eyeballs folks!” The article talked about the importance of having “an active audience of prospects,…

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Jargon, Fluff, Blurb and the Opportunity They Bring

July 18, 2012 |

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In a meeting this week I witnessed some incredible dialogue. The words leverage, utilise, solution, collaboration, elasticity, high-level and bolt-on were all expertly weaved into one unnecessarily long sentence – at theRead More

Let Me Entertain You

March 21, 2012 |

 

Are you familiar with “Buzzword Bingo”? You may know it’s more plain-spoken sibling “Bullshit Bingo”, the rules are much the same. It is a game satirically invented for boardrooms and corporate meetings,

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One of the Most Important Words in Sales

February 1, 2012 | 1

Like it or not we’re all in the business of selling. Whether we’re overtly selling a product or service to customers

or providing support to people that do we’re nevertheless all in the same boat. We’re all selling something, directly or…

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Call for Human Grammar for Networks

January 9, 2012 | 1

In the midst of holiday chaos, brand messaging is loud and clear and, more often than not, deemed manipulative. No surprise, really. Advertising motives have always been questioned — especially since the 1950s’ Vicary hoax…Read More

Multi-Channel Giving

October 12, 2011 |

Call it what you will-integrated, holistic, mulit-channel fundraising and marketing, evidence suggests you should be doing this.

Without multi-channel marketing and fundraising, your target audiences are confused by the inconsistency…

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Rhian Sugden for The Male Cancer Awareness Campaign (MCAC) Hands out a Twist

September 19, 2011 |

Glamour model, Rhian Sugden, is fronting a bold new marketing campaign for the charity Male Cancer Awareness Campaign (MCAC) which sees her touch herself on camera with a dramatic twist. The educational viral film aims to eliminate the embarrassment…

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Heineken Provides 100 Pubs Across the UK with Free WiFi

August 25, 2011 |

 

Dutch beer brand Heineken has recently teamed up with BT to provide free wifi for patrons at 100 London pubs and bars.

Heineken Hubs are selected venues across the UK “where specially trained staff take pride in pouring you the…

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Product Versus Pitch & Why Nokia Should Pull All Advertising

May 12, 2011 | 1

Nokia should pull all advertising.

Riding to work the other day I flashed past a bus shelter housing an ad for a new Nokia phone. I couldn’t tell you what model it was,  I can tell you the headline. Actually, after trying for 5 mins and Googling…

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Websites Worth Sharing with Your Friends, Write the Future, Tiger Woods & Rise

December 13, 2010 | 1

Nike | Write the Future, Tiger Woods & Rise

Nike created Write the Future, a blistering three minutes of the on-pitch exploits of Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro, England’s Wayne Rooney, Franck Ribery of France, twinkle-toed …

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Seeking Out Tough Problems with Great People for Social Innovation

September 6, 2010 |

Bethnal Green Ventures is a practical school for people who want to use the web and mobile technology to change stuff that really matters: from health care and education to employment and energy creation.

BGV grew from the team behind Social

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Why Trusting Your Gut Instinct Might be the Best Thing You Ever do

August 31, 2010 | 4

Fifteen years ago I started a business from the second bedroom of my apartment. I had very limited funds and no experience in the sector that I intended to operate in. Before I started I shared my business plan with my friends and family. The majority…

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Re-Invent The Book Review with The Rise of “Collaborative Consumption” & Win

August 23, 2010 |

We have teamed up with Collaborative Consumption and Shareable.net to give you the chance to win.

We believe in sharing and recognize that sharing is also an important emerging industry. It’s critical for the future of the environment, …

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Creative Artificial Constraints | Art Versus Science

August 16, 2010 |

This is an idea I’ve toyed with for awhile, but never fully fleshed out. I thought that perhaps putting it out there might generate some interesting feedback to help refine it.

Essentially:

  • Creative output with almost no constraints

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87 Really Cool Things According to Google

August 8, 2010 |

Insanely insightful. This presentation from Google, describing several cases of succesful and creative uses of their platform is full of awesomeness. A must for everybody with a bit of a techie, creative, planner or just bored. Click on…

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‘Members Only’ Grilled Cheese Dealing for New Yorkers

August 2, 2010 |

Bread.Butter.Cheese. is the ingenious new underground joint dishing out grilled cheese fixes to downtown New Yorkers.  Communicating exclusively through their Facebook page, the anonymous culinary artists list their ingredients …

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Infograph | Facebook Reach the 500 Million User Milestone

July 23, 2010 |

Facebook reached its 500 million member milestone yesterday and celebrated the event with the launch of Facebook Stories. The monumental moment also played a role in the ABC World News report featuring acandid interview between Diane…

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The Honest Tea Campaign Tests Boston.

July 14, 2010 |

OK, ignoring the painful soundtrack for a brief moment, The Honest Tea campaign is a good idea and a lot of fun. The company makes the claim social responsibility is central to Honest Tea’s identity and purpose. Nice to see 96% of Boston…

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Are you fit enough to create purpose?

July 13, 2010 | 5

For all but the most committed, an engineering degree is a hard slog. Dry math, laborious labs, drivelling lecturers; no wonder we have a reputation for drinking.

