While we wait for BlackBerry 10 phones to hit the market, RIM has to keep pushing hard to sell BlackBerry 7 Smartphones around the globe.
In the land down under, BlackBerry Australia is trying something a little.... ummm.. different with their Wake Up Be Bold campaign, that got off to a slightly *awkward* start with a flash mob at an Apple store gone weird. Though if you measure the success of a regional marketing campaign in terms of getting a lot of global attention, maybe it's actually doing quite well. Hit the link below. Sound off in the comments. I can't wait to read these ones. Lol.
While I'm not personally a fan of the Wake up concept, I gotta say I do like the notion of Do Different that they drop into the website's dialog. Who cares about Thinking Different? It's actually Doing Different that matters.
http://www.wakeupbebold.com.au/
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