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		<title>Sao Paulo Sebo&#8217;s and The Long &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.blogamericas.com/2010/03/05/sao-paulo-sebos-and-the-long/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sao Paulo Sebo&#8217;s and The Long Tail theory &#8211; a couple of personal observations&#8230; http://bit.ly/bk2a1t 
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		<title>the blind city?</title>
		<link>http://www.blogamericas.com/2010/03/04/the-blind-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<title>Mosaic Brasil</title>
		<link>http://www.blogamericas.com/2010/03/02/mosaic-brasil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have spent some time looking through the Mosaic material from Serasa Experian, which is an attempt to create a segmentation study of the Brasilian consumer.  Mosaic crosses IBGE census data with material generated in the annual research into the Brazilian Household. the final study comes up with 10 different groups in 39 different consumer [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have spent some time looking through the Mosaic material from Serasa Experian, which is an attempt to create a segmentation study of the Brasilian consumer.  <strong><span><a style="color: #1c51a8;" href="http://www.serasaexperian.com.br/mosaic/o-que-e.html" target="_blank">Mosaic </a></span></strong>crosses IBGE census data with material generated in the annual research into the Brazilian Household. the final study comes up with 10 different groups in 39 different consumer segments. In order to make the material a little easier to consume i have created a PDF with the different segments as taken from the Experian website &#8211; can be downloaded here i hope.</p>
<div style="width:425px" id="__ss_3318728"><strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/twramericas/mosaic-brasil" title="Mosaic Brasil">Mosaic Brasil</a></strong><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=mosaicobrasil-100302130945-phpapp01&#038;stripped_title=mosaic-brasil" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=mosaicobrasil-100302130945-phpapp01&#038;stripped_title=mosaic-brasil" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
<div style="padding:5px 0 12px">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/twramericas">twramericas</a>.</div>
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<p>My thoughts for what they are worth. First and foremost the problem with market research has been that it has been putting into boxes for too long. If you look through the Mosaic study and think of people that you know here in Brazil you will probably find elements of different segments that individuals could easily represent. But this is true of all segmentation work. That said, i really like the study and think its well presented and a valuable piece of work for anyone interested in understanding behaviours and consumers here in Brasil. It moves the debate beyond the problems of the frankly ridiculous ABCDE classifications. It&#8217;s geographical focus is innovative here in Brasil and adds much to the study. Im loking forward to applying it to future projects. What do you think???? Id be really interested to know.</p>
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		<title>Wonderful BBC Radio programme &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.blogamericas.com/2010/02/26/wonderful-bbc-radio-programme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wonderful BBC Radio programme about changing consumer trends and impact on popular culture &#8230;. pull me a pint &#8230;http://bit.ly/cF7meN 
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		<title>micro thought: just passed a g&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.blogamericas.com/2010/02/23/micro-thought-just-passed-a-g/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[micro thought: just passed a guy living on street here in SP. I admired him. Romantic vision of freedom in vagrancy in material poverty??? 
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		<title>Segmentação do mercado Brasileiro</title>
		<link>http://www.blogamericas.com/2010/02/23/segmentacao-do-mercado-brasileiro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[wow&#8230;this might be interesting. Will take a quick look and then might have something to say about.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wow&#8230;<a href="http://www.serasaexperian.com.br/mosaic/segmentacao.html">this</a> might be interesting. Will take a quick look and then might have something to say about.<br />
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		<title>I trust you 50% less &#8211; Confio em você 50% menos</title>
		<link>http://www.blogamericas.com/2010/02/22/i-trust-you-50-less-confio-em-voce-50-menos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have just been reading this article which was the most read piece on Meio and Mensagem site last week&#8230; interesting reading. I love any empirical data about social networks for its ability to spark debate and hate it in equal measure for providing data which is often created in a quantitative format which belies explanation&#8230; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have just been reading this article which was the most read piece on Meio and Mensagem site last week&#8230; interesting reading. I love any empirical data about social networks for its ability to spark debate and hate it in equal measure for providing data which is often created in a quantitative format which belies explanation&#8230; My personal opinion is that these new stats are about us unreliable as the last and the next lot of stats. But anyway whatever i did to make you trust me less &#8211; its fine and im not offended! </p>
