You've got spam

I'm a real blogger now, 'cause I have now recieved two spam comments on two different posts (that were not caught by the spam filter...). Wow.

I'd like to thank Little Dude, for giving me something to write about and also the time to write stuff.

Pet Peeves Part 2

• People who write facebook status updates in the third person. (Especially if they then start to mix up tenses and persons.) Jane Doe: is really excited about her new pants, but she isn't sure if they might be too big. Can you help her by commenting on the picture she just posted?
• Other bikers who pass me (legitimate, since I'm slow these days), but don't look over their shoulders to see where I am before cutting back in front of me. I swear I've been in too many near-accidents because people almost slam into my front wheel. And I'm a really SLOW biker these days!

Follow me on BlogLovin!

I'm trying to expand - or, well, I'm trying to become even more of a Blogger Geek. So you can now follow me on Bloglovin.


Don't mind this text, it's just the my access code.
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Have I distracted you with this cute ducky picture?

Crazy Viral Videos.

Those twins I blogged about last week?

Here I thought I was blogging something unique.... turns out that since then, they've made the news worldwide and the video has gone viral. Would you believe that even my little tiny blog got hits from people searching google for the talking twins?

On the Danish newspaper- website JP, they show a link to the video as well as an article with the headline "talking babies attracts millions". They appeared, along with their mom, on Good Morning America. The examiner mentions the twins, as does accesshollywood, ABC news, the Ellen Show, CBS news, Fox news..... etc.

The Ellen Show decided to translate the video:

Remember some other videos of the past that have gone viral?

Linking

A friend of mine linked to this site, which has an article about making good powerpoint presentations.

10 tips for designing presentations that don't suck (part 1) and (part 2)

If you are in the business of making powerpoints (and really, aren't we all?) it is definately worth checking out. I am currently exploring the rest of the site as well, since I'd like to get more skilled in the technical/design aspects of communication. I'm finding more and more that it could be very useful. Even though I of course am hoping to work more within strategic communication, I think it is always very useful to have some practical skills as well.We all have to start somewhere, right? I think taking a course in photoshop/Indesign may be in may somewhat near future

Read on to see my little experiment with what I learned.....

Cool Stuff Campaign

A Danish company is currently running a campaign that I think is pretty much genious. A little annoying, but genious.

Background Story:

This website/company sells cool gadgets and fun stuff, basically random sh*t. (Literallly, their name is coolstuff.dk. It sells all sorts of cool stuff, you should go check it out.) As part of entering the christmas season, they are offering bloggers free gift cards to their shop in return for favorable mention on the various blogs. Depending on the popularity and the traffic on the blog, bloggers (ordinary people like me - or you) get a 100dkk or 200dkk gift card, free of charge*
Now, I don't have enough readers to be able to become a blog-tester, but I am seeing blogs pop up all over the place that have been accepted as blog-testers.They are proudly showing off their purchases, and some even bought a few more gifts online in order to make it worth the shipping fee. PLUS! *Right now, if you spend more than 250 dkk, you get free shipping! (unfortunately, it can't be combined with giftcards, so you would have to buy an extra 250dkk worth of random junk)


Here's why it's genious:

It's the same concept as when regular stores have big sales, or Victorias Secret mails out those "10$ off your next purchase of 10$ or more" -- getting the customer into store is the first step. Once you're in the store, you are likely to buy more than just 10$, or more than just the one item on sale.

I'll admit it, it often works on me. I am a total sucker for sales and advertising/marketing tricks and I'm barely even ashamed to admit it. I go into Victorias Secret, trying to find someting to buy that only costs 10$ (nearly impossible) and come out with some new random purchases.

Honestly. I went to the website to see if I was eligible to be a tester (I'm not), and then got curious about what exactly this company was all about. I started looking around, and actually found myself putting things into a shopping cart. I still might buy something from the site,.... like this MAGNET TAPE!!!! OMJ

all images in this post are courtesy of coolstuff.dk

So, coolstuff.dk, I just gave you free advertising to all of my 5 readers in the US (Hi Mom and Dad!). I also may purchase something from your store in the near future. I've always wanted a snuggie. And a fake plastic cup.

I accept checks and all major credit cards.
Just kidding.
Just Cash.


*Don't even get me started on the whole selling your soul (or your blog) for free gifts, which is just a bit icky, kind of, but.... Don't judge, I'm a poor student. I'd do it. I mean, they aren't even paying me and I just plastered my blog with their stuff.


P.S.This is pretty cool too:

It's a scratch off map! So you can scratch all the places you've been!
Just like the lottery, but much, much more satisfying!

Social media discussing social media - Meta-social-media?

My newest fascination has to do with social media and social media marketing.

This might just be an excuse to let myself spend time on twitter, facebook, and blogging. In reality though, I find it fascinating the way new technology and new trends have affected - and are still affecting - the way we communicate.

It's affecting personal relationships and the way we communicate with our friends, as well as the way we keep in touch with people we might not otherwise be in touch with. It is also causing new relationships to start and rekindling old relationships (and not just the romantic kind).

On a more academic note, it is also affecting the way organizations communicate: to customers, to employees, to competition, to the media - really to all stakeholders. The use of social media - or the "non-use" - is communicating all sorts of messages about organizations and business.

What does it say about the organization that it does (or does not) use modern forms of communication and social medias?
What messages are the organization sending through these medias?



There exists a ton of literature, research, and observations on the use of social media and its effects and effectiveness. Some of these observations exist - somewhat ironically - only in blog format.

It's gone so far that I am now seriously considering ways that I could use social media/marketing as one of the main themes of my thesis. It is still a ways out, but it could be something that could keep me interested for six months of research and writing. And that would be truly amazing.