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Mobile: Think Time and Space

June 30th, 2010

About a year ago, I wrote a post on mobile that I still think is mostly right. My main argument in the article was that advertisers miss the opportunity on mobile precisely because they think of it as an advertising medium.
That is still correct. I do think that iAd and the coming onslaught [...]

Facebook 2nd Most Popular Site!

February 22nd, 2010

Who woulda thunk it?  Facebook has just surpassed Yahoo!  as the 2nd most visited site on the internet behind Google.  It certainly validates that social media is huge, and that communication and information surely are the killer apps of the internet.

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But what are the implications of this information?  As marketers, we have to [...]

Making Mobile Work

July 11th, 2009

For many years, marketers have struggled with what to do with mobile.  Because mobile phones are so pervasive, so personal, and always with us, they seem like the holy grail of marketing.  But why has it taken mobile so long to take off?
The latest research from Universal McCann and AOL helps, I think, make it [...]

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: [...]

Jumpstarting the Mobile Internet

May 19th, 2008

Phones are primarily communication devices. So is social networking. Will the combination of the two finally make mobile internet explode in the US?

photo: facereviews.com
Article excerpt: Is social networking the key? Mobile social networking stands a good chance of jumpstarting mobile Internet adoption because mobile social networking is based more on communication than content. Time and [...]

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