So I’ll save you all that, and just pass on my single best lesson from those…

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Palladium Extend the Pirate Radio Concept to Bread & Butter Berlin

July 8, 2010 |

Following the success of London Pirate Radio, a documentary created by Palladium and VICE, and the Palladium x Logan Sama Mix tape release, Palladium continues their association with grime music at Bread & Butter Berlin 2010… with an excitingRead More

How about you, are you a serial busy person? Really?

July 5, 2010 | 3

Here is an extraction of a conversation that took place in my lift this morning on the way to work.

Me: “Good morning, How are you?”
Other guy: “Flat out mate … real busy, real busy”
Me (silently thinking to myself): “Hmmm, shouldn’t

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14 of the Best Business Cards of All Time

July 1, 2010 | 2

It was not that long ago that we talk about the redundancy of the business card. Whilst we will stick by that post, we would however make room in our wallets for remarkable cards such as these thanks to Web Designer depot. We have picked out our favorite…

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Scenario DNA Presents | Community Participation 3.0

May 31, 2010 |

Community Participation 3.0

Scenario DNA have pulled together another insightful presentation on community participation. View more presentations from Tim Stock.

 

 

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Ando | simple is different to Simple

May 12, 2010 | 3

Apple has brought simple back. In a scary big way.

Management books, marketing blogs, podcasts and tweets are urging us to simplify the message, simplify the product, and simplify our lives. But I think the English language is kinda letting

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The State of Web Development in 2010

April 29, 2010 | 1

Andrew Fallshaw from Investling has pointed us towards an interesting survey created by Web Directions conferences, and Scroll Magazine, and con ducted by John Allsopp.  “The State of Web Development” survey was conducted by professional

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Kate Kendall Joins the Discussion on the Future of Media

April 27, 2010 | 2

On the 11th of May, uncluttered white spaces will be hosting IF SYDNEY | THE FUTURE OF MEDIA. Our 3rd Innovation Forum (IF) and our first on a subject specific to Innovation in Media.

To add to the already extensive panel of experts(Galvin Scott

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What is More Important, Strategy or Culture?

April 19, 2010 | 1

Thursday morning and a coffee break during an important meeting in Melbourne. I was sitting in a really cool coffee shop in Flinders Lane and bumped into an old friend. He runs an Ad agency in Melbourne, its a new company and still in start up phase.

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Seth Godin talking Linchpin with uncluttered white spaces

April 15, 2010 | 3

]Yesterday morning we had the absolute privilege of speaking with Seth Godin in regards to the release of his new book LINCHPIN.

For those of you who are Seth Godin fans, you will enjoy this discussion, for those of you who are not familiar (the

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FROM THE BULL | Get Your Hands Dirty (a personal story)

April 6, 2010 | 2


A positive attitude will overcome many barriers. So will a willingness to get your hands dirty. The earlier this lesson is learnt the better. I learnt it at my first job in 1982.

I worked in a paint factory. For its time the factory was modern and

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Core77 | Real Estate Bust: How Creatives Are Carving Up L.A.’s Empty Space

April 6, 2010 |

Posted by Alissa Walker | 31 Mar 2010 on Core77 | If there’s one thing wide, sprawly Los Angeles can pride itself on having, it’s an abundance of space. But now, as I walk though neighborhoods filled with empty box stores and…

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The Story of Bottled Water

March 30, 2010 |

Annie Leonard, the mastermind behind The Story of Stuff and The Story of Cap and Trade, has released the latest in her series of animations about environmental issues, just in time for World Water Day. The Story of Bottled Water breaks down the…

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Episode 1:: The IF Melbourne panel of experts discuss innovation, culture and social responsibility.

March 16, 2010 |

IF Melbourne on white spaces tv :: Episode 1 of 3

In late February, uncluttered white spaces hosted IF Melbourne @ Denmark House to a room for 40 guests from various networks in Melbourne to join in a forum on the broad topic of Innovation.

The panel

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Heineken: Guerrilla Marketing Event In Italy

March 16, 2010 |

Heineken ?taly Activation from Kreatif360 on Vimeo.

This is a pretty brave guerrilla marketing event by Heineken on the eve of one of the biggest matches you can imagine, Real Madrid vs AC Milan. Now you’re probably thinking it’s something

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Dan Ilic on The Future of New Media with Reuters, New York Times & Al Jazeera

March 3, 2010 |

Dan Ilic sits down with three executives from some of the world’s biggest media outlets to have a chat about the future of their business. Moeed Ahmad, Head of New Media for Al Jazeera, Chief Scientist at Reuters, Nic Fulton, and the CTO of the

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IF Melbourne in review:: “Nostalgia, denial & arrogance” – Ben Crowe @ IF 2010

March 1, 2010 |


uncluttered white spaces hosted our second Innovation forum (IF Melbourne) on Tuesday night at Denmark House Melbourne.

The night turned out one of the most influential panels and guests list I have been involved in with some amazing contributions

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Rick Klotz on the world’s got problems.

February 26, 2010 |

As a continuation on our series tracking the devlopments at Freshjive (or formerly known as) in relation to the recent name changes, we found this short documentary intruiging, controversial with plenty of room for interpretation.

If we …

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