This gorgeous, gorgeous piece of work from the smart chaps at Intel is one of the most perfect uses of the Facebook social graph API that I have ever seen. Click through to the site, give up virtually all of your Facebook access privileges (we’ll come back to that one later) and just sit back [...]
Yesterday, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney announced that it would allow its advisers to use social media platforms, providing all 18,000 advisers access to LinkedIn and Twitter in June and graduating to Facebook soon after that. It is the first large financial firm to do so, marking a sea-change in the industry’s resistance to adopting potentially [...]
A couple of weekends ago, I went to Paris. It was sunny, it was stylish, and I had a lovely croque madame. But that’s not what I want to talk about. I want to talk about this poster: The eagle eyed among you may have noted that this is the poster for The Hangover 2. [...]
On a recent trip around the web last week, I came across this old post by one Steven Hodgson writing for WinExtra – He poses an interesting question: Why is it that what’s cool for Google is an ethical question for Microsoft? Quote: I remember when Google surprised everyone who was attending one of their [...]
If you don’t already know about Gary Vaynerchuk, you’re in for a treat. Back in February 2006 the New Jersey-based entrepreneur set up Wine Library TV, an outspoken, down to earth, idiosyncratic video blog and online community hub for wine enthusiasts. It now attracts over 80,000 viewers a day, and its founder has become a [...]
Good news this Friday, our SKINS team here at 1000heads last night received a commendation for their work on last year’s Tour de Velo campaign. From the entry: When international recovery and compression sports clothing brand SKINS wanted to replicate the grassroots loyalty they had secured in Australia and the USA in Europe, they knew [...]
This week I headed to sunny Amsterdam to take part in Social Media in a Corporate Context, a conference organised by Communicate magazine and held in the awesome ex-newspaper building TrouwAmsterdam (which also has slightly terrifying toilets). Me looking stern and talking communities with chair Andy Wood (Freestyle Interactive), Andrew Thomas (publisher of Communicate) and [...]
1000heads’ unique social approach has always travelled well, particularly in North America. Indeed, we’ve been busting our hump helping our clients spread the word in the U.S. for the last six years or so. In that time we’ve worked with some great brands including Miele, Nokia, Veria, HGTV and even picked up some awards along the [...]
For most women, conversation with friends is the most influential type there is, because we make friends with people with whom we identify. We value their opinions, ask their advice and exchange views on everything. We will always find ways to talk – but with whom, where and for how long is largely dictated by [...]
