http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2 Remarkable Marketing Ideas by: Jon Cronin Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:58:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the best things about the connective power of the internet is the rise of Peer-to-Peer services. Airbed and Breakfast is in fact a connection back to how it used to be before commercial entities ruled our lives. People helping people and in return they could do the the ... http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/08/11/peer-to-peer-travel/ Do you think that your company's blog will be difficult to fill with content? Well here are 40+ topics you can write about. http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/08/11/40-topics-for-corporate-blogs/ 35 Examples of Corporate Social Media - via Mashable Blendtec Adobe maintains a list of interesting company related websites and conversations on the social bookmarking site Delicious. Best Western sponsors a blog,“On the Go with Amy,” where the author travels the country writing about her experiences. Cadence recently relaunched its website that now ... http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/08/11/5-top-post-about-how-companies-are-using-social-media/ Christine Huang over at PSFK's new site Marktd breaks down the 14 ways that Starbucks** has changed recently to get back to their roots. Let me give you a hint. It's mostly about the Coffee! 1. Better coffee 2. Worse coffee 3. The nostalgia effort 4. Banish the breakfast sandwich 5. Bring back the breakfast ... http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/08/07/starbucks-14-steps-to-addiction/ Can't afford to run advertising on Oprah? Looking to reach Suburban Moms with you messaging? “Suburban M.O.M. Street Teams” which employ stay-at-home and work-from-home moms from across the country to help market to the same demographic. Miles Of Marketing micro-targets the "Mommy Set", allowing efficient grassroots product promotion within a close-knit ... http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/08/05/miles-of-marketing-mom/ As the conversations around metrics and interactions heat up, we are building to a split from the digital metrics that have been "approved" for advertising media buys to a new step towards metrics that focus on relationships and brand interactions. Logic and Emotion brings us a very useful graphic that ... http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/08/01/the-marketing-spiral/ Want to know what the next 5000 days of the Internet is going to bring? Watch this very interesting talk from Kevin Kelly at Ted. (geek alert) http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/07/30/kevin-kelly-of-ted-on-the-next-5000-days/ TOMS Shoes is doing something that would make any company proud. For every pair of TOMS shoes you buy, they give a pair of shoes to shoeless children in third-world countries. This is a HUGE move and it comes from a very genuine place. Consumer Evangelism at it's best. A ... http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/07/30/buy-a-pair-of-toms-shoes-give-a-pair-of-toms-shoes/ Can you read the number hidden in this image above? Can you see the difference in these two images? You might be suffering from some form of colorblindness? Here's a more complete breakdown from ColourLovers. http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/07/27/color-blindness/ Charge your phone or your iPod while you walk around with these solar powered handbags from Noon Solar. via: Inhabitat http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/07/27/great-solar-powered-beach-bag/ Tomorrow I will be heading to France to visit my family for the next two weeks. See you when I get back! -Jon http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/07/02/vacation/ Interesting post on Huffingtonpost about how political debates inside of Social Media are influencing the political agendas of our leaders and aspiring leaders. It is also interesting to note that John McCain doesn't even use a computer. Watch the video. Just as media has grappled with, and now leverages, user-generated content ... http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/07/02/social-media-is-the-future-of-politics/ Get married in Sub-Orbital Space. It isn't the moon, but it's one of the most unique places available. The one-of-its-kind ceremony charge includes a photo and video album, original dress, wedding certificate and other ceremonial items. The cost of transportation to and from the launch site, accommodations, a live broadcast of ... http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/06/30/space-wedding/ I am a huge fan of solar power - the sun makes more sense. In fact, I would like to have a solar powered cabin deep in the woods in the not to distant future. With that said, Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle signed a bill on Friday that makes Hawaii ... http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/06/30/hawaii-govenor-mandates-solar-power-water-heaters/ One of the unique things that Starbucks** offers, besides their million of drink choices, is the ability to create a space to meet and gather inside of your community. Living in Brooklyn, I have issues with Starbucks and the commercial culture in which it thrives. Especially, when they end up ... http://ideasthatspread.com/blog2/2008/06/29/my-starbucks-idea-version-v2v/