Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-18

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Andrew Robinson
Creative Director

May 18, 2012

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-11 http://t.co/dJKJuYMT #
Brand Strategy: Repositioning Commodities: Even producers in the commodity world of meats a… http://t.co/gFfVJJZn viaMindcorptweetfeed #
10 Ways to Optimize Your iPad for Kids With Special Needs: When we think about ways the iPa… http://t.co/xyTJQDsT viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Google May Be Close to Acquiring Meebo for $100 Million [REPORT]: Google is in discussions … http://t.co/pJbhVisP viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Beer bag #ambient http://t.co/uAKVnYnr #
5 Hot Startups Using Tech for Good: In our social entrepreneurship series, The World at Wor… http://t.co/zVuUofYn viaMindcorptweetfeed #
6 Reasons to Make Your Big Idea Small: Brad Van Orden is the most interesting man in the wo… http://t.co/kiNsGcC6 viaMindcorptweetfeed #
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Super-Fast Thunderbolt Connectivity Coming to Windows [VIDEO]: Windows users, take heart: T… http://t.co/b78A6Ibk viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Mercedes-Benz: QR Code Trophies: Car manufacturers do anything to hide upcoming car models … http://t.co/RvsvyjpN viaMindcorptweetfeed #
9 Essential Steps for a Killer Kickstarter Campaign: This post originally appeared on the A… http://t.co/3NYUYJk4 viaMindcorptweetfeed #
The intelligent footballer. Jokers in an otherwise decent deck. #football http://t.co/wpeH5zQt #
Pinterest Campaigns Honor Your Mom While Giving Back: When it comes to social good campaign… http://t.co/6n0PWg8a viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Brand Marketing’s New Currency: In the late 1980s and early 1990s, neuroscientists at the U… http://t.co/MknOj5Or viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Monday Morning Stir: -In case you missed it, 72andSunny’s Kenny Powers “MFCEO” work for K-S… http://t.co/eWkfj1X5 viaMindcorptweetfeed #
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Brand Marketers Must Create Wow Moments: The brain remembers the emotional components of an… http://t.co/o1o7aSfd viaMindcorptweetfeed #
EU Cookie Law: 4 Tips For Crafting Your Opt-In Request: The May 26 deadline for compliance … http://t.co/oIaLAsJH viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Why Milk Processors Want to Spy on Your Breakfast Twitter Chatter: You might think breakfas… http://t.co/iVHnviGN viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Dara O'Briain invades the pitch as Arsenal secure 3rd place http://t.co/yxW9kM6j #
Sinners, Now is the Time to Repent…with Beers: Perhaps James Joyce would be proud from the … http://t.co/IVBQZK65 viaMindcorptweetfeed #
The Fallacy of Information Overload: Some of you know me through my work in studying how so… http://t.co/nXZ9eP0f viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Measuring Advertising Effectiveness: Show me the Money! This memorable line from the 1996 m… http://t.co/2qCzxBuo viaMindcorptweetfeed #
The Business of APIs: Interview with an API Evangelist: I had the pleasure of sitting down … http://t.co/2W1Vi55a viaMindcorptweetfeed #
CP+B Brings Mason to LA: In between all the EVP-promotion clusterfuck, perhaps one of the n… http://t.co/itu9XSbb viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Russell Takes ECD Post at GSD&M: A lot of happenings to report at the Austin-based, Omnicom… http://t.co/VQ7FjFgO viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Interview: The Future of Cloud Marketing Software with Vocus CMO Jason Jue: At TopRank Onli… http://t.co/NIOuIqKa viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Pinterest Raising $120 Million to Fund International Expansion [REPORT]: Pinterest is raisi… http://t.co/8CaGSOC7 viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Facebook – How to use the timeline cover photo creatively http://t.co/11GrdJlU #
To all my Norwegian colleagues. Gratulerer med Dagen! #norway #oslo #
These are NOT the police you were looking for! #starwars #fail #police #stormtrooper @mindcorp #
A James Brown Music Video Challenge, You Say?: Oh, let’s bring it, strut, shuffle and all w… http://t.co/0rSf8n07 viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Marcado Magazine: Hope: Mercado Magazine is a journal of analysis of world politics and eco… http://t.co/lmnih2kf viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Thursday Odds and Ends: -My old cohort Doug MacMillan discusses Mark Zuckerberg. link -W+K … http://t.co/8igLkq56 viaMindcorptweetfeed #
Why Web Users Don’t Click on Banner Ads [Infographic]: This week’s infographic explores who… http://t.co/jXYTOcXu viaMindcorptweetfeed #
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Pick of the Week 8

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by
Andrew Robinson
Creative Director

This week we feature Absolut Inspire a Future Lions entry for 2012.

