Graham Brown

No Facebook? No College Life

November 15, 2007

Michael Arrington from TechCrunch writes an interesting post today about a letter he received from an 11 year old college student desperate to reinstate his (the student’s) Facebook account. The student writes: “I’m a college student at University of Michigan and Facebook has deactivated my account. I’ve noticed, from reading your blog, you have connections [...]

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Why (micro) blog?

November 14, 2007

Interview with Helen Keegan and Mike Butcher – 2 prominent London bloggers [youtube Elhism9mmTU]

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mobileYouth on the street video update

November 14, 2007

More on-the-street video for mobileYouth 2007 Asking youth about their phone + operator [youtube 5SzQQYSVG44] More on-the-street videos here

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Plans to take the mobileYouth workout to USA in 2008

November 13, 2007

More on this later… Plans are afoot due to client demand If you are interested in the mobileYouth Workout coming to your town, contact us

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Blogging the Brand

November 13, 2007

Interview with Ged Carroll from Waggener Edstrom [youtube GX048d9Tq1o]

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What do young people want from their mobile service providers?

November 13, 2007

Not “killer applications” it seems (whatever they are anyway), or even web2.0. Feedback from the mobileYouth workout in London 2007 provided some interesting insights into the mind of the young consumer today: 1) Forget technology for a minute, customer service is your best youth marketing strategy. At the top of the list, youth want customer [...]

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mobileYouth Workout Pings

November 12, 2007

Pings from the Blogosphere from friends attending the mobileYouth workout 2007. Robert Andrews at Paid Content O2’s iPhone Too Expensive For Younger Hipsters? Media Grapple With Transition To Mobility Blyk Pleads: Just Don’t Call It Advertising; ‘Will Attack O2 Prepay’ Ged Carroll at Waggener Edstrom Notes and Recollections Shameless Plug! (why not, I say?) David [...]

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mobileYouth Workout Presentation Slides

November 12, 2007

Presentation slides by Graham Brown from the mobileYouth workout 2007 (updated slides 13th November 2007) Note – to view the included On-The-Street Videos click here | View | Upload your own

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Beware the “Value Chain”

November 12, 2007

A wise old owl once told me to beware of Doctors that don’t water the plants in their surgeries. Not only were my doctor’s bonsai as barren as the plains of the Serengheti but he also smoked. Another story… back to youth. We should also be wary of pundits that stand up at conferences presenting [...]

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Biting the hand that feeds…

November 12, 2007

You would have thought so… shackled by the rampant capitalist demands of the record labels, forced to work in sweatshop recording studios and starved until they produce their inaugural album. It’s easy to pity the poor artist, particular as it is with them rather than the content owner that the consumer has affiliation. No wonder [...]

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