Social influence matters. Period.

PEP up your organization with an influencer program!

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Austin Entrepreneur Mike Little, MyMenu: bringing mobile, big data, and SOCIAL to restaurants!

Here in Austin Texas at SXSW!  I felt compelled to make sure we celebrate MyMenu, winner of IBM's AppThrowdown at Pulse!

I recently caught up with Mike Little, CEO, MyMenu who explained how he is developing mobile solutions for restaurants that leverage the cloud and big data to help build client engagement.

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MyMenu are one of the early adopters of IBM BlueMix.


Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO talks latest design trends at #SXSW

I'm sure many of you may be familiar with Tim Brown through his leadership of the ground-breaking IDEO design and consultancy firm. Well, SXSW offers many opportunities, including that to hear directly from luminaries such as Tim.

Phil Gilbert, General Manager for IBM Design recently caught up with Tim, who explained how design is impacting some of the most significant global trends: mobile and big data.

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If you haven't already, check out IDEO and if you are at SXSW, come see Tim speak later today!


Who will win the title of the IBM SxSW Mobile Marketing Master?

It could be you!!  During SxSW,  IBM is holding the IBM Mobile Web Push Marketing Challenge. We are looking for creative mobile campaigns created with IBM Mobile Web Push.

IBM Mobile Web Push delivers personalized push notifications to mobile and tablet website viewers. Subscribers will get fast access to this service through the IBM Cloud for business online marketplace to start creating highly targeted and personalized web push notifications in minutes.  No databases, no programming, no headaches.

Submission consists of a 3 minute (or less) video showing:

  • Mobile Web Push marketing campaign
  • A short (500 word or less) testimonial of your experience.
  • Videos posted on YouTube
  • Videos must be received by March 14th

The Mobile Marketing Master will be announced in this blog on March 17th and showcased on IBM’s website.

Submissions will be evaluated based on:
Ingenuity (creative integration, elegance, novel use, etc.)
User Experience (memorable, visually striking, emotive, etc.)
Build your brand! Socialize your expertise! Submit your application today!

Take a look at a sample marketing campaign here . It was created in 90 seconds!

Get a jump start on the competition and sign up right now for a 30 day free trial and submit your video selection as the SxSW Mobile Marketing Master, or, if you want to talk to someone about this awesome product, come on by the Expo Booth 328/330 at SXSW and check out how IBM Mobile Web Push delivers personalized push notifications to mobile and tablet website viewers.