rebecca on July 30th, 2009

On behalf of a client we're hiring a Business Development Assistant position.  Ideal first job for someone wanting a career in sales /biz dev for marketing agencies.  The job will start with three months training and mentoring with me, Rebecca Caroe and then a permanent post will be offered if the training has been [...]

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rebecca on January 22nd, 2009

A case study showing how to find new prospects for your service using social media.

Here's a nice example of Twitter working for me.

I wrote a blog post about creative agencies not using marketing tools for their own marketing

I put it up on Twitter

It was picked up by people who read my Twitter stream www.twitter.com/rebeccacaroe

They valued [...]

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Agencies in the UK don't use Web 2.0 for their own marketing.  I started writing on this subject in 2007.  Actually very instructive going back through my archive for references.  Here are the main ones that I found.  Read the research paper exec summary if you do nothing else…

Web adoption rates for agencies (March [...]

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rebecca on October 28th, 2008

I wrote a piece back in May about an event hosted by Channel 4 and Sport England on how to use social media for grass roots sport communication. 

The Image by Leo Reynolds via Flickr and so I am re-linking to the article in case you want an update.

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rebecca on October 17th, 2008

I Twittered this, but thought it so important that I have put it up here as well.

Chris Brogan linked to this Constructing Social site.

Constructing Social is a project begun by Colin Browning to provide a resource to those that are constructing and architecting social media sites.

There is a list of categories under which you can [...]

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rebecca on September 8th, 2008

From time to time I get work with a mergers and acquisitions company and today I've had an email from them asking for my help. 

If you ever come across, or know of, a small brand/packaging focused company, or unit, or team, who would be up for a discussion do let me know. I have a [...]

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Many thanks to Mireira Fontbernat from Qik who has uploaded video of the three speakers this morning (and a little bit of me doing introductions).

Bloggers reactions: FreshNetworks' Helen Trim 

Charlie Robertson of Red Spider 

Quentin Boyes of Honeycomb Software  

Sadly the one of Andrew Howells of Zype didn't come out…. darn phone reception. 

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rebecca on June 13th, 2008

Thanks to Nico Macdonald for inviting me to chair two sessions at his Media Futures Conference next week.

I am going to be up there with Alex McKie and the guys from Plot…. Wicked! 

11.00:    Research in the real world – Alex McKie

11:30:      Meet the people formerly known as… users – Gill Wildman and [...]

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I am hosting my third breakfast event.  "Should Brands be Broadcasters?" on Wednesday 18th June, 2008 at One Alfred Place 

I run these breakfasts in order to showcase new ideas and innovative marketing thinking.  Past speakers include Adriana Lukas on Social Media and Mark McGuinnes s on the Enneagram. 

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Dick Stroud of consultancy 20Plus30

5 things all digital agencies should know about aging
1 – when working for a client consider whether their product is age- neutral or not.  Sites tend to get optimised for a younger age group.
2 – Age is not a good proxy for behaviour.  The default is we are all age-neutral until [...]

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