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	<title>Benjamin Ellis &#187; matterbox</title>
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		<title>Matterbox</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s nice to get a surprise, and it is also nice to get something you&#8217;ve been waiting for. The Matter Box that arrived through the post yesterday was a bit of both. I got an email saying it would be with me, then one saying it would be delayed. Oh the suspense! Well managed communications though &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s nice to get a surprise, and it is also nice to get something you&#8217;ve been waiting for. The <a href="http://www.matterbox.co.uk/index.php" target="_blank">Matter Box</a> that arrived through the post yesterday was a bit of both. I got an email saying it would be with me, then one saying it would be delayed.</p>
<p>Oh the suspense! Well managed communications though &#8211; a general note: if you are going to be late with something, let people know. Much better than letting people down. Well done Matter.</p>
<p><a href="http://benjaminellis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/matterbox.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-148" title="matterbox" src="http://benjaminellis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/matterbox.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="320" /></a></p>
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<p>The general idea behind Matter Box is best explained by Matter themselves:</p>
<blockquote><p>Matter is a new and innovative way for companies to talk to people by giving you real, physical stuff &#8211; things to hold in your hands, keep in your drawer, or give to your friends.</p>
<p>In a digital age, we want to bring companies and people together around real, physical things</p></blockquote>
<p>I like the sentiment. As much as I am a massive on-line advocate, real physical stuff trumps the on-line world anytime. </p>
<p>It isn&#8217;t easy to show in a picture, so let me list what was in the box:</p>
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<li><strong>Cadbury Cranberry &amp; Granola Bar</strong></li>
<li><strong>BBC Audio Comedy sampler</strong></li>
<li><strong>Original Source Orange Oil &amp; Ginger hair and body wash</strong></li>
<li><strong>LOVEFiLM DVD cleaning cloth and a month’s movies</strong></li>
<li><strong>O2 sim card pack</strong></li>
<li><strong>Pimm’s, Baileys, Bell’s &amp; Gordon’s winter drinks pack </strong>- recipes and ‘roaring fire’ DVD</li>
<li><strong>Sampler of ‘Let Battle Commence’ by Conn Iggulden / Harper Collins.</strong></li>
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<div>The Cadbuy Cranberry and Granola bar was a timely peace offering for someone &#8211; and very nice too. I tried to dig around on the Cadbury (.co.uk) site to see what other things they made that I&#8217;d not heard about before. Turned out to be harder than I thought. The <a href="http://aglassandahalffullproductions.com/">a glass and a half full productions</a> site actually had more info, but I had to wade through megabytes of flash games just to get to basic product information. Grrr&#8230;</div>
<div>The <a href="http://www.originalsource.co.uk/">Original Source</a> stuff smells amazing. I like the website too &#8211; it is snazzy. However, it still wanted me to play a game &#8211; I just wanted to find out if they did any tea tree products! I&#8217;ll have to look through the shelves next time I am in a shop. Anyway, the orange and ginger smells absolutely wonderful and doesn&#8217;t seem to have set off any allergic reactions.</div>
<div>I picked out those two products as I&#8217;ll come back to the others (and a couple are probably something for my work blog), I also picked them because they are good examples of how this sort of marketing can be very effective. A piece of paper wouldn&#8217;t have got me to try the products, or drawn a mention. They are something you really have to experience&#8230;</div>
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