With 2012 nearly upon us, we thought we should spend some time reviewing the past year, as everyone else seems to be at it! And what better way to do this than to look back over our very own Nae Bother Facebook posts - what a year it's been! We’ve tried to cover an eclectic mix of topics loosely in the field of marketing and often with a Scottish twist and hopefully some humour.
After considerable debate amongst the team at Nae Bother Towers, we've come up with our favourite posts for the year, one for every month. We’re sad that there was no room for the Naked Cowboy and the Roomba but we did manage to squeeze in the wonderful and talented Danny MacAskill and the new Tintin trailer.
Anyway, we'd better let you go and look out your party poppers and dust off the fancy dress costumes ready for your new year parties.
All our very best wishes for 2012.
January
Great video from PUMA featuring US golf rookie Rickie Fowler on motocross bike - thanks to Ben at PUMA for bringing it to our attention. Wonder what the greenkeepers had to say about it:http://bit.ly/fbZrqV
February
We absolutely love this app from Museum of London - it's a brilliant idea that's really caught the public's imagination: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSfATEZiUYo&feature=player_embedded
March
At Nae Bother we have many friends in Japan - we are thinking of you in these difficult times. The amazing spirit of the Japanese people will prevail: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/how-japan-lives-with-the-constant-threat-of-disaster-1.1090121
April
When it comes to marketing eggs, some customers are more price sensitive than others - Happy Easter! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awx9c0qbt48
May
Everyone's favourite Belgian reporter, Tintin, is finally getting his Hollywood makeover. Releasing teaser on YouTube, months in advance, is now an integral part of marketing a film:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Xwta_XIJo&feature=player_embedded
June
Anyone for tennis? A welcome return to Sony's balls idea - San Fran has been swapped for SW19:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znreR0ShdGc
July
Today marks a year until the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games. To whet your appetite, here's a clip from an excellent BBC comedy mockumentary about the team organising the London Olympics, Twenty Twelve. It's probably not far from the truth... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2y8yVs38IU&feature=relmfu
August
Danny MacAskill's latest film shot in an industrial landscape - any trainspotters out there?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShbC5yVqOdI&feature=player_embedded#at=26
September
Top marks to this Scottish teenager who made a wee video using Lego for the Rugby World Cup: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/north/267806-scottish-students-lego-rugby-animation-receives-international-recognition/
October
The voice recognition software, Siri, on Apple's new iPhone 4S doesn't seem to like the Scottish accent. Check oot the videos in this article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2053684/Scottish-iPhone-users-lost-translation--Siri-understand-accent.html?ITO=1490
November
In the UK, we have a strange way of communicating, especially in business. To help you to read between the lines, take a look at this:
December
We love this ad from 1981 - did Santa bring you some Denim aftershave or a Polaroid camera that Xmas? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZDiCaw8CMeU&gl=GB
