Posts for MaestroJ - digital strategy new media


Life. Then…

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
August 31, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Blogging has taken a hiatus at the moment. Busy patch. Life happens. Catch me regularly on Twitter, however ... (more)

The Year That Was

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
December 22, 2010 at 9:14 pm
As the year draws to a close, the online landscape continues to inspire and enrage, change and evolve, and challenge us daily. 2010 was undoubtedly a year full of technological ... (more)

Digital Story of the Nativity

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
December 20, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Sacrilegious? Awesome? In any case, this digital story of the Nativity is certified viral material: ... (more)

Wave Report 2010: The Socialisation of Brands

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
November 10, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Some pretty good takeouts from this report from Universal McCann, easy to absorb: Wave 5 the socialisation of brands - report View more presentations from Thorsten Linz. ... (more)

The Social Network

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
October 31, 2010 at 6:24 pm
“The Internet is not written in pencil, it’s written in ink” says the outraged character of Erica Albright, Mark Zuckerberg’s ex and supposed catalyst ... (more)

R U OK? Day October 7th

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
September 30, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Once in a while, projects come up that are really fulfilling. Not only in a professional sense, but also because it’s work that really matters. This year, I’ve been ... (more)

New Twitter

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
September 21, 2010 at 10:25 pm
The new Twitter upgrade promises to give an easier, faster and richer experience on Twitter. I can’t wait until they roll it out. Check out the video below: Updates include: New ... (more)

The Subtlemob

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
August 30, 2010 at 3:15 am
Last year, I wrote about wanting to do a flashmob campaign. Since then, there have been many more flashmob happenings, and they’ve continued to entertain and engage us. Artist ... (more)

The Australian Federal Election and Social Media

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
August 19, 2010 at 8:41 pm
In 2007, I wrote a paper on how the then two party leaders engaged with social media. Three years ago, “social media” as a concept was not the media darling that it ... (more)

Social Media Influence by Starbucks

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
August 16, 2010 at 1:52 am
This presentation may seem obvious or just another Slideshare presentation from the oversaturation of social media how-tos, however this is one brand that has the results to match. ... (more)

Your creative brief in a post-digital world

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
August 12, 2010 at 7:58 pm
This is a wonderful presentation that looks at the way we brief creative. I grapple with this regularly. There is a need to update our thinking on how to address today’s ... (more)

Happy Anniversary

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
July 24, 2010 at 4:23 am
This post is well overdue, but I’ve fallen into one of those very challenging and busy periods at work. So over a deliberately quiet weekend night in, I can finally celebrate ... (more)

The human cost of your iPad

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
May 26, 2010 at 10:32 pm
While excited would-be owners of Apple’s new iPad wait in orgasmic anticipation of their pre-orders, their chances at owning this “revolutionary” and “magical” ... (more)

Facebook’s open graph, good or evil?

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
April 24, 2010 at 3:11 am
Facebook has proved its mettle again as wunderkind of the social web by announcing an open graph protocol which will see all websites socially enabled. Announced at its F8 conference ... (more)

“Like” my brand?

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
April 7, 2010 at 12:54 am
The holy grail of positive social recommendation has been a dream for many brands. Online, the proliferation of social networking sites has seen this goal frantically spread through ... (more)

The State of the Internet

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
March 12, 2010 at 1:03 am
Some amazing and beautifully visualised information about the state of the Internet: JESS3 / The State of The Internet from JESS3 on Vimeo. ... (more)

Farmville, Mafia Wars, Fishville; the persistence of social gaming

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
February 17, 2010 at 11:55 pm
The other day, I got asked to join a group on Facebook called “I don’t care about your farm, or your fish, or your park, or your mafia”. Of course, it was a reaction ... (more)

The Science of Social Media Marketing

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
February 10, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Very good webcast (it’s a little lengthy so be forewarned) about the Science of Social Media Marketing from Dan Zarrella: ... (more)

I’ve checked-in: Foursquare and Gowalla

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
January 25, 2010 at 9:12 am
If you’re someone who tries to keep abreast of technology and new media developments; calling something the “latest” seems like a moot point even as you write ... (more)

Pepsi Refresh Project

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
January 4, 2010 at 8:45 pm
“Pepsi is giving away millions in grants each month to fund great ideas” In an amazingly bold move, Pepsi have opted out of their long-standing advertising relationship ... (more)

The Big Money Facebook Top 50

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
December 3, 2009 at 1:59 am
The Big Money has released the Top 50 brands using Facebook Fan Pages. Their approach: First, we defined a universe: A company did not qualify for this list unless its Facebook ... (more)

Amateurs do community development better than businesses

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
November 25, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Richard Millington is an “online community builder” working for the UN. Note how he used the term “builder” rather than “manager” or “director”. ... (more)

Social change/social media competition

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
November 11, 2009 at 8:45 am
I wanted to spread the word about a great competition that I stumbled upon this week. Hyderabad, India will be host to an amazing conference February of next year- Tech 4 Society: ... (more)

Twitter lists - the good, the bad and the ugly

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
November 4, 2009 at 6:38 pm
WHAT IS IT? Twitter lists is a new feature which lets you organise users you’re following into lists. The feature allows you to compile the Twitter streams of selected users ... (more)

From 0 to 40,000 fans

From MaestroJ - digital strategy & new media
October 22, 2009 at 6:44 pm
I’ve been giving Facebook Fan Pages a rap recently and I was glad to discover a whitepaper devoted to it. Moreover, that the case study was Australian, which we need more ... (more)