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MySpace and the Challenges of Being a Media Company

June 29th, 2011

I have been doing some reading lately on the changing media landscape, and some of the trends that are appearing. We have Facebook eating up more than its fair share of online time, Facebook delivering more banners ads than Yahoo, MySpace being sold for $35 million just a few years after it was purchased [...]

Social Media Myths - Exposed!

February 20th, 2009

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.”

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An Excerpt: For companies, resistance to social media is futile. Millions of people are creating content for the social [...]

Week of 12.08.08/Top Stories

December 10th, 2008

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Generational differences in digital: Millenials, GenX, and Boomers
How and what they access is different, but all generations use digital to gather shopping information.

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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?

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Mobile Shopping - changing the [...]

Is Social safe for advertising or not?

December 10th, 2008

Leading marketers believe in the power of social. The question is WHAT to do with it.

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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 [...]

Week of 12.01.08/Top Stories

December 2nd, 2008

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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
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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 [...]

Other good articles this past week

October 13th, 2008

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

Other good articles this past week

October 7th, 2008

Issues of Interest
Why Talk When You Can Text?
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How to Manage Your Yelp Reviews
entrepreneur.com

Digital Marketing News
High Online Video Ad Costs Could Drop
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Yahoo pitches Madison Avenue with ‘Mad Men’*
LA Times
Digital Commerce News
It’s time to critique your Web site
DM News
Social Media and Shopping Behavior
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Web Shoppers Gripe the Old-Fashioned Way
emarketer
Digital News and Trends
The Web at Work: A Mixed Blessing
emarketer
Where [...]

Other good articles this past week / 9.29.08

September 29th, 2008

Issues of Interest
College Students’ Social Networking
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Female Gaming on the Rise
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Study: Media, Technology Win Out Over Friends, Family
Adotas
Extending the Social Network
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Digital Marketing News
Video Ad Spend: Building to Steep Growth
emarketer
Mobile Ads Might Work with Teens
emarketer
The TV Ad Exodus, Part 2: Melding With the Web
ecommerce times
JupiterResearch: MySpace, Facebook need different approaches
biz report

Digital Commerce News
No Such Thing as Free [...]

Experts Explore The Business Value Of Social Networking Sites

September 11th, 2008

The first question is, do you accept the premise that retailing is social?  Even if your answer to the first question is no, the second question is, do you want to develop a deeper relationship with customers?

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Article excerpt:  If you accept the premise that retailing is a social business, then it would follow that [...]

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