davaidavai.com » Blogs http://davaidavai.com It's the conversation, stupid. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:00:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Good Life. Or: Why I should have become Lifestyle Blogger. http://davaidavai.com/2011/10/30/damn-i-should-have-become-lifestyle-blogger/ http://davaidavai.com/2011/10/30/damn-i-should-have-become-lifestyle-blogger/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:12:07 +0000 Gerald http://davaidavai.com/?p=3123 It is actually a strange thing: while we all watch mainstream communication become democratic we can also witness new types of very marketing-focused relationships as they form. Especially at the intersection of mainstream lifestyle brands and the so-called multipliers: meet the lifestyle bloggers.

No major brand can nowadays live without an elaborated digital PR strategy. The path to successful blogger outreach is not simple. Today’s lifestyle bloggers do not just react on one of your emails. You really have to ask for their participation and offer them something really nice. Something they really, really want to blog about. Otherwise it wouldn’t be earned media, right?

Whudat.de for example is one of my favorite lifestyle blogs in Germany. I like MC Winkel‘s blend of music, art, web finds…and product recommendations. But I also know that lifestyle blogging has become a very convenient method to enjoy a bit more industry attention than Average Joe. Below MC Winkel’s post about his (apparently) great days at the Santorini Grace Hotel we can find a statement: ‘If you also want to get featured in one of Germany’s leading lifestyle blogs feel free to contact me…’

No disrespect. This is just how it works. MC Winkel enjoys Mercedes test-drives in Teneriffa, trips to Australia (sponsored by South Australia’s Tourism Board and Quantas) and does not get tired to comment that

  • he is absolutely convinced of this product/car/hotel
  • and if you also have a fantastic product/car/hotel you would like to get featured, contact him
Am I jealous? No doubt, I am. Am I surprised or is it new? No, it isn’t. It is just a global trend in which the mutually beneficial relationship between lifestyle bloggers and the industry becomes more than evident. Of course: The Josh Spears’, the Cool Hunters and many many others are way beyond being just independent grassroot journalists. We are in fact talking about (not so niche) media outlets that may not (yet) belong to Rupert Murdoch. But that is only the case because a successful lifestyle blogger nowadays has a more than pleasant life – pampered and petted by the world’s most enjoyable brands, products and their PR agencies.

I don’t think any successful blogger nowadays is bribable. But why should you be bribable if the deal is so obvious? The more successful lifestyle bloggers have so nice experiences and products to chose from – they wouldn’t even think about logging in to their CMS for something just average.  And we all know Mercedes wouldn’t offer key lifestyle bloggers an average car. Right?

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It was always an underrated communicative discipline: The Art of the Menu Art has now become a topic for a blog run by Under Consideration. The guys usually chronicle corporate and brand identity work. But I guess the Art of the Menu is very related. Check out the site here…

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]]> http://davaidavai.com/2011/08/09/my-blog-of-the-week-the-art-of-the-menu/feed/ 0 Blogging. Technorati releases State of the Blogosphere 2010. http://davaidavai.com/2010/11/04/blogging-technorati-releases-state-of-the-blogosphere-2010/ http://davaidavai.com/2010/11/04/blogging-technorati-releases-state-of-the-blogosphere-2010/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:44:39 +0000 Gerald http://davaidavai.com/?p=2110 Blog Search Engine Technorati has just launched its annual ‘State of the Blogosphere‘ report for 2010. Blogging is a discipline in steady change – constantly challenged by microblogging, general work overload and Farmville. According to Technorati’s study blogging has lately been influenced by a couple of key trends

  • The advent of mobile blogging
  • Women and mom bloggers gaining influence in the blogosphere
  • a new interaction mode between the blogosphere and social networks

The study is as usual very insightful and it even stages deeper insights from around the world instead of just the U.S. Find Technorati’s feature article here.

State Of The Blogosphere Presentation 2010

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]]> http://davaidavai.com/2009/10/29/evolution-the-u-s-blogosphere-2008-2013/feed/ 0 Friends. Get to know Creativecriminals.com. http://davaidavai.com/2009/10/27/friends-get-to-know-creativecriminals-com/ http://davaidavai.com/2009/10/27/friends-get-to-know-creativecriminals-com/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:29:36 +0000 Gerald Hensel http://davaidavai.com/?p=580 friendsEvery once in a while I will introduce you to blogs that I simply like to read. Today’s feature is Creativecriminals.com from Belgium.

Creativecriminals.com was founded in March 2009 by the three Belgian students Rindert, Bert and Sander. The team collects and publishes some of the best ad campaign ideas I have seen in a while and updates on a daily basis. What I really like about the platform is the mixture of campaigns they come up with. From very small ideas with the certain touch of creative genius to big campaigns which stage a brand in the most appropriate way, find them all at Creativecriminals.com.

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