The Evolving Agency Landscape – by Results International

Results International is a leading corporate finance and strategy advisor to the global marcoms industry.
This is their view on the current phenomenon hitting the agencies landscape, morphing from PR/advertising/marketing/media/digital entities to Social and Engagement agencies.

I personally like slide 41 most as it literally slices up the various components of a social agency. We (my colleagues and I) like to call it an integrated agency.

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NEWS ! HushPlush Bubble, ESP Talent Enter European Partnership

Barcelona / Paris, May 4th, 2010 — HushPlush Bubbles and ESP Talent are proud to announce that they have joined forces to further broaden their respective European presence.

Talking about the alliance, HushPlush Bubble founder and content curator, Liva Judic, said the move will enable HushPlush Bubble to provide its readers with valuable content that will bring them job ads right on their everyday social media aggregator page.
“I am very happy that ESP Talent has elected to partner with HushPlush Bubbles to reach out to all digital, IT, communication/media, and marketing professionals reading our content. Inevitably, a number of the blog’s audience can be potential candidates for the jobs ESP Talent has to offer,” she said.

ESP Talent director Eleanor Bannister said: “The demand for internationally mobile professionals in the Digital, Media and IT arenas to mention just a few, means we are working across European borders to help our clients identify real talent. Partnering with HushPlush Bubble means we can help our clients realise valuable opportunities, and assist hiring managers access the right personnel. We are all looking forward to working with HushPlush Bubble – and to hearing from candidates.”

HushPlush Bubble is the dedicated social media blog of Ayna Partners, a company focused on enhancing the Human Capital of internationals, both on an individual and business level. Ayna Partners works with organic approaches like coaching, training and mentoring and at the same time harnesses the power of social media by providing curated content for digital supports, including its HushPlush Bubble blog.
Ayna Partners managing partner as well as HushPlush Bubble founder and content curator, Liva Judic, also writes for Incisive Media’s Search Engine Watch magazine, and is contributing to The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change, a book on social media good (due out in September 2010) by Stanford University Pr Jennifer Aaker and co-author Andy Smith, principal at Vonavona Ventures.

ESP Talent, a leading Executive Search Agency, is recognized for providing a bridge between Spain and the wider international business world for hiring, team-building, human performance and consultancy services, delivering results in all major sectors from operational to C-Level roles. ESP Talent’s specialist knowledge in recruitment, selection and team development, means that we understand and can resolve even the most complex resourcing projects while helping professionals with their next career move.
Given increasing demand from our clients to work at a pan-European level, we are delighted to be partnering with HushPlush Bubble, enabling you to access our international searches.

For further information please contact:

Liva Judic, HushPlush Bubble Blog – info@aynapartners.com.
Follow her on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/merrybubbles and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Liva.S.Judic
Visit HushPlush Bubble: http://livajudic.wordpress.com/

Eleanor Bannister, ESP Talent Ltd: eleanor.bannister@esptalent.com
Visit ESP Talent’s website: http://www.esptalent.com and follow on: http://www.twitter.com/esptalent

News ! We’re Official Bloggers @ Social Media World Forum

Great news !

Thanks to the posts here, HushPlush Bubble was granted the status of Official Blogger at the Social Media World Forum to be held in London next week, 15th-16th March.
So off I go, to London Olympia to follow it for you.

Thanks to the sesame, I’ll be able to bring you news and info on the spot and from every corner of the Davos of Social Media event. So tune in on Twitter if you want to be updated in real time. Add me, I’m merrybubbles. I’ll be happy to bring you the info as things unfold there. If you’re already a Tweeple, you can simply click on the button in the right side bar below and follow me. If not, well, all you have to do is get yourself an account and follow – easy.
On the spot, you’ll even be able to tweet me your questions and I’ll pass them on for you – in real time. Try it !

If you prefer a slower pace, I’ll do my best to provide you with info once a day, here, and of course via Facebook, LinkedIn and Viadeo. Again, to follow that, click on the buttons and add me on the platform of your choice and you’ll automatically get the updates.

Last option: you can simply register and attend too !

I personally am particularly focused on current and future market trends for the use of Social Media in PR but also marketing and advertising. How it’s perceived now compared to last year and where the experts see it going forward in one to ten years’ time. Very exciting.

Most interesting, did you know that the event – just like Davos, by the way – has regional meetings too ? This one is the European leg of the global spider. There’s an Asian part and of course a U.S. one too.
What I really like is that they each time offer lots of possibilities to actually participate through leveraging social media: there’s the blogger offer, the affiliation program, the free exhibition pass to start getting engaged…
Who knows ? Geek that I am (geekette, to be more precise), I might end up going to one of those too… and next time, I’ll try affiliation !

Anyway, in preparation for the forum, I’d love to hear your questions and suggestions, feel free to leave them in comments or tweet them.

To view the full program, click HERE
To access the Social Media World Forum Europe page, click HERE