May 2012
20 posts
What consumers really want from brands online
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Businesses broadly misjudge what consumers want from them online. In particular, marketers often believe that consumers interact with them on social media to join a community and feel connected to the brand. But consumers have little interest in having a relationship beyond the merely transactional.
Their top reasons for connecting online: to get information and discounts, and...
ilikecreative: "How to Write" David Ogilvy →
och-annie:
Good writing is not a natural gift. You have to learn to write well. Here are 10 hints:
1. Read the Roman-Raphaelson book on writing. Read it three times.
2. Write the way you talk. Naturally.
3. Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs.
4. Never use jargon words like …
Héctor Milla: ¿Cómo es el usuario de una tableta? →
hectormilla:
Un estudio de Mediametrie describe el perfil del usuario de una tableta que es principalmente un early adopter, es decir, un usuario proclive a los nuevos usos y muy activo en adquirir el uso de dispositivos nuevos y de nuevos productos y servicios. El usuario de una tableta, ¿le…
Bustr Bensn: The state of behavior change, and a... →
bustr:
We’ve learned a lot about behavior change in the last 2 years. Here’s a bit of my current thinking on it all, and a new free app that you can print out and put in your wallet.
1) Which behavior should I change?
One that helps you learn the habit of changing habits (learn once, use forever). One…
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newsweek:
fastcompany:
Leap Motion, a San Francisco startup has created a device (“the Leap”) that lets you control your computer just my moving your fingers over it, as if you were using a touchscreen in the air.
Read more->
Leap Motion is now taking pre-orders for the $69.99 device but won’t begin shipping it until the end of this year or early 2013. The company is also opening up its...
The mobile customer
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Source: Google
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Maurice Sendak's last interview with NPR →
“It’s something I’ve found out as I’m aging…that I am in love with the world.”
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Neil Gaiman: For all the people who ask me for... →
neil-gaiman:
Neil Gaiman
1 Write.
2 Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.
3 Finish what you’re writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.
4 Put it aside. Read it pretending you’ve never read it before. Show it to friends whose opinion you respect and who like…
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