Trending pop, tech, NOLA, music, marketing topics of this week & what you can do with them
➔ This man wrote a book on his Blackberry…Your excuse is no longer valid.
Idea: Crowdsourced book…Made of tweets…Just promise you’ll give us a shout-out in the prologue.
➔ Time’s “Person of the Year” list is ridiculous… As in Miley Cyrus is the least worst person on the list.
Idea: Create a local person of the year or choose from customers whose lives are worth noting.
➔ In the battle of GoldieBlox vs. the Beastie Boys… Nobody really won.
Idea: If you borrow someone’s intellectual property and they are displeased…You can still make them a hero.
Idea2: Girl power has never been trendier. Find a way to make your brand a champion of women’s success.
➔ It’s now ok to drink Coke this holiday season… They’re sending all ad money to the Philippines.
Idea: If you can afford it, make an over-the-top donation to a local disaster. (Note: Illinois could use your help right now.)
➔ The World’s First 24 hour music video… Thanks Pharrell. No blurred lines here.
Idea: Run a 24 hour special using your service as the vehicle to improve the community.
➔ The best winter hat-helmet-face warmer thingy for friends in the cold.
Idea: Knights, ninjas, cowboys… They never go out of style (no matter the burnout). Find a way to integrate one.
➔ The only man who has pwned Chatroulette… Twice.
Idea: Find a clever use of a new medium. Today. You have nothing to lose but time. Snapchat, anyone?
➔ How you should respond to vandals… Props to Gap.
Idea: Find an injustice… Slur or otherwise… and try to right it. Show people that your brand isn’t numb.
➔ Zappos turned a baggage claim into a “wheel of fortune.”
Idea: Turn a daily, monotonous endeavor into a game. Make the mundane a little more fun.
➔ The government techies couldn’t get healthcare.gov to work, but they were able to crowdsource a turkey reprieve.
Idea: (Aside from finding health insurance another way) Crowdsource a big business decision this week and be sure to leave the conversation open to feedback.
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