With Absolut Inspire, you can download an augmented reality app and using (more…)

Facebook – How to use the timeline cover photo creatively

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by
Andrew Robinson
Creative Director

May 17, 2012

Do you have the new Facebook Timeline design yet? If so, you’ve noticed the new “cover photo” space at the top of each profile page. The Facebook timeline cover photo has been around for sometime now, but like everything, there are good and bad ways to use it.

Here are some of the best examples that we have pulled together. We hope they give you some inspiration and if you are a brand, think about empowering your agency to put something together.

Take a look through the gallery for some great Timeline concepts. When you create your own version, share it with Mindcorp, by sending us a link to it or by mentioning it in the comments below.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-11

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by
Andrew Robinson
Creative Director

May 11, 2012

The world’s largest cave contains a jungle. http://t.co/CPuigVlc @mindcorp #
The most unfortunate tagline for an ad for a bowling alley http://t.co/hOG0V3aI #
Pinterest. A marketers Guide. HD: http://t.co/y90CBsNB via @mindcorp
Grannie Puebla’s social media tips. Great stuff. http://t.co/pFgQGC0h #sm #socialmedia #comment
Are Brand Relationships Like Human Relationships?: I am hearing a lot these days about bran… http://t.co/gVOkGS5v viaMindcorptweetfeed
The future of TV is more than social, it’s a multi-screen experience that needs design: The… http://t.co/YsDIvupY viaMindcorptweetfeed
The Instagram Camera. Don’t you just want one! #camera #photography #sm http://t.co/KFJAMZLg
Where You’d Be If You Dug a Hole Through the Earth – Antipodes Map http://t.co/TBuQ4JUx
The search matrix as a diagram. NICE! #search #SEO #google http://t.co/eQMTR6NE
The Kari Traa way to Ski! #norway #ski #bunard #photography http://t.co/h5P3qci9
Now you can have a Pinterest plug-in for your WordPress site/blog http://t.co/VL7Xc1f0 #pinterest #wordpress #socialmedia
A simple tactic that gives you an unfair advantage in searches http://t.co/dGFX9mjp
I’ve uploaded an @YouTube video http://t.co/VPpL7J0e Tic Tac – La Pire Haleine du Monde HD
Photobomber Trolls Tourists at Leaning Tower of Pisa [VIDEO]: Here’s a perfect example of t… http://t.co/GZAK18QN viaMindcorptweetfeed
How Romantic! A Marriage Proposal Via Banner Ad
http://t.co/kSA0DdsV via @adage @mindcorp #ads
New Charlie Sheen Series Safe to Sponsor, FX Tells Advertisers
http://t.co/hlB6K0Uy via @adage @mindcorp #tv #broadcast

Pick of the Week – 7

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by
Andrew Robinson
Creative Director

Tic Tac Flash Mob – France

TicTac came up with a new version of the flash mob for its viral filmed in France. On a square a person is asked for directions. As soon as the person starts speaking, something strange happens…

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A simple tactic that gives you an unfair advantage in searches

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by
Andrew Robinson
Creative Director

May 10, 2012

Showing up in local search results is a pretty big deal if you’re any sort of local business. When people search online locally, but plan to buy offline locally, being the organisation they find first and find when mobile could mean the difference between growth and death.

While lots of people publish tips about Google Places pages, local web content, address citations and the sort, not enough people are talking about the power of local video when it comes to gaining an advantage in local search.

Many people are talking about video from a content standpoint and I agree, but what about locally optimised video for SEO. John Jantsch has seen this intentional tactic produce some pretty incredible results in a very short time – particularly when it comes to a Google and YouTube combination.

