Can Your Brand Benefit from Inconsistency?

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Consistency has long been a linchpin in marketing strategies. The more consistent the message is across all points of contact, the more likely the brand becomes recognizable to the consumer. So recognizable that it almost controls the public’s perception of the product, not to mention turns consumers into customers — at least that’s our hope. But with so many ways to now reach consumers, can consistency do damage to a brand’s relevancy? Can it make a brand more forgettable than memorable?

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Google Plus Gets a Makeover

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/google-plus-gets-a-cleaner-makeover/?ref=socialnetworking

If Google can learn anything from the $1 billion sale of Instagram to Facebook this week, it’s that many people see mobile as one of the most important platforms for sharing on social networks. The Web, it seems, is becoming a lean-back viewing experience.

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Ads Need Hilarity, Not Absurdity

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In an age in which people can easily zap past commercials using their remote controls or watch a commercial-free video on YouTube, it is a necessary evil for companies to create ads with humor, which can be searingly painful and infuriating to the audience.

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The most pinned—and re-pinned—words on Pinterest

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/11354.aspx

As more brands look to Pinterest to engage with fans in new ways, pins and re-pins are supplanting Facebook’s likes and comments in measuring success.
So how do you garner more pins and re-pins? HubSpot’s Dan Zarrella has some ideas, based on data from 11,000 pinned images. Check out his findings in this infographic, which includes the most pinned and re-pinned words on the site:

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Why Instagram Was Worth $1 Billion to Facebook

http://mashable.com/2012/04/12/instagram-worth-1-billion/

Instagram was beating Facebook at its own game, and the social network needed to stop it before it was able to do more. The photo-sharing app is essentially everything Facebook wants to be on your mobile phone. Facebook wants people using its mobile app to share photos of what they’re doing with friends and to share their location -– something Instagram users have no problem doing.

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