Saturday, May 17, 2008 Can you afford not to be at Screen Expo?  
Can you afford not to be at Screen Expo?
Make sure you go to Screen Expo 2008 - next week
Digital Signage Mac spoof ....New, very clever virals on
the power of digital signage

http://www.screenevents.co.uk/screenexpo2008/SE_vi...

Latest (number three) of the Screen Expo Virals.

Screen Expo Europe has put together a nice little spoof pages to promote next week's event based on the oh so famous Mac/PC ads.  Good for a giggle and worth sending around to folks who still don’t understand why you left your old job with traditional media to jump into the Digital OOH game

Mark Pigou's second viral for Screen Expo 2008 is another gem and you should check it. His virals bring a new dimension to event marketing. Here is the first viral..enjoy

Screen Expo is Europe’s biggest event for Digital Signage, Media Networks, Interactive Technology & Content. The question Mark asks is "If you are in screen media, can you afford not to be at Screen Expo?"
For further information please contact: Mark Pigou - Show Director Tel: +44-(0)7970579288.
 

Is this genuine?
Only in Ireland....Prick with a fork
This was actually sold in the supermarkets - until they twigged!!
http://wellithoughtitwasfunny.blogspot.com/2007/11...

Prick with a fork Two versions of this story...

(1) This is a genuine mistake made in Ireland. This was actually sold in the supermarkets - until they twigged!!

(2) I’m not sure if this is legitimate or not. If not, it’s funny anyway. If it is, it’s even funnier.

The opinion of theMarketingblog - we think it was set up. Send us your thinking - is it genuine or not?
 

Get your online marketing to perform
Warning ...not getting involved with the 'Glass Half Full' concept could be damaging to your company
How you can use a blog to accelerate online success
http://www.themarketingblog.co.uk/index000229359.c...

A company which has provided its full success story to their prospects

Apologies for the dramatic headline but we wanted to grab your attention.

We say half full because we can create conversations with your prospects by giving (a) you the platform to set up appointments leading to proposal time, (b) dramatically building your database and (c) pouring 'Google Juice' into the company glass.

That is all relatively easy  (and not budget breaking).  Achieved within a few weeks by using the power of www.themarketingblog.co.uk to create a specially written 'Guest Issue' this will position your company as the undoubted leader of the pack.  Find out more about The Glass Half Full concept - call Will Corry today 01784 434 412.

How you can use a blog to accelerate online success - more inside.
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Best PR Blunders
A serious glitch on a job website resulted in personal data, including passwords, being emailed to hundreds of users
Haymarket title says sorry for data leak
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/31/digita...

The editor-in-chief of Haymarket-owned US trade magazine PR Week has apologised to subscribers after a glitch on its jobs website resulted in personal data, including passwords, being emailed to hundreds of users.

On Monday night PRWeekjobs.com started sending out emails "every two to five minutes", according to one PR agency, to its registered database, revealing passwords and email addresses of other users. The information was sent as a group message to an open list of addresses.

PRWeekJobs.com e-mail error impacts 2,500 users.
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IKEA furniture swap

Over the past few years, swapping clothing, books, music and movies has taken off around the world, with groups meeting for swaps offline and online. Now, flat-pack behemoth IKEA is organizing a furniture swap at its Amsterdam store: a husselmarkt.

The swap, which will take place on February 9th, will let up to 250 people bring in furniture, which doesn't have to be made by IKEA and swap it for items brought in by others. IKEA will also add 12.000 euros worth of furniture to the mix.
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A Marketingblog guest author PR opportunity
Hotcow believe that a coming trend in the tourism industry will be for experiential marketing
Turning a booking exercise into an experience
http://www.hotcow.co.uk/mooTalk/7.htm

Turning a booking exercise into an experience Hotcow believe that a coming trend in the tourism industry will be for experiential marketing. The turning of what is currently a booking exercise into an experience in its own right will, they are sure, make a massive difference in business.

