4. +
• as an offline component is as important as the online one, they're
clearly one step ahead in engaging customers. They're making each
customer a representative or even a living brand.
• 360 Advertising model which make sense for big company
• Win Win for models and brand
• There is a market for branding the new heroes of the internet; the
amateurs – in this case amateur models. Real models probably
don’t want to work with EDM, since they can make their own
contracts.
5. -
• Tricky about the concept is the fact that it could be fairly hard to find
‘pretty’ people wearing a middle of the road brand on their virtual
profile or on their physical belongings - quality brands probably
won’t be using this service, since they prefer to sample their
products more directly or want to be more in control of their
branding.
• Rethink the design (not enough sexy)
• Registration form is to long (maybe login with google, twitter,
facebook...)
6. Board of Innovation + external jury members
• Didier Vermeiren [BE]
– Founder of CashCollie (BE) a start-up active in social finance, the founder organizer of Pitch
Arena focusing on the blue oceans of the new media industry and blogging on http://
entinside.wordpress.com. Previously worked as a corporate advisor in Brabo Ventures
where he was focusing on early stage ICT equity investments in the EU and involved in
managing various European Commission supported projects on innovation financing. Initially
started in sales and marketing for Canon, PackardBell and Sony-Ericsson. He received
venture capital training at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business in Silicon Valley, the
Belgian Venturing Association and Capital Plus in Singapore. He currently holds a advanced
Master in Global Management from UAMS and the University of Florida, as well as a Master
from KULeuven where he conducted research in Singapore. He heads the international
alumni association of MGM from UAMS.
• Wouter Boon [NL]
– IS an Amsterdam based brand architect at Boon Strategy (www.boonstrategy.com). Boon
Strategy supports agencies and advertisers with the development of (online) advertising and
branded content. Wouter specializes in conducting market analysis, brand positioning and
creative briefings. He is also founder of Amsterdam Ad Blog (www.amsterdamadblog.com) -
an international blog that writes about the Amsterdam advertising scene – and X-Pollination
(www.x-pollination.com) a bi-annual offline networking event that brings together
professionals working in the Amsterdam creative industry.
• Raphael Hunold [FR]
– Project manager mobile sites M6 (French TV broadcast channel)
