Debbie loves Twhirl – This twitter application allows you to have Twitter up and running on your desktop throughout the day and alerts you with a ping every time someone you are following posts a new tweet. Twhirl also makes it easy to import links into your tweets. Go to www.twhirl.org to download. Love their logo too!
Kelly loves BrandFreak, a new daily blog from the writers of Brandweek – The blog will explore amusing and quirky marketing stories while primarily focusing on the brand itself. With topics including new product launches, brand extensions, packaging, sponsorships and more, I can’t wait to check out their daily blogs!
Kirsty loves GOOP (goop.com) – No, this isn’t the newest hair product or kids’ silly putty - it is the name of actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s new lifestyle website and e-newsletter. When it was launched in September, I didn’t think I could appreciate a celebrity’s advice on how I should live my life. Besides, I get enough of that from Oprah. But Goop.com offers something new. Great design and well-written tidbits that will help you, as the tagline promotes, “nourish the inner aspect.”
Shawn loves anything that shows a “Before & After” – Anything! Early every year we are flooded with all sorts of lists, “Top 10 this” and “Top 100 that.” So lucky for me I found a list of 25 Redesigned Logos of 2008. The good the bad and the ugly. Speaking of ugly, check out the new Ford logo. Hopefully it really was just an April Fool’s joke.
Susan loves catchy jingles – I’ve always been the type that if something’s put to music, I’ll remember it. And that’s why jingles are so effective. They’re fun, quick and are made to get stuck in peoples’ heads. My current favorite two are the FreeCreditReport.com (the original tune “F-R-E-E that spells free credit report dot com baby…” not the newly revised version) and Subway’s $5 footlong. I can’t help but sing along each time a commercial comes on.
