Full disclaimer: this is related closely to my work. Don’t expect me to be fully impartial.
It is still a beta and currently only works with N97, but I’ve been using it for the past week and it’s not only nice but useful. I can’t wait to have this available for Twitter as well, but don’t expect me to divulge publicly where I or anybody else I care for exactly reside.
My colleagues and friends Arto and Dan have been talking about their very own PESH model (participant, enabler, supplier, helper) which helps brands map their usage, presence and possible/required measurements in their social media activities.
If you do social media marketing, it would definitely help you out to check those two posts. Definitely helps to get your ideas in order, as any good model should. 😉
I grew up playing SimCity, as I’m sure some of you did. The appeal of simulating how a city would grow and try to create something that would reflect my own choices was definitely very strong. The last version of the franchise SimCity 4 was released in 2004, and its publisher (EA) has pretty much discontinued support for the game and stopped any sequels.
Imagine my surprise when I found Simtropolis.com, an online community of SimCity players. Not only do they have City blogs and chat, but a huge archive or user-generated content to improve your experience of the game. Over the years, the users have created maps (so that you can build your city in the site of Helsinki, for example), landmarks (like the Angel of Independence from Mexico City or the Atomium from Brussels) that you can use in the city you build and other general improvements to the game that the designers hadn’t originally thought of, an example of which you can find below.
It is amazing how much people can do, when you give them means to do it. A community of devoted fans is all you need.
Because microblogging is turning into a 6th sense of social awareness. And scores of people are joining every day.
Of course, it doesn’t hurt laughing about it every once in a while.
This week was my birthday, and as every year I was planning to take it really, really easy since it was during a working day.
What was different this year was that I was more than a little surprised to have received over 80 congratulations messages over Twitter & Facebook besides a couple of text messages. Of course it is much easier because social networks remind you of your contacts’ birthdays, but I have to say it was quite moving to be on the receiving end, and that’s added value 😉
One of my colleagues posted online the model we’ve been using for planning our digital marketing. If you are involved in this kind of activities and don’t know where to start, it is an excellent tool.
All of this of course relates to spreading the word, participating in & enabling conversations. That’s one of the reasons why I love my job. We are building the future one day at a time.
Currently on my N85:
Plus bookmarks for:
Thankfully I have a flat rate data plan, and WLAN hotspots at work and at home.
So, as you know, we recently launched certain new products and services at an event in Barcelona (that I didn't attend this year). I've been following the reactions to this in social media for a while, and of course am a heavy user of our own services.
Now imagine my pleasure when I check Mexico City in Ovi and I find this:
I knew that we had 3D landmarks, but seeing so many in Mexico City (especially the Angel of Independence) just brought a huge grin to my face. Especially since I'm so far away from there, and won't go back this Christmas.