See, here’s the deal – Google wants to give people interesting search results and as often as possible that includes a mix of local Places pages, videos, products, images and blog posts all mashed together on page one for specific search phrases.

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Where You’d Be If You Dug a Hole Through the Earth – Antipodes Map

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by
Andrew Robinson
Creative Director

Remember that favorite childhood question: if you could dig a hole so deep in your backyard that you would end up on the other side of the world, where would you be? Australia? China?

One Google Maps-based website figures out where you would end up, if such a thing were possible. We’ve done ours (shown here and not so interesting)

Who’s location has the most interesting Antipode location equivalent?

AntipodeMap.com allows you can see which location is exactly halfway around the world from where you are. Double click or move the top map to your region to see which area is diametrically opposite to your current location.

The site defines two antipodal points as being connected by a straight line through the dead center of the Earth. For example, New York City’s antipodal point is in the Indian Ocean, just southwest of Perth, Australia. San Francisco’s antipodal point is southeast of Madagascar, off the African coast.

Which location is halfway around the world from where you are right now? Let us know in the comments.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-04

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by
Andrew Robinson
Creative Director

May 4, 2012

Pick of the Week 6 http://t.co/CXLNhSxH
Google+ Share Button: This Week in Social Media: Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s ho… http://t.co/dQODwdiI viaMindcorptweetfeed
8 New Apps You Don’t Want To Miss: Avengers AR The Avengers are headed to theaters soon, bu… http://t.co/uX3GbLBb viaMindcorptweetfeed
5 Startups Using Tech To Do Good: In our social entrepreneurship series, The World at Work,… http://t.co/kLMnn63j viaMindcorptweetfeed
44 Websites to help you improve your knowledge of WordPress http://t.co/u8cgNB0n #
Is It Time to Shoot Your Hero Shot?: Hero shots. Those photos of products or shiny happy pe… http://t.co/Qts0lBMB viaMindcorptweetfeed
Mashable, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+ Win Their First Webby Awards [EXCLUSIVE]: The Webby… http://t.co/LotPaXoe viaMindcorptweetfeed
Prague’s traffic lights get hit by guerrilla art http://t.co/KZl8RVQg #guerrilla #ambient #art
Infographic: Can social media activity affect organic search rankings? http://t.co/81cSFOod #
Everyone who checks out this link WILL look at EVERY picture. Stunning. http://t.co/hChQYSw6 #photography #imagemaking
How One Actor Used an iPhone to Land a Role in the ‘Star Trek’ Sequel [VIDEO]: Now here’s s… http://t.co/W0ItS78k viaMindcorptweetfeed
Mmmmm lovely. I want some now. PMS201 please http://t.co/fe7lgCdm
Paddy Power — Goal-Line Technology: So near the edge, the ad itself is virtually over the line http://t.co/T1aUq5CD #ad #football

Infographic: Can social media activity affect organic search rankings?

by
Andrew Robinson
Creative Director

May 1, 2012

What impact do social channels have on organic search results?

A US search company has run an experiment to test the impact social media can have on organic search results.

TastyPlacement built five websites across five different US cities and set up corresponding social media channels including Facebook, Twitter and Google+ for each.

So what happened?

Well, you can check out the results in the infographic below, but the key finding was that +1s on Google were the biggest driver of organic search engine traffic.

Infographic authored by Tasty Placement

44 Websites to help you improve your knowledge of WordPress

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by
Andrew Robinson
Creative Director

April 30, 2012

Written by: Sufyan bin Uzayr

We recently did a round-up of some of the leading design blogs that you need to follow in order to stay up to date with the latest trends in the design world. In this article we take a look at some blogs and websites that cover WordPress.

Most, if not all, design blogs have WordPress-related articles. However, these blogs deal specifically (and, in most cases, ONLY) with WordPress. Also, not all of the websites below are ‘blogs’ – some of them are feed aggregators, some are design showcases and wpMail.me is an email newsletter. However, they are all related to WordPress.

1. WordPress Arena

WordPress Arena offers articles related to WP themes, plugins, tutorials and offers some freebies. The website also has a WordPress ‘Showcase’ which features various sites that are built on WordPress.