Joe’s angle on marketing news you can use.
I have long held a belief about Facebook and Twitter that I think is potentially bearing some fruit. Most of this comes from observations about how everyday people use the two services, and the nature of the services themselves. And, a recent article I came across on ClickZ seems to be pointing toward some validity [...]
Skittles is getting a lot of chatter regarding its decision to make its web site simply a portal to social media. It’s bold, but is it smart?
Excerpt: Many marketers are applauding Skittles’s groundbreaking decision to turn its site into little more than a channel to point visitors to buzz and information about the brand on consumer-generated [...]
Some of the comments in the article are really “no -duhs,” but this is a good primer for just thinking through some of the key issues that come up when someone says “we need to do social.”
livingstonbuzz
An Excerpt: For companies, resistance to social media is futile. Millions of people are creating content for the social [...]
DigitalInStore/WhyAppsFail/Search&Display/CyberMonday
In a media democracy, which advertising media is most influential?
People are consuming media from all sorts of places, and that is changing the way companies reach out to consumers.
thestorytellingshow
Mobile coupons, please
Perhaps the current bad economy will prove to be the mobile tipping point.
theequitykicker
Social & Marketing - authenticity and attention grabbing
What are the highest ideals in [...]
What are the highest ideals in marketing - being real, or doing things that grab eyeballs and get people to talk?
adweek
Article links:
Advertisers Face Hurdles on Social Networking Sites
Viral Video Hits Blur the Authenticity Line
The Secrets of Marketing in a Web 2.0 World
Retailers find Facebook friends in hopes of finding sales
Social Networks: Millions of Users, Not [...]
DigitalInStore/WhyAppsFail/Search&Display/CyberMonday
Physical store are changing because of digital interventions
Mobile applications, connected screens are all changing the physical retail business. More and more, stores are becoming showrooms. How does this change the way we market and sell?
business week
Why most marketing-driven widgets and apps are doomed to fail - they are not ads!
It’s all about utility. [...]
It’s all about utility. Most marketers are taking too much or a short-term view towards these potentially powerful tools.
softpedia
Article links:
Apps: The Newest Brand Graveyard
Musing:
This article does an excellent job of explaining why most apps that are created as marketing tools fail - because they are treated like ads instead of apps.
Apps are very different [...]
GenerationsOnline/Cyber Monday?/MobileShopping/SocialAndAds
Generational differences in digital: Millenials, GenX, and Boomers
How and what they access is different, but all generations use digital to gather shopping information.
flickr
Do marketers have the wrong Cyber Monday? (And Black Friday is hot online, too, by the way)
Cyber Monday is a created phenomenon. But maybe it’s catching on?
Atlas
Mobile Shopping - changing the [...]
Leading marketers believe in the power of social. The question is WHAT to do with it.
facebook
Article links:
Learning to Work with Social Networks
Social Networkers Aren’t There for Ads
Musing:
The audience and the interest is there. Over 50% of those online use social networks, and they spend a lot of time there.
There is huge and lively [...]
SocialOverinfluence/OnlineBargains/GoogleTV/18-24YearOlds
Trying something new this week - putting articles together in themes and offering my thoughts on the implications.
How do we listen to customers via social without being overly influenced by the voice of the few?
People freaking out about Motrin advertising and the brand’s response begs the question - does listening to chatter give too much [...]
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