Monday, March 21st, 2011
Five years old today -
I said recently that ‘Twitter isn’t the be all and end all‘ but after watching that, you might be tempted to believe otherwise.
Well done guys and happy birthday. Here’s to the next five/ten/fifty years of world-changing global communications.
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
You may remember that to celebrate our birthday last month we pulled together this rather tasty ‘What is WOM?’ infographic -
You might also remember that we also promised posters to anyone who wanted one too…
Well, they’re here.
If you want one (and are yet to sign up) please go right ahead and leave a comment on this post and we’ll add your name to the list
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
You may remember that to celebrate our birthday last month we pulled together this rather tasty ‘What is WOM?’ infographic -
You might also remember that we also promised posters to anyone who wanted one too…
Well, they’re here.
If you want one (and are yet to sign up) please go right ahead and leave a comment on this post and we’ll add your name to the list
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
1000heads have been running successful events for over 6 years. One of the first we coordinated was back in 2006 in New York. It was at a time when many brands weren’t thinking about involving the community of users in their event plans. We went one better and had the community launch the product to their networks. They were first to touch, play and review. They were first to share.
With most WOM happening offline, much of 1000heads’ work happens in the real world (yes, there is life beyond social media!). Events are important. They bring people together. Tickling the team for their faves, some notable outings include CRUK’s Race For Life, the Tampax Pearl Swishing Party, Aussie’s Angel Miracle Moist events and Sainsbury’s FreeFrom blogger dinner parties. You might also have seen us at SXSW, Mile High Music in Denver or the Tribeca Film Festival. The list goes on…
Here’s our Flickr stream of some of the more memorable pics. Enjoy!
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Continuing our third week of 10th birthday joy, we turn to our clients and, more specifically, why we love them. Because we do.
Today, I collared each of our lovely Account Directors (that’s our own diamonds Thom, Frank and Katy there below – just look at those smiles) and asked them one simple question:
“Why do you love working with your clients?”
Here are the highlights…
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Aussie “They’re always ready to try new things and they really know their audience…” |
| Nokia
“When a company’s gone from making welly boots to putting technology in the hands of a billion people on every continent, that’s an amazing achievement, and one it’s great to be involved with every day!” |
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Three
“They put the consumer at the heart of what they do, and make real decisions based on that” |
| SKINS “…are the perfect word-of-mouth brand; brilliant products that they’re not afraid to shout (loudly) about and a willingness to push the boundaries in the way they tell their story.” |
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WYGU “It’s great to be working with a team at the start of a great project they really believe in, and one we really believe in too!” |
| Miele “Forever Better pretty much sums Miele up – a pursuit of perfection that everyone who experiences their products is taken by.” |
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Cancer Research UK “Their mission reads: ‘Together we will beat Cancer…‘ – need I say more?” |
| STA Travel
“A great understanding that knowledge and advocacy starts internally, with their people” |
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So, to echo Molly’s words from earlier in the week, thank you to the clients.
Monday, July 12th, 2010
We’re into week two of our month-long 10th birthday celebrations and this week we’re celebrating the people that really make things happen; our staff.
Before we start waxing lyrical about how freakin’ awesome they all are (they are, really) and generally start going to town on just how stupidly and ridiculously hard they all work (really, they do), I thought it would be best to try and find out a little bit about them.
Not all of them mind, just a few – i.e.: the ones that were still around when I ran around asking for blog names and addresses before I left the office!
There’ll be more to follow (at some point) I’m sure, but for now, here’s a teeny, tiny snapshot into just some of the friendly faces who drive us forward -
Tom is @tom_messett on twitter and http://www.tomsideas.wordpress.com is where he writes about, you guessed it, some of his own ideas Currently musing about BP & Social Media…
If you’re a regular reader here then you’ve no doubt heard about our very own @mollyflatt. Molly writes her own blog at http://www.mollyflatt.com, where you can also find links to her stuff on The Guardian, Finch’s Quarterly Review and so on. Molly sasy: “Be warned. It’s all very me.”
