For Some Reason Facebook thinks I'm Dutch and keeps showing me Dutch ads. Funny thing is I kinda like them.
These two Heineken ads are stupidly simple but extremely eye-catching.
This was covered fairly extensively in some of the National press but a lot of people seemed to miss the story entirely. Don't get me wrong, if this was an ordinary Joe Public I'd be the last to republish the story, but they're not, and I feel that this is a prime example of the pitfalls that the unsuspecting can encounter when it comes to Social Media.
Emma Kiernan, one of Fine Gael's rising young stars found herself in a spot of bother when a photo of Ms. Kiernan out with some friends hit the press. I don't think there's much to say, it's all fairly obvious. If you're running for election, at any level, bear in mind who is taking your photo, and what you're doing in that photo.
The stupid thing is, that in the grand scheme of things, this is a completely harmless and innocent picture. In my honest opinion all it does is show that she's twenty-something girl who goes out and has a bit of fun with her mates. She's not obviously drunk. She's not smoking or doing anything illegal. Seriously, I don't really see an problems. In fact if this was the worst picture that anyone had of you, I'd be pretty happy!
My love of Guitar Hero and Rock Band is no secret, and I've posted about both before. Forget all of it - everything that went before. Those games folk have truly done it this time!
The Beatles: Rock Band
Basically every song is amazing. You will know every song, be able to sing to every song, and if you can play a real guitar then you can probably play some of the songs. This is the music game for everyone. This is the game that gives you the chance to become the greatest band that ever was. Experience the Beatles’ rise to fame, as four English lads took on the world and won! Become the band and make music history.
Whether you play as John, Paul, George or Ringo, this game will blow your socks off. The real fun, however, come when you get your mates around. This will be the first game to offer harmonies, custom-built models of the instruments and awesome graphics that document the key moments in Beatle history.
Confirmed songs include:
I'll admit, the idea intrigues me. However, I'll also admit that I had the same idea last Christmas when brainstorming a campaign I was working on at the time. Get people to donate their Facebook statuses or Tweets. Simple and yet the immediate potential to reach hundreds upon hundreds of people. Certainly interesting to say the least.
Well, in the run up to the European elections, the British Conservative Party has launched a new Facebook App and is asking its supporters to donate their Facebook statuses. The application allows the party to takeover your status and feed in its own message. Obviously all campaign orientated. At the same time, users can still update their statuses manually.
This is just the latest example of the Tory party moving online and capitalising on the cost-effectiveness of digital media. They have also recently used Google AdWords (PPC) to target searches relating to MPs expenses, and David Cameron has participated in Q&A sessions via CoveritLive and Twitter.
To counter all this online activity, the Labour has launched a website, cameronsconservatives.co.uk, to bolster their on-going campaign theme that David Cameron will cut public spending. However, all-in-all, the Labour party has focused far less attention online then their opposition.
This is the video that Labour produced:
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