Category Archives: Mobile marketing

KLM High Five: street guerrilla marketing joining NewYorkers and Amsterdammers

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Stefano

It’s that simple: KLM encouraged people in Amsterdam to high five strangers in New York for a chance to win flights. Nice use of technology for marketing. Touch-(or slap-)screens in Amsterdam and New York allowed perfect strangers – 3,600 miles … Continue reading →

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Ikea Catalogue becomes bookbook: a great Apple-spoofing video (and a great marketing tool too!)

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Stefano

Once again we’re getting the 2015 Ikea Catalogue filled with (nice) pictures, products and suggestions. Ikea Catalogue is not just the Ikea’s best selling item (even though it’s free) beyond meatballs and Billys shelves, it’s a dramatically powerful marketing tool. … Continue reading →

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QR Code Shopping in subway stations in Milan, Italy: klikkapromo.it introduces virtual supermarkets

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Stefano

On January I wrote about South Korea’s Tesco big hit with QR Code shopping concept. Today I spotted in Milan, Italy, a similar idea where an italian discount-hunting website, klikkapromo.it, is promoting several goods along with QR-Code. The idea is … Continue reading →

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Coke Zero and 007 Skyfall challenge train passengers with “Unlock the 007 in You” [Street marketing]

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Stefano

Coke Zero challenged unsuspecting train passengers to unlock the 007 in them for their chance to win exclusive tickets for the new James Bond movie SKYFALL. However, the exclusive tickets weren’t free. People had to go the extra mile and … Continue reading →

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Identifying social trends and influences pushes for new social media analytics tools

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Stefano

MediaPost just published this cool post, take a look! Some hints? Brennan Carlson, VP of strategy at Lyris, called for search terms similar to tweets in microblogging sites like Twitter. He said Google and Twitter offer analytics tools, but can’t … Continue reading →

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Nexus 7: Google’s 7″ tablet, available now from $199

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Stefano

Google just announced the brand new Nexus 7: an Android tablet which will face fierce competition from both Android-alikes and iOS-newcomers (iPad-mini?). Here are some features: powered by quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor (which integrates a 12-core GPU), 1 GB … Continue reading →

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Shopping Center Westfield London offers Wi-Fi… and (almost) free mobile phone charging!

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Stefano

London looks like the center of the universe, these days, thanks to London 2012 Olympic Games. Here comes a tiny news bit that shows how much technology can help/extend shopping experience. Shopping Center Westfield London sports some 312 (!) stores… … Continue reading →

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SEO is dead, long live good content curation and Social PR – says Forbes

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Stefano

Ken Krogue on Forbes just posted an article that will for sure ignite polemic flaming on the ‘Net. He reports Adam Torkildson, one of the top SEO consultants in Utah and one of the best in the country told him … Continue reading →

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Forget economic downturn: here come the top 10 luxury social media marketers!

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Stefano

What’s really selling in these hard times, when economic downturn depresses economy, markets and people? Luxury, of course. Overpriced goods, exclusive stuff gets more attention by more people – not only those who can afford it. Even though it’s still … Continue reading →

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Which devices are used the most by social media users? An infographic explains and gives much more hints

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Stefano

Believe it or not, 5% of US adults are getting news on full-featured computers (be it a desktop or a laptop), on tablets and on smartphones, whereas computers/smartphone users sum up to an interesting 34% of the grand total! [Via … Continue reading →

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