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We have been working on something pretty exciting here at yBC. Due to client confidentiality we have been sworn to secrecy until now. With the Business Improvement District ‘inmidtown‘, we have recently produced the longest known Facebook timeline in the world for their new brand GoToMidtown.

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We have recently launched two new websites for inmidtown, the Business Improvement District (BID) which represents 570 businesses in the Bloomsbury, Holborn and St Giles areas of London.

This is a fantastic area of London, located right between the West End and the City, but often overlooked. It’s got a mix of [...]

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I was pleased to be invited to speak at the inaugural On The Edge Digital conference in London on the 21st June at the Congress Centre. My talk was on “Video - How to harness video to gain serious competitive advantage in any market,” which we know a little something about here at [...]

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Moneyball is not a lesson in statistics but a lesson in Business Intelligence. Could Big Data analytics be Moneyball 2.0?

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Footballers, at the top of their game, are not individuals – they are business marketing machines. Businesses turning over millions of pounds a year, with a large team creating value across many areas of interest; music, fashion, stationery, social media etc. Top footballers, it could be said, are similarly placed to CEOs of organisations. They [...]

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UPDATE 29 May 2012: this role is now filled

We’re looking for someone to join our team.  That someone could be you.

You may not have heard of yBC, but we’re a New Zealand based business with a global team doing very interesting things at the junction of business, video, consulting and social media. [...]

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With 100 million views in 6 days, a video released recently is seeing exponential growth in views. Consequently awareness is increasing and action is being taken from those watching. It’s very well produced, hard-hitting, thought-provoking and gives immediate impact.

As the narrator says, “there are more people on Facebook now than there was on the [...]

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Global media powerhouse Universal McCann have been undertaking and publishing a major international study of web behaviours, preferences and trends over the last few years.  We’ve shared the results of previous iterations of the study which have highlighted things like the meteoric rise of social media and that video [...]

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The very talented team at BlueGlass created an infographic this month which pulls together some of the most up-to-date and salient facts, data and trends in content marketing.  If you need to get your head around what is happening in this area (which of course we all do), just take a look at [...]

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Chris Brogan, President of Human Business Works, recently was interviewed by Entrepreneur.com and spoke about the interesting things coming out of video and the brand experiences that can be developed in simply engaging with video.

Find the link to the Entrepreneur.com interview here

If you’ve not ever heard of Chris Brogan, he is [...]

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There is certainly no lack of evidence and analysis which points to content and publishing, and particularly video, as crucially important in the marketing mix in 2012.  In fact, many commentators are saying that brands must “be a publisher” to stand out and even to grow, and that video is key to this.

Yesterday, I [...]

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Wales gets social

On January 19, 2012 By

I’m delighted to be attending and delivering a workshop at the upcoming What’s Next Event.  This event is focused on social media for business and will be the biggest of its kind ever to take place in Wales.

The brainchild of Allan Blair Beaton, the event has the support of various [...]

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Branson: Space Cadet or Dreamer?

On January 16, 2012 By

Actually, both!

We had the pleasure of interviewing Richard Branson last week in a private suite at the delightfully trendy Haymarket Hotel in Central London. Not surprisingly, he’s a very interesting man to spend time with. Hugely successful, known for breaking the rules and shaking up industries: he’s the ultimate entrepreneurial success story.

He’s also [...]

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In a world where volatility is the new reality, the past is no longer useful in predicting the future. From Stockmarkets to the ongoing Eurocrisis to the High Street, 
we need to get comfortable with extreme events and rapid change. Once the stuff of science fiction, top experts like Dr Paul Hofmann believes [...]

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Julie Meyer is an entrepreneur whose reputation precedes her.  Incredibly successful by anyone’s standards (just google her), Julie heads up a vibrant and results-focused business which is literally changing the playing field for smart technology companies in the UK and further afield.

She has a refreshingly unique perspective on the way entrepreneurs can [...]

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