Sony’s Pinteresting strategy

“When you are preparing for the launch of this kind of strategy, it’s helpful for your team to begin by using the platform personally. Next, it’s important to research existing brand pins in the community. When Sony searched Pinterest, they found a lot of gadgets as they expected but they also found a lot of old school products and pictures of fan made products such as Sony walkman shaped cakes.

“By knowing what fans wanted, this allowed the Sony team to plan its potential boards and analyze the assets they already had in its Flickr community, in house and in its archives.”

Full piece here.

Great excuse to add the WP pinterest plugin too..

 

Trainspotter badge, Level 8!

Congrats! Your recent check-in at Barking Railway Station (BKG) just unlocked the Trainspotter badge, Level 8!

From the MTA to the Tube, the Shinkansen to the Trans-Siberian, you’ve ridden them all (or will someday)! Here’s to the beauty of public transit, and to always giving up your seat for the pregnant, elderly, and backpackers who haven’t showered in a week.

That’s 35 different spots! Check in to 5 more to unlock Level 9. You sure know how to get around!

To see all the badges you’ve unlocked so far, click here:
https://foursquare.com/stuartgh/badge/4fd0fe08e4b0aff891c67f71

Great work. Keep it up!
– Your friends @ foursquare