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Making Online Video Pop Requires Non-TV Thinkers

December 6th, 2009

For the 7th year in a row, “next year” will be the year that online video explodes. Incidentally, for the 5th year in a row, “next year” will also be the year that mobile advertising explodes.

Ok, so we’ve heard it time and time again that online video is the next great frontier for digital [...]

Some Suggestions for Publishers and Media Companies

November 18th, 2009

A recent IAB and Bain study announced last week offers publishers a view into why the digital medium is still struggling to be widely considered a branding medium rather than a direct response medium. It is an excellent study, and outlines a few key areas where media companies need to improve.

Rather than trying to recap [...]

Blogola, the FTC, and Google

October 12th, 2009

Let me be the first to say, right here and now, that I am not endorsed by, nor am I paid by any companies to post.  Although, I wouldn’t mind it so much.  I mean, if anyone out there wants to send me free cans of soda so I can blog about them, go right [...]

Is Geeky New Search Engine WolframAlpha a Google Killer?

May 18th, 2009

If you have not yet heard about WolframAlpha, it’s time to get in the know.  Launched last week, the new search engine could be the middle ground between Google and Wikipedia that we never knew we needed.

A couple of really good articles explain how WolframAlpha works, and why it actually may be a Wikipedia killer [...]

Other good articles this past week

December 23rd, 2008

Issues of Interest
Have Students Graduated from E-Mail?
Report: Over-the-top driving viewership
Study: Mothers Know Best for Online Shopping
All I Want for Tweetmas
 
Digital Marketing News
eMarketer’s Predictions for 2009
Online-Video Ads Show Slower Growth .Article
Online Marketers Wooing Minorities More
Comparison Site Visits Down 15 Percent From Last Season
Burger King’s Whopper of a Virginal Search Slip-up
 
Digital Commerce News
ComScore Sees No Overall [...]

Week of 12.01.08/Top Stories

December 2nd, 2008

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 [...]

Other good articles the past two weeks / 11.24.08

December 2nd, 2008

Issues of Interest
The TV Channel Is Changing emarketer
Behind the Numbers: MySpace and Facebook emarketer
Multicultural Marketing Hot, Success Not emarketer
 
Digital Marketing News
Marketers to Up Spending in Cable, Online, Mobile in Next 6 Months Ad Age
Report: Web Still Growing Despite Recession media week
What the Semantic Web — or Web 3.0 — Can Do for Marketers Ad Age
P&G Digital [...]

How Google is changing the face of TV and Video Advertising

December 2nd, 2008

Google (with YouTube) is making a serious run at the Television. Is there no media that is safe from the intrusion and disintermediation that Google creates?

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Article links:
Rival forecast to catch YouTube
What Is Google Doing in TV?
Where Do Online Viewers Go for Video?
Musing: Google is selling TV ads. Google is already the [...]

Feature films coming to YouTube

November 10th, 2008

YouTube has the audience.  Can it finally monetize them?

Image: youtube.com
Article excerpt:  YouTube will begin offering feature films produced by at least one of the biggest Hollywood movie studios possibly as early as next month, according to an executive with a major entertainment company.  For months, Google, YouTube’s parent company, has been talking to the major [...]

Other good articles this past week

October 13th, 2008

Issues of Interest
Facebook, MySpace reign supreme in mobile market
news.cnet.com
 
Study: Online Viewers More Engaged
tvweek
 
imeem, Good to Bring Sports to ‘Wild Frontier’
mediaweek
 
Consumers Await on Social Networks
emarketer
 
Digital Marketing News
What’s the Right Amount of Online Advertising?
emarketer
 
Marketing Spending Priorities Shift
emarketer
 
Big Spenders Put Local Online in the Mix
emarketer
 
Digital Commerce News
5 Tips for Getting E-Shoppers to Click on ‘Buy’
ecommerce times
 
Online Customer Service: [...]

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