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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Jun 14, 2009
(Twitter founders: Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Evan Williams) Jessica B. Lifland | USA TODAY Who stays, who goes? I can’t push too hard on the proposition that I have anything truly ground breaking, in the context of twitterology, the new science of micro-blogging.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Dec 14, 2009
The analysis of Tweeter types: person to person, twitter profiles. It’s good to be clear about who you are. It’s interesting that there are emerging personality profiles, in users, that come into the webbed world of community in communications. And surely,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Apr 27, 2009
Sure, I care what you have to say. I’ve been thinking about storms. Mostly because I thrive on storms. When a storm comes, I savor it. I relish the word, the nature of it – the overwhelming presence of the concept of the storm — and, of course, the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Nov 28, 2009
The First Twitter Christmas What happened? Less shoppers, but more money spent (than last year, surely!). By the running analyses, online, the gathered summary is that the National Retail Federation estimated that 140 million people hit the stores and shopped online... Read More
by Tim Girvin | General, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling, Trends | Mar 7, 2011
The rise of the stormtwister: which one are you following? Surely, it’s changed, Charlie’s tiger-blooded human branding keeps on surging. But why? Friend Robert Weitz pointed out, as he put it, the gladiatorial posting of winning wars of followers. Andrew... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0 | Jul 17, 2009
Twitterstory as the last line of defense, offensively. Twitter is a storytelling tool. Every person tells a micro-story in the 140 characters of text that are tied to the messaging output from many tiers of devices. To the brand, the personal brand, the legacy of the... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Aug 11, 2009
Exploring the mapping of personality and brand in cultural change | Amazon+Zappos and the Endless(.com)…potential. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has a point of view — and his strategies, intriguingly, focus on one compelling degree of index. Community attention.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jun 11, 2010
A note from Ed Kelly: content, contentment, relevance, resonance What’s the story, who’s telling it, what’s it look like, and who cares? I’ve been an American Express cardholder for coming on 20 years. And I met Ed Kelly, CEO, American Express,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands, Storytelling | Feb 19, 2010
Image credit: Matt Hagen Exploring the concept of human branding, foundational leadership, evolution and Seattle BioMed. Working in a long string of partnerships, with founding board members, executive committees and scientists, from the early 2000s, then 2004, then... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Marketing 2.0, Trends | Aug 1, 2009
Exploring social networking tools in building sharing communities: blogging and direct selling relationships. We worked with Kajeet’s founder, Daniel Neal, to build out the opening of a brand proposition for a children’s mobile phone technology a couple of... Read More