This is Sam. He doesn’t exactly run a blog but he has asked me to tell you that he runs his own website and forum here – http://forevermanutd.com and here http://fmuforum.com. “It is not the most popular theme however – being Man Utd.” – No comment Sam 
Straight and to the point Ricc lists his details as: “My Personal blog: http://riccwebb.posterous.com. Slightly more serious blog: http://adinspiration.posterous.com. Twitter @RiccWebb“ – Thanks Ricc
When pressed for some online details Jacqui ran away and hid for a little while, only later emailing me to say: “I feel decidedly bad about my lack of online content: I do have a blog: www.jacquihill.com and a Twitter account @JacquiHill… But I’m not going to lie, last entry on blog was in January (hides face in shame).”
“Hi I’m Paul, I’m nonsensical and when I’m not sending spaghetti to people – http://chroniclesofspaghetti.tumblr.com – I like to write Acid Fiction – Which by the way I have a lot more written than is up on the blog at the moment ^_^ http://blog.acidfiction.com“ – Paul’s spaghetti blog is possibly the best thing on the internet. Probably.
Resident skateboarder Matt - “My own twitter is @lngbrder888 and also run www.longboardsource.co.uk which includes a technical blog (http://bit.ly/biHbs3) and a ‘Scene’ blog (http://bit.ly/ccetCb). There is also some shamefully ephemeral tweeting on @longboardsource.”
Oh.. and I nearly forgot -
Ahem. You can find me on twitter as @whatleydude and, when I’m not writing here at 1000heads, I blog about the other things in my head over at my happy place. Sometimes, just sometimes, I find the time to write about mobile too. I save that stuff for http://thereallymobileproject.com.
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Like I said, that’s definitely not everybody (in fact – we could make this a recurring feature!), but hopefully you can see we’re a passionate bunch who not only extol the virtues of blogging and tweeting at every possible moment, but also practice what we preach too.
We love our staff. They rock.
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Diving into day two of our month long 10th birthday celebrations, we’re going to answer one of the longest-standing questions that we get asked almost weekly (if not daily)…
Exactly what is Word of Mouth?
Our creative team has been beavering away on a handy little infographic for your viewing pleasure -
Download the PDF from slideshare (recommended)
We’ll be getting a couple of these framed and put up in the office very shortly, in the meantime – if you’d like your very own version of this poster, leave a comment and we’ll get in touch when we start printing.
In the meantime take a look and let us know what you think, share and share alike
“Word of Mouth: The Most Powerful Force in the World!”
See you back here tomorrow, for more Birthday shenanigans…
Monday, July 5th, 2010
It seems incredible that, as of this month, 1000heads has been listening, engaging with and stimulating word of mouth for brands for a whole TEN YEARS.
From our roots in some barns in the Oxfordshire countryside, to our current lovely abode in Soho, London – not to mention our office in New York, employees in Paris and Vancouver and partners across the world – we’ve come a long way, baby.
Not all of us, but quite a few
And we couldn’t have done it without you. Which is why, over the next four weeks, we’ll be doing all kinds of little things to say thank you to our clients, collaborators and staff, the people who inspire us and the people who challenge us to keep innovating and being the best we can be.
So, keep your eyes on the blog in July – some of you keep your ear out for the doorbell too – and we hope you enjoy the fun.
Tomorrow, we kick off with a cracker, so come and join us on the blog in the morning for some 10th birthday WOM goodness.
And once again, thank you
Monday, July 5th, 2010
It seems incredible that, as of this month, 1000heads has been listening, engaging with and stimulating word of mouth for brands for a whole TEN YEARS.
From our roots in some barns in the Oxfordshire countryside, to our current lovely abode in Soho, London – not to mention our office in New York, employees in Paris and Vancouver and partners across the world – we’ve come a long way, baby.
Not all of us, but quite a few
And we couldn’t have done it without you. Which is why, over the next four weeks, we’ll be doing all kinds of little things to say thank you to our clients, collaborators and staff, the people who inspire us and the people who challenge us to keep innovating and being the best we can be.
So, keep your eyes on the blog in July – some of you keep your ear out for the doorbell too – and we hope you enjoy the fun.
Tomorrow, we kick off with a cracker, so come and join us on the blog in the morning for some 10th birthday WOM goodness.
And once again, thank you
