From bribing bloggers to following your toothpaste on Twitter – is Social Media the place for brands? At Quirk London's first debate, we argued the case for a brand-free social space against the idea that brands need to be on Social Media.

1. The Quirk Debate
Motion:
Brands should be banned
from social media
Free wi-fi
Network Gallery_B
Password thestrand
#SMW12

2. “If I tell my
Facebook friends
about your
brand, it‟s not
because I like your
brand, but rather
because I like my
friends.”

3. House keeping
An Oxford „style‟ debate
What do we define as social media?
What do we define as a brand?

4. Pre debate vote

5. For the motion

6. I wonder if my
favourite brand of
kitchen roll has a
twitter stream I can
follow?
Inspired by / stolen from: tpdsaa.tumblr.com

7. Digital waste

8. Trust

9. Shiny new things

10. Shaky foundations

11. People are stupid

12. ROI

13. Against the motion

14. Four groups, connected

15. Entertainment

16. Knowledge

17. Functional

18. Status

19. CAC
LTV

20. LTV
CAC

21. Word of mouth

22. LTV
CAC
CAC

23. Customer service

24. Transparency

25. Questions

26. Closing statements

27. The vote

28. Post debate vote
Brands should be banned from social media
22%
Yes
78% No

29. Thank you
Don’t forget your mug!

30. Intro: Against the motion:
It's dangerous to go alone! - No Way - sugarboxcoaching.com
theantisocialmedia.com Connect 4 – wikipedia.org
Inbetweeners - darkmatt.blogspot.com OK Go - theinspirationroom.com
2011 brands - trendbird.biz See Saw - gnr8.biz
Teeth - nickshell1983.wordpress.com
For the motion: Man on phone - i.crackedcdn.com
Yay! – joffi.tumblr.com Fish - pulsarmedia.eu
Leaning Tower of Pisa - Brain - parisdailyphoto.com
famouswonders.com Swiss army knife - microbion.co.uk
Don't believe the hype - slamxhype.com Money man -
Katie Price - thedrum.co.uk lawyerswithdepression.wordpress.com
Waste - theamericanschoolofprotocol.com
Dumb & Dumber -ivewatchedit.com Outro:
Rulers - tftaar.wordpress.com Raised hands -
findingsalesadvantage.com
Scales of justice - comedco.com
Robert Mugabe - hotsecretz.blogspot.com
Picture credits Awesome planet -
carterbsmith.deviantart.com
Picture frame - free-photo-frames.com