Farmville – this summer's big volume FB app

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Look at the numbers for Farmville users! Launched in June: 56 million users to date, with one million new users joining per day! More than 20,000 users have protested inability to customize their virtual farms with virtual Indian flags. Some sense of engagement and attachment. A fairly simple but addictive social game – encouraging competition [...]

Stand-out or stand-down?

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

The decision by Coors (Molson) to pull their ads (presumably intended to help them stand-out from competitors and get noticed) seems like a quick and un-needed stand-down. Time for some bravery? Anticipating some criticism is part of communication planning. If Kokanee complains that the Coors’ “ranger” ad knocks their mascot then will Coors also pull [...]

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