Monthly Archives: October 2010

  • World's Best Presentation Contest '10

    by Anke Moerdyck on Oct 29,2010 in the categories: ,

    The Conversation Manager's presentation on the personality of the Conversation Manager has been nominated for the 'World's Best Presentation Contest '10'. Check out the presentation and cast your vote online if you like it.

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  • Whatever you do, you are always competing with tomorrow

    by Dado Van Peteghem on Oct 28,2010 in the categories:

    Yesterday we headed to Amsterdam for a conversation with Micael Dahlén, Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics and author of the upcoming book Nextopia.

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  • The personality of the Conversation Manager

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Oct 26,2010 in the categories: ,

    Over the previous months I wrote an extra chapter for the book The Conversation Manager, based on feedback of readers. The chapter focuses in particular on the answers to two key questions

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  • I visited the Zappos HQ: hurray!

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Oct 26,2010 in the categories: ,

    Last Monday I had the pleasure to visit the @zappos HQ in Las Vegas together with my friend, colleague Niels. I guess most of you heard the story about the biggest online shoe retailer in the world, who doesn't really sell shoes but consumer happiness.

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  • A question about privacy on social media...

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Oct 25,2010 in the categories:

    Last week I was in a discussion with a senior marketer about privacy on social media. Lately the media is jumping on this story again. To be honest: I'm a little bit tired of it.

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  • Group buying, a new way of life for the empowered consumer

    by Dado Van Peteghem on Oct 25,2010 in the categories:

    Today's consumers are more empowered than ever before. Many case studies show they have the power to make or break our brands. The question is: how should we deal with the empowered consumer?

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  • 15 Take aways of the #shareyourhoney workshop

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Oct 22,2010 in the categories: ,

    A week after the Share your Honey conference, we had our #sharehoney workshop yesterday! Together with 15 people from different industries (B2B, FMCG, Retail …) we brainstormed the entire day about the implementation of conversation management in their companies. It was a blast!

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  • 2 great examples of consumer activation via mobile apps

    by Dado Van Peteghem on Oct 21,2010 in the categories:

    One of the differences between a conversation manager & a traditional advertiser is the reframing of advertising towards activation. Advertising is no longer the endpoint, it's the beginning of a conversation.

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  • Jamie Oliver starts to co-create

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Oct 20,2010 in the categories:

    Jamie has been working hard to convince kids in eating healthier. Now Jamie is calling in the help from the community.

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  • Advertising is a tweet-starter

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Oct 19,2010 in the categories:

    A recent study InSites Consulting conducted about the branded tweets in Belgium taught us that people are tweeting about brands. Most of the time, people are pretty neutral about brands.

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  • Stop the paradox

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Oct 18,2010 in the categories:

    The business world is suffering from a paradox syndrome. These are a few of my findings:

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