Hotcow’s commitment to innovative, intelligent and aggressive promotion breaks out from the malaise affecting the travel industry currently. With carefully thought out and immersive promotional activity Hotcow will turn consumers trawling the High Street looking for the cheapest flights to anywhere into your customers looking for the best experiences wherever you say they are.

Talk +44 (0) 845 056 4310 or email Sally Durcan at Hotcow with your views on tourism and how it should be marketed.
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The only real difference between these
two concepts is quality

Ryanair ad banned by the ASA
http://cmmnews.blogspot.com/2008/01/vintage-aston-...

The Skechers campaign didn't need words. Ryanair on the other hand sent its creative brief to the nearest boys' school and lo! ten minutes later the 6th form art department came up with this

Late News...French court to rule on Sarkozy suit against Ryanair

Vintage Aston Martin cars; Little fluffy Jack Russell puppies; France's military history; Attractive women wearing school uniform: God created all of these to ease the troubled minds of men. Sadly Ryanair, choosing to use one of these divine gifts in its advertising, still managed to stuff it up.

 See inside for CMM's comparison of these two campaigns...
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Review of social networks
Social networks – in search of a round peg
"Where there is value, there is the potential to make money"
www.acceleration.biz

Grant Keller

Grant Keller of acceleration UK will be contributing a series of special articles to theMarketingblog over the next few months starting with this review of social networks.

Grant says...It’s not easy to avoid social networks these days. No matter where you turn, you are bound to run into a feature, conference, or some kind of discussion about social networks. And it would seem that most people believe that the potential to monetise these growing audiences through advertising is massive, bearing in mind the data these sites can layer over traditional targeting criteria.

It is this potential which goes some way to explaining the current valuations being touted around (it certainly isn’t the revenue these companies are generating).
Get in touch with Grant Keller +44 (0) 207 484 8549.
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New Rules of Viral Marketing
How word-of-mouse spreads your ideas for free
Download The New Rules of Viral Marketing now! It's free and there's no annoying registration requirement.
http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/documents/Viral_M...

If you were a marketing executive for a big, famous company, how could you quickly put a human face on your organisation? Download The New Rules of Viral Marketing now! It's free and there's no annoying registration requirement.

For decades, the only way to spread our ideas was to buy expensive advertising or beg the media to write (or broadcast) about our products and services.

But now our organizations have a tremendous opportunity to publish great content online—content that people want to consume and that they are eager to share with their friends, family, and colleagues.

David Meerman - Scott's New Rules of Viral Marketing is now available to Marketingblog readers so download it now.
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Next week
50% bigger in 2008

Screen Expo Europe, Europe’s largest dedicated digital signage and digital media networks exhibition.
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Saffron House Portfolio

Could Saffron House specialist communications consultancy help you and your organisation to be more effective?

Call Kevin Mangan +44 (0)1285 644425 for more information.
 

BT is planning to hand out free BlackBerry-style mobile devices as part of a move by the telecoms giant to expand its broadband offer.
 


Waitrose is launching an E-CRM Programme. This is the first, strategic E-CRM activity Waitrose has undertaken and follows their successful tactical email marketing in 2007. The E-CRM programme was created by integrated agency, Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw, and monthly emails roll out from early February.
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SimplySwitch
is to shut down.
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Oliver McIntyre of Cowboy in New York tells theMarketingblog that they have announced the launch of a provocative online game for Hair Club for Men, which is co-branded with Playboy.com.

The new game can be found at www.hairclub.com/photohunt.
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Valentine’s gift for a green lover?

The perfect Valentine’s gift for a green lover?
Fairtrade chocolate and organic knickers. This winning package is being offered by underwear company Green Knickers (greenknickers.org).

Order a gift box containing a pair of pants – or boxers for men – and the chocolate comes free.
 

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Laughter Spot
Probably the best sports drink in the world?

Here is a squirrel viral from Carlsberg Sports Drink which is seriously funny. One of the best we have seen for quite a while...enjoy.

Many thanks to Val in Canada for sending it to us.
 

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