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Ford: Automotive Zeitgeist Studie 2.0

„Ford: Automotive Zeitgeist Studie 2.0“ eine perfekte Karte, um die Klippen des Paradigmenwechsels in der Autoindustrie zu umschiffen.

Richtig interpretiert, ist die Studie (Download) „Ford: Automotive Zeitgeist Studie 2.0“ eine perfekte Karte, um die Klippen des Paradigmenwechsels in der Autoindustrie zu umschiffen.

Falsch gelesen, landet man bei funkelnden Apps, abenteuerlichen Assistenten und weiteren Modell-Diversifizierungen.

Also Ford, tut was.

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smart: The new fortwo & forfour

Although smart is not exactly what engages our primarily interest – since our "Chromjuwelen Électrique“ documentary (embedded above) we kinda like this little fellow.

Although smart is not exactly what engages our primarily interest – since our "Chromjuwelen Électrique“ documentary (embedded above) we kinda like this little fellow.

smart just presented their brand-new fortwo and forfour. Some say both models look a Cygnet – we have to admit we like the Asiatic Manga-styled face. Finally the car has something that looks like a bonnet!

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RBC for Continental: Case Study (1/4) adidas "Rubber for Running"

"Rubber for Running“, which is the first out of four case studies RBC is producing for Continental, comprises 11 pages, includes numerous facts, images, and interviews with managers involved in the cooperation between Continental and adidas, as well as quotations from various professional marathon runners, who are real winners at the end of the day.

"Rubber for Running“, which is the first out of four case studies RBC is producing for Continental, comprises 11 pages, includes numerous facts, images, and interviews with managers involved in the cooperation between Continental and adidas, as well as quotations from various professional marathon runners, who are real winners at the end of the day.

The Continental case study showcases the technology cooperation with adidas and can be downloaded here.

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Chromjuwelen Magazine X Flipboard

Just because we are working hard on the relaunch of chromjuwelen.com doesn't mean we stopped publishing our web finds or selected stories from our Contributing Network. Of course, at the moment we don’t produce lots of Chromjuwelen reportages, but our social branches like Tumblr are busier than ever. Regarding Tumblr (Chromjuwelen, Chromjuwelen Motor Öl) we are looking forward to set a new record soon: 15k followers. Yeah!

Furthermore, we are gaining new experiences with another curation tool: Flipboard. So if you are a user — tell us in the comments what you think! Here's our Chromjuwelen subscription link.

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Chromjuwelen.com: WHERE'S THE BEEF?

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"Your stories, your international network, your multidimensional brand Chromjuwelen — DUDES, YOU ARE SITTING ON A GOLDMINE!" — that's what Chris and I often have heard since we launched Chromjuwelen.com back in 2005. But as stated in "It’s time to get focussed" we suspect that we buried — faced with so many funky and irresistible interweb opportunities — our Unique Selling Proposition — STORYTELLING. So it’s high time for digging. First of all for our USPs, then for gold.

We decided we'll to do it publicly, with opened visor. In short: We'll use storytelling to hack our broken storytelling. Virtually as a a self-prescribed therapy. To illustrate our mission, we'll borrow Wendy’s famous claim as our battle cry. 'Cause "WHERE'S THE BEEF?" hits the nail on the head. Especially these days, where the media scene seems to explode and everybody affirms he's making millions. We don't believe the hype.

We've got a long list of topics we would like to discuss, including things like money (of course), reach, trendsetters, language and culture — just to name a few. So stay tuned and let us know in the comments what you think. And of course, we still speak Deutsch. So don’t hesitate.

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Chromjuwelen Motor Öl X Lowly Gentlemen & StanceWorks

Andrew, Michael — we feel more than honored to see Chromjuwelen Motor Öl featured on The Lowly Gentlemen and StanceWorks! Now it is up to us to get our classic oil shipped in an orderable amount to the US.

In this context: We are still in search for an US distribution partner. If anybody reads this who could help us — shoot us an email! In the meantime: Chromjuwelen Motor Öl can be ordered here.

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Chromjuwelen.com & Ralf Becker Consultants: It's time to get focussed

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Facebook closes it’s @facebook-email-service ('cause nobody wants it), Germans are ditching WhatsApp ('cause they are paranoid) — and for me it’s time to end up my Tumblr-blog-excursion. We are still in a digital stone age, and you know how it is: "Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try." 

I still believe Tumblr is one of the best blogging tools out there, but either I stuffed way too much web finds in my Tumblr or used it in an inconsequent or wrong way. Tumblr works perfectly for our Chromjuwelen Motor Oil blog, but it never worked out as a full replacement for my "Ralf Becker Consultants" business blog.

It’s time to bring ralfbecker.com back. For branding-/marketing-topics, cherry picking and agency communication. "Lose Sight — Lose Fight" is written on the back of my business card of Ralf Becker Consultants. And "Losing Sight" is exactly what happened. With too many channels my communication got more and more frayed. So it’s time to regain the lead again (which is also written on my business card). Let's return to go!

Another MASSIVE PROJECT we are just working on is to rethink our lovely mothership, chromjuwelen.com. In the last eight years chromjuwelen.com got fat, felted and sluggish. When we — Christopher Stegemann and I — started chromjuwelen.com 2005 we had (to be honest) no idea where the business would be. In the meantime we figured out that we aren't that bad in things like storytelling, curating and content strategy. But it seemed we buried our skills, and it’s high time to expose them again. For our fans and readers, and for our clients.

Ha — coming home feels good!

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