Why Content For SEO?

How does content help with SEO efforts? The folks at Brafton have produced a "Why Content For SEO" infographic with lots of stats and information about the topic that you might find interesting.

How to grow your Twitter following

The Twitter addicts at Twiends have compiled straightforward list of easy tips that should effectively bring followers by the dozen, or so they claim.

Suggestions range from putting your Twitter moniker on your company pens, to grand schemes such as hosting your own Tweetup or mediating a debate. All wrapped up in a colourful little infographic.

Twiends original post can be found here.

The ROI of Social Media

When people challenge digital/social media investment. The world's digerati probably wonder how the ROI on their multi-million dollar Facebook, YouTube Channel, Smartphone & Tablet Apps, Banner & Tower campaigns, Online Shopping Portals and Websites are measured, tracked and re-invested accordingly. Well, here's one infographic from MDG that might be able to help.

How the world uses social media

This infographic originally posted on Mashable shows how people around the world use social networks differently. While the UK and US top the table in social media usage, it's the total global percentage driven by Facebook that's truly impressive.

Infographic on Asia-Pacific social media growth

Internet usage is sky-rocketing throughout the Asia-Pacific region, obviously making the growth of social media the fastest in the world. As you’ll see, it’s not all about Facebook, but it's enormous power across the region is there for all to see. This is a nice collective Infographic from Burson-Marsteller.

The social media statistics cover the most popular social networks in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam at a top level, but also lists a few basic internet statistics per country, like the total number of people connected to the internet and the top 5 visited websites.

VW's Fun Theory Case Study

I've long been a big fan of VW's Fun Theory, praising some of the campaign executions to date. The virtues of human behaviour when simply having fun.

The campaign talks about VW's Blue Motion Technologies, a series of cars designed to reduced their environmental impact on the world, without compromising on their performance or the joy of driving. Using the power of fun to change peoples behaviour towards anything you choose.

A theory I wholeheartedly agree with, even though I think it's a bit of a stretch applying it to an environmentally conscious Automotive product. I can see the need to instigate a change in attitudes towards green motoring, but for me the fun element feels like it's prized in/bolted onto the end. It's executions don't have an overt relevance to it's cars. Feeling more like a broad theory than how VW are actually applying it. An important need if consumers are to believe your messages. I know it's called The Fun Theory, but I still believe consumers need to see relevance too.

Note the two most recent editions to the Fun Theory website are attempting to address that relevance, with Speed Camera Lottery coming closest to a genuinely fun concept.

But neither of them are green and both are generic to motoring in general. So I guess VW might drop the green connection and look to own the message on a more generic motoring level.

But none the less, the theory is correct, and the original executions are beautiful examples of it. Those being Piano Staircase, Bottle Bank Arcade Machine and The World's Deepest Bin. Here's the full Case Study.

The shared DNA of Advertising & Design.

Nearly 40 years on, Charles Eames answers are as relevant to the fundamentals for great communication within Advertising, as they are within Design.

Design Q&A with Charles Eames (1972)