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Tweepeats: Favourite-Fifteen Tweets in January 2011

 

 

 

1. CultureClash: Channel Islands - Capital of Cultural Collisions - the mother-lode of big brand ideas http://bit.ly/ePCn47 [vid]
2. Confucion: Starbucks say: Picture worth 1000 words. Google say: Word worth 1000 pictures. What you say? http://tinyurl.com/yzfenlt [vid]
3. Brand Italy: Ten ways to tell if someone is really Italian http://bit.ly/gesnDt [vid] 
4. Re-positioning: 1. Airport - Shopping Mall complete with Runway.  2. Racecourse - Country Club complete with Racetrack + Hotel, Golf Course & Helipad 
5. NameGame: The trend of personal naming to move away from religious sources? And towards places & objects? http://tinyurl.com/6coeouz
6. No SWOT?: New use of the old SWOT http://bit.ly/eYvHlG [vid]
7. Flagdom: Welcome to the Unimaginative Flagdom of the Red, White & Blue http://tinyurl.com/6xhac9a [vid]
8. Crawley Together 3: Could a culinary renaissance re-vitalise Crawley's Town Centre? http://tinyurl.com/6hxlase [vid]
9. Simples: Experience Orlov's Mansion Tour at Destination Meerkovo - Home of the Meerkovians http://www.meerkovo.com/ 
10. Oz-tra-lia: Celebrate Oz Day on 26th Jan with Brand Australia - Ten ways to tell if someone is really Australian http://tinyurl.com/687qnhp [vid]
11. SuperBrand: Can the host City of Arlington, Texas overcome the confusion of SuperBowl XLV's 'North Texas' regional compass branding?
12. FocusHocusPocus: Why VooDoo Doughnut would never have got through the Focus Group http://bit.ly/g9CAQO
13. Tribalism: Inspiration from the tribal rituals of The Racing Tribe of HorseWatchers http://tinyurl.com/6gjzx6f [vid]
14. Clandom: After Burn's Night celebrations Scotland should develop a big brand idea based on its Cultural Source Code http://bit.ly/9V0tkH [vid]
15. HocusPocusFocus 2: Alternative to Focus Groups: Anthropology - Observation in real situations with little or no artificial interference

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Tweepeats: November 2010's Favourite-Fifteen Tweets

1. Imaginacres: Prepping for a BrandStormin Jam Session touring Problem Park & Solution Square http://bit.ly/fExJ3u
2. BarmyArmy: Keep the faith, England. And Brand Oz needs your Tourist $$$ http://bit.ly/iiC6A4
3. Promium: Profitnet Premium - a next-gen biz model after Profitnet Plus - inspired by the ABC-DEF of Innovation http://tinyurl.com/3aea6jr
4. SevenDays: From 'Wow' to 'Unusual' to 'Beauty' to ? Philippines branding lasts one week http://bit.ly/ec0VxD Shortest in branding history? 
5. DIREland: Could Irish eyes smile again? Brand Ireland http://tinyurl.com/yzh44jk [vid] 
6. BrandChoiroke: Should the Citi of Greater Gatwick, Home of the GleeGees, bid for the World Choir Games 2014? http://tinyurl.com/36gm6v9 
7. FrenchLetter: The Pope receives an invitation to visit Condom. Where is it? http://bit.ly/cBSvBq Famous for fig choc with runny cream 
8. CultureCode: Consider Will-Kate's influence on the cultural source code of Brand England http://tinyurl.com/yae9mm8 
9. Flo-Brand: Thames branded worst river http://tinyurl.com/32zgxf7 Bad news for co-branded destinations eg. Henley-on-Thames 
10. Meccaphor: Could the metaphor of journey or pilgrimage - Hajj - inform branding of non-religious destinations? http://bit.ly/dDfYEa 
11. Chiponomics: China's Macau outperforms brand leader USA's Las Vegas in terms of gambling turnover http://tinyurl.com/3az5xzv 
12. CityRegion: Kentish Towns of Rochester, Chatham, Strood, Rainham & Gillingham re-brands as the City of Medway http://tinyurl.com/236katw
13. Festwival: Lewes Bonfire - A World-Class Festival Sussex brand http://tinyurl.com/35vfzxz [vid]
14. One Billion Minds: Mobilizing individuals to solve challenging problems facing the emerging world http://www.onebillionminds.com 
15. Imagineering: Imaginative Design fused with Engineering Excellence - off Junction One on EngineeRing Road http://tinyurl.com/3866o7f [vid]

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