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SMart Camp

This weekend, I will be speaking at Social Media Art Camp, the first conference of its kind focusing on the social web as it relates to the arts.

Check out program curator (and ex-Cake staffer!) Julia Kaganskiy explain what participants can expect:

My panel “Planning for Social Media” (Sat @ 12.30p) will focus on the essential components [...]

Havas Your Cake And Eat It

Mike Mathieson, Cake’s CEO, was recently profiled by Celina Maguire from Gorkana. Get the scoop on Cake’s thoughts on harnessing social media and being authentic marketing “twats.” [See what we mean below ; ) ]

You can also view the full article on Gorkana here, but be forewarned you’ll be prompted to log-in prior to viewing.

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Creative & Social Filtering

I definitely think that will all the publishing platforms out there, we’ll see more and more around creative (and social) filtering. (Maybe we can even convince brands to play in this space?)

One iteration, by Kikin (a Firefox add-on), allows you to search Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, Google Reader, Wikipedia, YouTube, Bing etc, from within your [...]

Motorola BLUR's OCNN aka Why I Love My Job

In the week leading up to the Super Bowl, I spent a week in Miami working with one of our clients, Motorola, to activate the OCNN, or the Ocho Cinco News Network.

While generally we use this blog to talk about what we’re seeing in the world outside of Cake’s walls, the OCNN project was just [...]

Socialympics - The Hits and Misses!

It’s Day 4 of the 2010 Winter Olympics and, thanks to Presidents Day weekend, we’ve actually had plenty of time to watch the sports and enjoy some of the extras. Just a few days in, here are some thoughts on Olympic hits and misses:

Let’s start with TV. As we all know, we still can’t [...]

Social Sponsorship

This morning I attended a panel hosted by The Advertising Club about sports sponsorship, held at the New York offices of the USA Today, and featuring speakers from Mastercard, Nascar, Madison Avenue Sports & Entertainment, and MetLife. How I’ve convinced myself that 8am conferences are a good idea is beyond me, but after an [...]

Are you a Conversationalist?

There’s a new user label in the social media world: Conversationalists.

In 2007, Forrester developed profiles of social media users and visualized this in their “Social Technographics” infograph, which details each profile’s characteristics as well as its position in the social media hierarchy.

But behaviors change, and Forrester is now adding a rung for Conversationalists: Facebook and [...]

Using Social Technologies to Help Haiti

While the hearts of the world are going out to earthquake victims in Haiti, social technologies are making sure that donations are headed their way as well.

The Red Cross twittered today that $35 million has been raised in 48 hours for victims of this disaster, with $5 million alone coming through text messages. Mass awareness [...]

Twittering Athletes

Thanks to Ashton, Oprah, and CNN, 2009 was the year Twitter really went mass.  And with more celebrities and stars joining in daily to reach fans directly, 2010 will likely bring some interesting changes in the way we receive news and information, particularly in sports.

In the past, athletes and teams had agreements with the press, [...]