<p>Confiança nos amigos cai com redes sociais</p>
<p>Publicado 10 de Fevereiro de 2010</p>
<p>Pesquisa da Edelman mostra que confiança das pessoas no os amigos dizem na internet sobre uma marca diminuiu pela metade em dois anos</p>
<p>Uma mantra diz que as redes sociais são uma maneira de os anunciantes contarem histórias autênticas e críveis a seus consumidores, cuja confiança em CEO´s, membros do governo e analistas de mercado está abalada. Mas de acordo com o último Barômetro da Confiança da Edelman, o número de pessoas que enxergam em seus amigos e parceiros como fontes confiáveis de informação sobre uma empresa caiu pela metade desde 2008, de 45% para apenas 25%.</p>
<p>Para Richard Edelman, presidente da Edelman, trata-se de um sinal dos tempos. &#8220;Os eventos dos últimos 18 meses assustaram as pessoas. Elas precisam ver as mensagens em lugares diferentes e a partir de diferentes pessoas, desde experts bem como empregados da empresa e amigos&#8221;, diz. &#8220;É um período de ceticismo. Então, se a companhia olha para o marketing boca-a-boca como solução, estão certas, mas ela precisa entender que esta não pode ser mais a única saída, mas sim uma parte da solução&#8221;, conclui.</p>
<p>Os consumidores estão descrentes de modo geral. A credibilidade da TV caiu 23 pontos percentuais e radio e jornais outros 20 pontos na comparação de 2008 com 2010.<br />
Quando perguntadas se a informação sobre uma companhia parecia crível no caso de ela ser passada por &#8220;uma pessoa como você&#8221; (o chamado americano médio) o número caiu também. Apenas 39% acreditam que as mensagens ditas por consumidores eram confiáveis, contra 45% em 2009.</p>
<p>Por outro lado, a figura do CEO ganhou força na confiabilidade. A estratégia de levar o líder executivo para a frente da comunicação, algo feito pela General Motors com Ed Whitacre (e pela Toyota em um momento negativo de recall, com Jim Lentz) aumentou a confiança das pessoas no CEO, de 17% em 2009 para 26% neste ano. Também ganharam confiabilidade membros do governo (22% contra 27% neste ano), analistas do mercado financeiro (46% contra 52%), ONG´s (42% contra 44%) e acadêmicos (61% contra 64%).</p>
<p>Ou seja, o fato de os consumidores pararem de acreditar no que seus amigos e pessoas comuns dizem em testemunhais do produto ou empresa, há implicações significativas para anunciantes e redes sociais, bem como outras plataformas de marketing boca-a-boca.</p>
<p>Plataformas como Facebook e Twiiter permitiram às pessoas manterem círculos de associação casual mais amplos, o que pode ajudar a diluir a credibilidade das redes. Em outras palavras, quanto mais conhecidos a pessoa tem, mais difícil de confiar nele ou nela.</p>
<p>Do Advertising Age.</p>
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		<title>Help! PLEASE&#8230;Por favor amigo&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.blogamericas.com/2010/02/19/help-please-por-favor-amigo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help! PLEASE&#8230;Por favor amigos e inimigos conhece brasileiros (as) que gosta de futebol? Mande o link&#8230; http://bit.ly/cQZfS2 
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		<title>What kind of football fan are you? Micro-site launched for Copa 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.blogamericas.com/2010/02/16/what-kind-of-football-fan-are-you-micro-site-launched-for-copa-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lucas</dc:creator>
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We&#8217;ve launched the micro-site Copa 2010 and have already had a good response from football fans here in Brasil. The site primarily hosts our football fan survey but will increasingly grow to track fan behaviour here in Brasil during the up-coming World Cup. We welcome all comments and please feel free to take the survey [...]]]></description>
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<p>We&#8217;ve launched the micro-site <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/copa2010site/">Copa 2010</a> and have already had a good response from football fans here in Brasil. The site primarily hosts our football fan survey but will increasingly grow to track fan behaviour here in Brasil during the up-coming World Cup. We welcome all comments and please feel free to take the survey of course!</p>
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		<title>Sao Paulo &#8211; A Clean City is a Civilized City?</title>
		<link>http://www.blogamericas.com/2010/02/11/sao-paulo-a-clean-city-is-a-civilized-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lucas</dc:creator>
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There is some fascinating literature about Dirt as a metaphor for Social Distancing &#8211; Susan Sontag&#8217;s work specifically. I spotted this at a bus stop today and was wondering if this is part of the Cidade Limpa / Clean City campaign and more importantly &#8230; whether anyone actually believes that a clean city is a [...]]]></description>
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There is some fascinating literature about Dirt as a metaphor for Social Distancing &#8211; Susan Sontag&#8217;s work specifically. I spotted this at a bus stop today and was wondering if this is part of the Cidade Limpa / Clean City campaign and more importantly &#8230; whether anyone actually believes that a clean city is a civilised city???</p>
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