Tag Archives: branding

The “Snooki Effect” – Anti-endorsement as a New WOM Strategy?

Posted 08 September 2010 | By | Categories: Marketing, PR, Social Media, Strategy | No Comments

A recent article in the New York Observer discusses how luxury handbag brands have been sending MTV’s Jersey Shore reality TV star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi handbags of their competitors, hoping that her association with competitors’ products will create disloyalty and mockery among consumers who in no way want to be “associated” with Snooki or viewed [...]

To Tweet or not to Tweet?

To Tweet or not to Tweet?

Posted 15 September 2009 | By | Categories: Marketing, Social Media | 95 Comments

That is the question…. At least that’s the question that keeps coming up in conversations with my current / future / probable clients as we look at how to integrate Social Media Marketing into their strategy for 2010. As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, it’s no longer an uphill convincing battle of us trying to [...]

Affinitive Wins 4 W3 Awards

Posted 21 October 2008 | By | Categories: Industry News, Self-Promotion | 915 Comments

The International Academy of Visual Arts and the W3 Awards today awarded 4 awards to Affinitive: Category – Best Viral Promotion, Games & Gaming Category (Silver W3): Ubisoft’s ‘1191AD: Brotherhood of Assassins’ Campaign for Assassin’s Creed Category – Best Site, Social Networking Category (Silver W3): Hey! Nielsen for The Nielsen Company Category – Best Site, [...]