Sweep the Sleaze | Information Architects
Some sensible advice from Oliver Reichenstein. Cluttering your social media icons isn’t helping and may actively be hindering your audience.
Tags: marketing
What’s in a Name? | The Intercom Blog
The hitherto unnoticed connection between the names of Android phones and the names of condoms.
Ian Bogost - Gamification is Bullshit
This is not as linkbaity as the title might suggest.
I’ve suggested the term “exploitationware” as a more accurate name for gamification’s true purpose…
Designing for Content: Creating a Message Hierarchy - Web Standards Sherpa
Steph Hay takes a look at how websites can allow a narrative to unfold, with the Ben The Bodyguard site as a case study.
Seth's Blog: The inevitable decline due to clutter
I firmly believe that this is very relevant to visual design on the web.
What The Fuck Is My Social Media Strategy?
Making it up so you don't have to — somewhat like my New Media Company Name generator from a few years back.
ING Lion Deposit - Online savings account 100% free
More clever meta web marketing.
How to Use Twitter for Marketing and PR
This site needs some promotion. Maybe on Twitter.
Waxy.org: Daily Log: The Times (UK) Spamming Social Media Sites
Andy Baio does a nice bit of investigative journalism in exposing the social network spammer hired by The Times. The internet treats crass marketing as damage and routes around it.
If all your friends jumped off of a bridge… at Ben Brown, Internet Rockstar
Ben Brown outlines the reasons why he left Facebook: "I think it is important to note that Facebook, though they claim to be a tool for staying connected, is actually a software tool designed *primarily* to deliver marketing messages to its audience."
Brand Autopsy: Buckley’s: The Good Taste of Bad Taste
Here's one for Matt and Cindy: Buckley's truth in advertising.
Cloverfield
This nicely understated teaser site isn't going to dispel any of the mystery around the Cloverfield project.
creative bastard
This is a great way to deal with telemarketers.
Star Wars: Collecting | More Than Meets the Eye: Star Wars Transformers
This seems wrong... but so, so right.
Buzzword Hell
Am I buzzword or not?
Using Confrontational Marketing to Build Brand Awareness in a Saturated Market
Starbucks employ a creative bit of viral marketing: coffee cups glued to car roofs.
Wedding Crashers: Andy Budd and Jeremy Keith
Viral marketing gone so, so wrong. Thanks Cindy.