Archive for the 'great ideas' Category
South Park creators fill niche left by closing of South Park pirate site, AllSP.com
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello March 25th, 2008 in Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious, Conjecture, Fun with PR, TV, great ideas, viacom.South Park creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, have done what no other content creators have been able to do online, until now. They launched a site where fans of South Park can legally watch every episode of the show, so long as they are in the US. International fans will have to [...]
Obama and McCain battle it out on YouTube
3 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello February 11th, 2008 in GooTube, Humor, User Generated Content, Viral marketing, YouTube, great ideas, guerilla marketing, video.The nature of the medium has changed the tenor of the message. Two videos posted this month to YouTube show the power and potential impact of online messaging. The first is will.i.am’s inspirational probama (pro-Obama) video which has attracted millions of people with its moving subtext, great music, beautiful celebrities and grass-roots, folksy nature.
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Obama and McCain battle it out on YouTube
0 Comments Published by admin February 11th, 2008 in GooTube, Humor, User Generated Content, YouTube, great ideas, guerilla marketing, video.The nature of the medium has changed the tenor of the message. Two videos posted this month to YouTube show the power and potential impact of online messaging. The first is will.i.am’s inspirational probama (pro-Obama) video which has attracted millions of people with its moving subtext, great music, beautiful celebrities and grass-roots, folksy nature.
The truly [...]
Marriage 2.0: How to pick a spouse!
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello December 14th, 2007 in Entertainment, Foolishness, Humor, Vlogs, commerce, great ideas, monetization, social ideas.I was getting caught-up with Josh Spear this morning and came across an amazing stunt site TV show vlog, called 2 Husbands. At first blush the concept isnt that interesting. Two single guys want to get hitched and they have turned to the Internet for help. On their site women can upload videos of themselves [...]
Trendwatching: Eco-fatigue, Gen Z and Pet-Passe the future of marketing!
2 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello November 7th, 2007 in A-List Blogs, Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious, Conjecture, Fun with PR, Futurist, Humor, Innovation, Market Research & Intelligence, Research, Research Summary, TrendSpotting, Viral marketing, a-list, great ideas, parody, social ideas, tech humor.As someone who watches for trends in technology one of the many sites I frequent is Trendwatching.com. They offer a bevy of free research reports on global Trends with pithy insightful commentary and links. If your not getting their free reports or buying the paid stuff, then your missing out. Their most recent Trend Briefing [...]
Boys Take Your Shirts Off
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello October 18th, 2007 in Entertainment, Humor, great ideas.Improv Everywhere is almost as brilliant as The Yes Men and their latest mission doesnt disappoint. Abercrombie and Fitch, the bastion of retail Aryan purity, was the target of Improv Everywhere’s mission (I challenge you to find a non-white face on their site). What would happen if you introduced commercial miscegenation, the bane of Abercrombie [...]
Google Backdoors the Telco’s
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello October 16th, 2007 in Google, Googleplex, google trends, great companies, great ideas. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=cN0q8SvlQAk]
That damned Google! No matter how much I try to avoid getting sucked into the Googleplex by their absurdly useful and free services, I cant seem to avoid it. Today I was compelled to give Google two permanent slots in my mobile phonebook. The first for the infinity useful Google SMS, which I use [...]
Google Backdoors the Telco’s
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello October 16th, 2007 in Google, Googleplex, google trends, great companies, great ideas. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=cN0q8SvlQAk]
That damned Google! No matter how much I try to avoid getting sucked into the Googleplex by their absurdly useful and free services, I cant seem to avoid it. Today I was compelled to give Google two permanent slots in my mobile phonebook. The first for the infinity useful Google SMS, which I use [...]
Pandora and the Future of Advertising
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello October 6th, 2007 in Advertising 2.0, Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious, Pandora, advertising, great ideas.This morning while listening to my Feist radio station on Pandora something unusual caught my eye. Like everyone else, I’m fairly ad-blind and tend to ignore everything on the right edge of the screen but for some reason this ad caught my attention. It could have been the sultry looking brunette, but I like [...]
UK Music Industry Threatens Prince Over Music Promotions
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello June 29th, 2007 in Digital Music, Music Musings, NARM, Prince, Record stores, TAFKAP, great ideas, pyrrhic victories, social ideas.The Brit tabloid, Mail on Sunday, has come under attack from British music retailers over a promotion its running with Prince (TAFKAP). It seems that the retailers have gotten all bent out of shape because the paper, with 2 million weekly readers, was smart enough to sign a deal with the Purple One to give [...]
