This is the sixth deck in our summer series 20 Interesting Things. It deviates a little from the other social/digital topics (Foursquare, QR codes, augmented reality, crowdsourcing and goodness) and takes a look at something that is over 100 years old – the vending machine. But these aren’t the soda and snack vending machines we all know and love, these are 21st century vending machines that have realized the power of instant gratification for a wide variety of products. Location + 24/7 access is a sure winner for those clever enough to build it. Anyone need some gold?

This is the fifth deck in our summer series 20 Interesting Things. It takes a quick look at what is happening in the QR Code space from both a marketing and general use perspective.
 

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This is the fourth deck in our summer series 20 Interesting Things. It takes a quick look at what is happening in the Goodness space from both a marketing and general use perspective.
 

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This is the third deck in our summer series 20 Interesting Things. It takes a quick look at what is happening in the Crowdsourcing space from both a marketing and general use perspective.

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This is the second deck in our summer series 20 Interesting Things. It takes a quick look at what is happening in the Augmented Reality space from both a marketing and general use perspective.

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David Griner

When 5,400 digital professionals gather on Wednesday, June 9, to kick off the annual Internet Retailer Conference and Expo in Chicago, one of the first featured speakers will be Luckie & Company’s own David Griner.

Griner, Luckie’s Social Media Strategist, was asked by event coordinators to share his perspectives on recent social media promotions in the retail industry. He will be presenting alongside Dan Shust, director of emerging media for Resource Interactive in Columbus, Ohio. Their discussion is titled “Two Thumbs Up (Or Down) On Social Media Efforts.”

“It’s a really exciting time to be talking to this audience,” Griner said. “Facebook, FourSquare and mobile applications are redefining what it means to ‘shop online,’ and I’m sure this will be a lively discussion.”

You can read more about the presentation — and even see some cool case studies that didn’t quite make the cut — over on Luckie’s social media blog, The Social Path.

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Geo-location based services seems to be growing at an exponential rate. Much like the early days of micro-blogging, there is a crowded playing field as various platforms compete for user attention. Foursquare is not the biggest of these services, but they seem to be in the early stages of separating from the pack with some of the smart marketing partnerships they have made. This deck serves as a quick introduction to Foursquare and explores some of the marketing efforts that brands are already pioneering in this space.

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Welcome to the Luckie Fifty 2010, the third edition of our annual list of digital travel/tourism destinations that we have found to be both interesting and essential to know if you want to stay connected with how leisure travelers are approaching their vacations these days. This year’s edition focuses on mobile travel apps that help plan, entertain and help you figure out what to do, when you get to where you’re going.
 

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It is hard to believe another year has come and gone. So many interesting trends have emerged this year, and many more are likely poised to do so next year.

At Luckie & Company, we spend a lot of time observing and studying trends that affect consumers’ lives. The following is a list of 10 trends we feel have potential to continue growing, maybe even enter the mainstream and start to play an emerging role in daily life in 2010. If nothing else, they’re pretty cool and worth keeping an eye on:

(TIP: Click “Full” at the bottom of the slideshow to read the presentation full-screen.)

For hipsters, trendsetters and early adopters, some of these are going to be old news, but for the majority of us in the masses, we can expect some pretty interesting things to start popping up in our everyday routines.

Over the past few months, Luckie strategists David Stutts and David Griner have been asked to speak to tourism-related groups about the evolution of travel planning and marketing.

Now you can read the presentation in its entirety (minus the wit and charm of the presenters) on the SlideShare deck below. It’s essentially divided into two parts: a look back at how the Internet changed travel, followed by case studies on how marketers have used social media to connect with the modern traveler:

For even more tourism smarts, be sure to download The Luckie 50, our annual roster of the most interesting and useful travel-related sites.

David Stutts is Luckie’s VP/Director of Brand Planning, and David Griner is our Social Media Strategist. Here’s their contact info, in case you’d like to get in touch with either:

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