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Tweepeats: Fab Fifteen Tweets in June 2012

 

 

1. Fastival: Festival of Speed http://t.co/6lergAPA the signature fest of Brand Sussex: England's Festival County http://t.co/Aow45S3T
2. Culture Code: Could the youth of the new Staines-upon-Thames start 'living-the-brand' through a riverside culture? http://t.co/VuLVinek
3. City of Meetropolis: Home of The Meetrix, where growing companies meet & network to generate joint ventures & create new jobs
4. GrandPrix: Congrats FernandoA & Ferrari for win at Valencia, Spain FI Grand Prix. Now 6-from-8 wins for Motor Sport Valley, England
5. CompanyChoir: T-Mobile reduces sickness absence by 50% thru company choirs at its Merthyr Tydfil call centre
6. Designer Branding: Design the brand into the DNA of the product/service http://t.co/LVDm7oMb 
7. DestiNations: RT @bloomconsult France led European ranking by number of tourism arrivals - followed by Spain, Italy, U.K. & Turkey
8. Country Brand: @bloomconsult launches its unique Country Branding Ranking http://t.co/9LXzuA6U
9. Brandthology: The Matrix: Math symbols in rows & columns.The Meetrix: People networking in rows (Speed), squares (Deep) & random (Social)
10. ShedHeads: Selection of entries for Shed-of-the-Year 2012 contest http://t.co/xURJfTdp
11. Oh Papa: Seven Famous Fathers on Father's Day - UK/US/Canada - http://t.co/bGqIMLJ5 [vid] 
12. GrandPrix: Congrats LewisH & McLaren for win at Canadian FI Grand Prix. That's 6-from-7 wins for Motor Sport Valley, England
13. Speed: Meet GatQwick guest speaker, Stuart Hayes, in UK Olympic Triathlon team http://t.co/lNjX06bl GatQwick vid - http://t.co/Re5XRQZj
14. Scrunched: Received a scrunched-up promo mailer in an envelope complete with post-it note message "Pre-crumpled for wastepaper bin"
15. Co-Branding: Boring, Oregon, USA co-brands with Dull, Perthshire, Scotland http://t.co/dVTxQXkv

Tweepeats: Top Twenty Tweets in July 2011

1. BrandStorm:TeamBRAVO brandstorms MeetGatQwick - A speednetworking event for networkers. Diary Date - Wed 19th Oct http://t.co/SMYrBy6 [vid]
2. Taboo: Did you know that in the Ukraine whistling is considered to be bad manners and will bring bad luck http://t.co/dSARyMM
3. MatchMaker: Which English county has the greatest number of 'Bride&Groom' shops? Hint: It's 'The Garden of England' http://t.co/oZuz2h6 [vid]
4. GrandPrix: Congrats LewisH & McLaren on FI Nurburgring, Germany win. That's 9-from-10 wins for MotorSport Valley, England
5. CultureClash: After Belgium Day, still no government - A big brand idea within the Flanders & Wallonia culture clash http://t.co/lwE3xes
6. LeTour: Final week of destination brand leader France's finest brand-building event http://t.co/RYWw0Vl
7. VendaBack: Fun ad posters on vending machines http://t.co/25YaoBV Who said Germans don't have a sense of humour http://t.co/jQXls53 [vid] 
8. EthicalTravel: World's Top Ten Ethical Destinations for Travellers 2011 http://t.co/XSD5PG3 dominated by Central & South Americas
9. Hotlanta: Following yesterday's conversation about Atlanta, Georgia, here's a previous blog post on its branding http://t.co/ZQmaRmI 
10. Brand India: Are the new Yoga classes http://t.co/NhMyihi diluting or enhancing India's spiritual branding? http://t.co/bHnVjlp [vid/blog]
11. North-South Divide: RT @marketingwizdom National stereotypes: Map of Europe according to Italy | @flickr http://t.co/fgcKAjT <Benissimo!
12. PowerNap: German unions call for siestas http://tinyurl.com/6yeof67 Should they copy the sleep-any-time Japanese? http://tinyurl.com/37y7qfk [vid]
13. DADology: The changing relationship of Dads & their Kids http://bit.ly/qzEN6a Could brands learn how to adapt their marketing & branding?
14. CultureClash: @Louisecamby 'The Voice' invades the Channel Islands: Capital of Cultural Collisions http://t.co/WSTJmVO [vid] 
15. Stealth Branding: Is Superdry quietly taking over the fashion world? http://t.co/OCYLpGZ
16. BastilleDay: An insight into French culture http://t.co/cmAzH4g
17. Afri-Brand: On 9th July a nation is born - Republic of South Sudan http://t.co/Qt6FybZ Pity about the brand-extended compass name
18. Shabitat: Nice article on Habitat's identikit crisis http://t.co/QBc9iJW A brand lesson from IKEA http://t.co/vEgAO6G [blog]
19. Cast of Characters: Inspiration for branded stories from Harry Potter vs Star Wars http://bit.ly/lpubEn
20. When Cambridge Met Canada: Could Kate&Wills inspire Canadians to find their big branded identity? http://t.co/TWQEmyN [blog]

