Archive for January, 2009

Inspiration: White House on Vimeo

Posted 30 January 2009 | By | Categories: Industry News, Self-Promotion, Social Media | 133 Comments

1/31/09: Your Weekly Address from White House on Vimeo. In thinking about ways in this new year that I could better contribute to Affinitive’s blog, I got inspired by the blog over at everyone’s favorite minimalistic housewares company, SimpleHuman. Their blog has become a must-read for me, not because they dish out the inside scoop [...]

Lord of the Rings Fans Strut Their Stuff for Ultimate Fan Contest!

Posted 16 January 2009 | By | Categories: Marketing, Self-Promotion, Social Media | 64 Comments

Talk about passionate fans! For the past several months Affinitive has been running “Battle For the Ring”, an enthusiast community/advocacy program we developed for the new video game The Lord of The Rings: Conquest for one of our great clients, Electronic Arts. The game hit stores this week, and to celebrate the illustrious history of [...]

Microsoft’s New “Retail” Gamble

Microsoft’s New “Retail” Gamble

Posted 15 January 2009 | By | Categories: Industry News, Technology | 930 Comments

Following hot on the heels of Apple’s retail store success, Microsoft announced today that they are opening their first “Retail Experience Center”, a brick and mortar home for consumers to  “build connected shopping experiences and consumer loyalty, improve business insights and decision making, create operational efficiencies,” and ultimately, “address rising consumer expectation and competitive pressures [...]