The Titanium Lion went to consumer electronics retailer Best Buy (which has just opened its first UK store) for its Twelpforce concept. The retailer gathered tech-savvy staff to answer customer questions via Twitter, promoted via traditional ads, and created a gamechanger.
http://styleguide.yahoo.com a guide to creating digital content
While there was a lot of speculation about Facebook’s search strategy, the company has confirmed that “all Open Graph-enabled web pages will show up in search when a user likes them”.
Earlier this week http://www.allfacebook.com published about the new Facebook SEO that’s possible via the Open Graph, but now it’s clear that this is the beginning of Facebook’s internet search strategy. The race is now on for publishers to optimize their sites for Facebook’s search engine. MORE
Eric Young and Adam Parore spotted in the supermarket last night, Eric doesn’t appear to feel the cold, Adam needed his mum to help him shop
The beginning of Facebook’s internet search strategy, http://bit.ly/9zj5I1
Whether you are using social media or not chances are your employees or business partners are. One think to think about and put in place are some guidelines around social media usage. There are many ways that social media could damage your business, from the obvious to the not so obvious. Employees chatting about what they are working on or who they are meeting could provide valuable intelligence for competitors. Here’s a great collection of social media polices from around the world to get you started (http://itpromarketer.com/2009/12/social-media-policies-113-organizations/).
A multilingual website is any website that offers content in more than one language. Examples of multilingual websites might include a Canadian business with an English and a French version of its site, or a blog on Latin American soccer available in both Spanish and Portuguese.
A multi-regional website is one that explicitly targets users in different countries. Some sites are both multi-regional and multilingual (for example, a site might have different versions for the USA and for Canada, and both French and English versions of the Canadian content). MORE
“John Isner’s serving arm has fallen off”… brilliant live blog of That Really Long Tennis Match http://bit.ly/a2HARQ via @richirvine
RT @smashingmag: Visa Launches PayClick, a PayPal Alternative - http://bit.ly/b6pw9A
and we’re done, really shouldn’t have left that doc til the last minute…
dog wakes me up at 530, was sorta awake anyway, dog goes back to sleep, i’m now wide awake staring at dog, and yes it’s darkest before dawn
not a wink of sleep last night, helicopters overhead, loud rain, dripping noises, writing lists in head, should have watched the football
My aunt summed up englands effort well - dads army
Checked out the dell streak - quite liked it very fast - on screen keyboard unusable though
Source of UK debt crisis identified - 10 channels of home shopping during the day
English relatives completely disinterested in the football - more interested in complaining about their rugby team
Emergency evacuation at embankment tube - some people ran and tripped panic set in - staff were totally useless
Completely screwed up timing of nz game and missed it - crusty cheese roll and cup of tea in golden square hit the spot
We are sitting in a soho pub next to a group of writers brainstorming a script outline - invidually very funny as a group its not working
The nz-pound exchange rate is making the pound look like a joke - expensive London pints are cheaper than nz pints
a beautiful day in London town, half day of work this morning followed by the shopping I’ve been putting off and some all whites action…
a beautiful day in London town, half day of work this morning followed by the shopping I’ve been putting off and some all whites action…
a beautiful day in London town, half day of work this morning followed by the shopping I’ve been putting off and some all whites action…
a beautiful day in London town, half day of work this morning followed by the shopping I’ve been putting off and some all whites action…
and back in London, may check out gadgets and shoes for the daughter…
An afternoon in the English sun!
To the English, the NZ accent makes the words bells and bowels sound similar, saying, the bells woke me up at 730 drew some odd looks
British enraged obama is blaming Britain for the oil spill - radio talkback going crazy - possible invasion of USA on the cards
They have wine on tap in the UK! All class
Best man duties start today have just realised people are taking this wedding thing seriously - list required - must not screw up
And a lovely sunny day in London - no wait hang on here comes the rain
Melbournians smokers smoke more aggressively with more hand gestures than any others recently observed
Taxi driver was talking to himself then soft chanting then whispering a bit and twitching to finish off
Melbourne is cold! Like really cold.
Asked my parents if they wanted anything from the UK, dad asked for a tracksuit which wasn’t polyester, I’m so getting them matching suits
sonny bill on his way, http://www.stuff.co.nz/s/y61b,and if we lose the RWC I’ll be blaming Dan Carters salad mix, seriously Dan, salad mix?
and in an unending health roller coaster i now seem to have lost my voice
Young dishevelled off duty BP petrol station employee made me think about how many sales they may have lost locally
dog appears to be digging a very deep hole in the backyard… http://www.freemaptools.com/tunnel-to-other-side-of-the-earth.htm
that TV3 news piece on speedometer accuracy was the biggest bunch of arse, some are wrong! and no mention of the effect of tire size
forensic team waiting outside house opp. 444 Great North Road… not looking good.
still alive, on the mend