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Tweepeats: Top Twenty Tweets in June 2011

1. DreamDestination: Woke up with a couple of fab brand names for a mobile/cellphone furniture biz - the sub-conscious at work! 
2. FolksTown: Could Folkstone, Kent's Triennial re-vitalise the resort or will it retire with the Saga generation? tinyurl.com/6ds28n
3. GrandPrix: Congrats SebV & RedBull on F1 Valencia, Spain win. That's 8-from-8 wins for MotorSport Valley, England
4. Destination Dairy: "The brand name - The IceCreamists - drove the product & service concept" - Matt O'Connor, Founder theicecreamists.com 
5. SummerSet: Could England's Somerset County find a big brand idea in its world-famous fest - Glastonbury? tinyurl.com/nubo9d [blog] 
6. Cel-e-bra-tion: Annual awards celebration for Brighton Uni's BeePurple & Profitnet tinyurl.com/6z5lnox [vid]
7. ThinkLink: Female-focused branding for Fizztival at Lingfield Park Racecourse using one of the female cultural source codes - Connection 
8. BrandUK: JudyDench vid is England not Britain, & is on-code - Class-High Social Status & on-brand - Home of World's Language
9. Oh Papa: 7 Famous Fathers for Father's Day 2011 bit.ly/kIYLNk [vid] 
10. Brand Britain: The Innovation Isle tinyurl.com/3824gpo [vid] Watch 'Made in Britain' on BBC 2 TV Monday 9pm
11. PopCity: Liverpool holds Guinness Book of Records 'Capital of Pop' title RT @LpoolTourism - Now it needs to future-focus this brand idea? 
12. Tunisia Uprising: From 'I Love Tunisia' http://tinyurl.com/6d2jffo to controversial tourism campaign http://tinyurl.com/6cve45m 
13. North-South Collide: Is Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire as Female-Friendly as B'ROVE: The English Principality of Brighter Brighton & Hove Actually?
14. Father's Way: How to embarrass your kids on Father's Day - tinyurl.com/3f336rl 
15. Re-Brand: FohBoh, the Online Restaurant Community, re-brands as the FoodService Social Media Co http://fohboh.com/ 
16. Embedded Stories: Branded stories embedded in products & services to increase emotional attachment http://tinyurl.com/69arpwy
17. Lover's Lane: Copse Hill Rd, Lower Slaughter in The Cotswolds voted UK's Most Romantic Street http://tinyurl.com/6fu8oyq [Google] 
18. HipStreet: South Shore Rd, Gateshead beats Whitecross St, London as UK's Hippest St [Google] 
19. ReTale: Bondgate Within, Alnwick beats Market Place, Kingston as UK's Best Shopping St [Google]
20. Ciao: Celebrate Italian Day this weekend. Brand Italy - 10 ways to tell if someone is really Italian http://tinyurl.com/5u62rxq [vid]