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Shailei Forrester

Shailei is the Hive Beekeeper from Profero Sydney. Every day, Shailei and the Profero Sydney team take part in, explore, and learn from the ever changing social media landscape. From launching new computer games into the Australian market to tackling the pressing issue of Cyberbullying, the team at Profero Sydney pride themselves on integrating social media as a fundamental part of the service that they offer.

Wolfmother get widgety

wolfmother widget

Profero Sydney have developed this widget on behalf of Universal Music in the lead up to the much anticipated release of the latest Wolfmother album “Cosmic Egg”. Packed with content such as video, audio, pics and a Twitter feed, the widget is more like a microsite in tiny little widget form. Video will be dynamically updated in the lead up to album release with never before seen behind the scenes footage, especially for the Wolfmother lovers out there who are awaiting the new album with baited breath.

The widget was produced by Profero Sydney using the free Clearspring platform, which allows for the creation, development and tracking of widgets. The share functionality means that fans can grab and share their widget across the platform of their choice, be it a social network, blog or iGoogle desktop.

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Anjulie

Profero Sydney has recently launched a new campaign with Universal Music to promote Canadian artist Anjulie and help break her into the Australian market.

Based on the premise that seeing an artist live is the best way to get punters excited about a new music artist on the scene, we have developed a campaign for Anjulie that ignores the boundaries of geography and distance to give Australian’s a live music experience of an up and coming star.

From July 6th, visitors to the <http://www.anjulielive.com.au> site will be able to discover who Anjulie is as an artist, download tracks, get their VIP concert ticket and share their experience with friends via social networks such as Facebook and MySpace. August 3rd will see the launch of Anjulie’s “online concerts”- fans will be given a live music experience and see Anjulie perform songs from her upcoming album online. “Gigs” will be on twice daily and will have a unique theatre and stage simulation as well as allowing fans to communicate with each other via an innovative “whisper” feature, just like being at a real concert.

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Get Real And Prosper: Why social media demands authentic brands.

“The easiest thing to do in branding and in advertising is to tell the story the market wants to hear. The hard road—the one that leads to the greatest reward—is to tell the story that’s real and make it matter. That means knowing what your company is at its core, and using your genuine, authentic story to power the creative.”

This article by William Faust and Leigh Householder is a great read if you have a spare ten minutes. The authors stress the need for authenticity when it comes to brands dipping their toe in the social media pond- while “engagement” is essential, this engagement needs to be connect with consumers in a way that is relevant and true to their brand.

From office supply stores to the always-cool BMW Mini, the authors of this article bring their arguments to life by using some great comparative case studies of brands that have done this successfully (and others that have not been so successful).

You can find the full article here


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Sims 3 Ultimate Aussie Fan Competition

Profero Sydney have created a unique social media campaign to promote the release of much anticipated Electronic Arts game The Sims 3.

The Sims 3 Ultimate Aussie Fan Competition calls for Sims fanatics to build and promote their own Sims fan page, recruiting friends, family and anyone in sight to become a supporter of their page. Entrants to the competition are competing within 2 major prize categories – Most Supporters, for those who are able to spread the word of The Sims the furthest, and Most Creative. Competitors are encouraged to populate their pages with interesting Sims content in order to attract the vote from supporters, who can also win a copy of the game. In just over a week after launch, the competition attracted over 2500 entrants with Fans creating a huge amount of Sims 3 fan art, including YouTube videos, facebook, twitter activity and more. Among various user generated content, some fans have created their own t-shirts, parody videos, advertising concepts, rap songs and more.

The competition is open to Australian and New Zealand entrants and ends July 3rd.
Website: www.sims3fan.com.au
Twitter: www.twitter.com/sims3fancomp

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