September 2009
29 posts
Specialists v. integrators part II. →
You’re probably quite familiar with Gartner’s hype cycle (above) which describes the stages of hype, disillusionment, and then actual productivity that many new innovations go through….
Graffiti Designs + Styles: Tagging, Bombing,... →
When you walk by graffiti in the street, do you take the time to study it? Do you look at its composition to determine the intention of the person behind the spray paint can? If you do,…
The Collaboration Imperative →
This is the Version 2.0 era. We have seen the rise of Web 2.0 technologies; companies are using Enterprise 2.0 tools; and in the aftermath of the recent financial crisis, the world’s leaders are…
Microsoft goes after social media monitoring with... →
Keeping track of your online reputation is getting to serious business. Just this week, Seth Godin’s Squidoo launched a service that will let brands filter their online reputation (for a…
Fluent: The Razorfish Social Influence Marketing... →
Razorfish Social Influence Marketing Report
Social Business →
Stowe Boyd wrote today about his discomfort with the phrase Enterprise 2.0 and his preference for “social business” as a way of describing the changes we are seeing currently. While I understand…
Mint.com makes a mint, being acquired for $170m →
More M&A: publicly-traded software company Intuit is acquiring personal finance upstart Mint.com for $170m. Mint.com, which launched at TechCrunch40 in 2007 and had raised nearly $32m from…
Flickr Galleries: Collect and Share the... →
Flickr gives you a ton of great ways to organize your own photos, but what about the images from other photographers that you like? Thanks to today’s launch of the Galleries feature…
Groupon's Four Keys to Customer Interaction →
There is an interesting experiment happening on the web. The e-coupon site Groupon.com offers one deal a day in sixteen cities across the USA. They just added three new cities — Miami,…
5 Ways Banks Are Using Social Media →
Lon S. Cohen is a writer and Director of Communications at @ALSofGNY. He is @obilon on Twitter.
Many banks have started using social websites to help them with everything from…
Insane Prisoner Inventions: 24 DIY Prison Tools... →
Being locked up is no picnic, to be sure, and people in prison have to learn to do without the small comforts of life on the outside. But, thanks to books and movies about prison life, it’s…
The challenges for FMCG brands in social media... →
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FMCG brands are often some of the most innovative in their use of digital and social media but this great presentation from Helge…
Google - Internet Stats →
SEOmoz | 17 Ways Search Engines Judge the Value of... →
Against “earned media” →
An addendum to my last post “How advertising distorts marketing“, if it wasn’t clear, is that advertising is not a bad thing per se, it should be seen as one tool among many for…
Ratings & reviews are the new advertising →
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In a world of perfect information, why should anyone trust adverts?
If you can uncover the experiences of real buyers before you make a purchase,…
15 (More!) Creative Bookcases & Book Storage... →
Books may seem ever more anachronistic as electronics and the Internet continue to supplant their traditional roles, yet there will always be a place for books in our lives – and in our…
9 Ways To Convince The CEO To Use Social Media and... →
HOW TO: Use Twitter’s Advanced Search Features →
10 New Sites for Socially Responsible Shopping →
The FASTForward Blog » Is it time for Social Media... →
Articles by McKinsey Quarterly: Online Business... →
NoseRub - The home of decentralized, social... →
Onitsuka Tiger →
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Facebook Widgets: Embed Your Facebook Content... →
Facebook recently released two rather robust widgets: the Fan Box and the Live Stream Box, both of which allow Facebook features to be embedded on other websites.
Today, Facebook…
Dachis Group Expands Internationally With... →
It’s been five months since I joined colleagues Peter Kim, Jeff Dachis, Kate Niederhoffer, and Jevon MacDonald in a new venture that we believe will alter the way business gets done. In this time,…
Copenhagenize.com - The Copenhagen Bike Culture... →
HOW TO: Do Good on Twitter →
This series is supported by Toyota Prius and presented by harmonytweets, a Twitter-based platform for filtering conversations around design, sustainability, eco technology and…
August 2009
9 posts
Benefits of usability, accessibility and training →
simple overview of usability benefits
The law of plentitude is most accurately... →
Originally posted in New Rules thus: In a network, the more opportunities that are taken, the faster new opportunities arise. Furthermore, the number of new opportunities increases…
What Does Google Think of Twitter? [Pic] →
When you start typing a search on Google, if you have auto-complete enabled, it will start to recommend different queries based on what you’re typing. So, for example, if you write…
Apple’s Social Media Strategy = iTunes? →
Over the weekend, an intriguing report caught our attention: the possibility that iTunes 9 would include integration with Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm. Now, we have some additional…
Playing the long game →
A first post from me on this blog, so I thought I’d mark the occasion by gently tossing one of my daily (relevant!) thoughts into the ether…
On the train this morning I listened to my favourite…
How to write your firm’s social media policy →
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In our last post we looked at why every business needs a social media policy. And the fact that the most important thing for any…
Book Review: ‘Free’ by Chris Anderson →
I was expecting—maybe even hoping—to hate Chris Anderson’s new book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price. As a digital marketer I have seen far too many poor business models pop up, become…
Connectivism - a learning theory for the digital... →
MySpace Launches MySpace Graveyard [Parody Video] →
Shared by Jason Ryan
Actually a brilliant idea - digital graveyard
It’s no secret that MySpace, once the undisputed leader in the social networking realm, has been losing users at an…
July 2009
27 posts
The Nichepaper Manifesto →
Dear Newspaper Magnates, So you’re going to try and charge people for news yet again. Cart, meet horse. Journalists didn’t make 20th century newspapers profitable — readers did. 20th century…
Spotify iPhone App Imminent: Europeans Get It... →
Europeans, rejoice: finally we get access to a cutting edge application before our American counterparts. Spotify revealed today that it has submitted its first official iPhone app to…
Digital strategy - Wikipedia, the free... →
Amazon and Zappos: A Savvy Deal →
It’s been one heck of a July for Tony Hsieh, CEO of Internet superstar Zappos.com. A week or so ago, Hsieh passed the one-million-follower mark on Twitter — putting him in the company of Martha…
Write Your LinkedIn Profile for Your Future →
A Permanent Decline in Advertising Spend →
From time to time I get phone calls from financial analysts who cover the broad advertising and marketing industry. Their questions tend to focus on uncovering “what’s hot” and whether and…
Brands that are highly engaged in social media... →
I came across this partnered piece of research by Wetpaint and Altimeter group ranks the top 100 brands by levels of social media engagement and thought it’s worth a round up.
The study…
Yes, Your Social Media Strategy Needs Design →
In nearly every conference room across the business landscape it’s inevitable that at some point the phrase “social media” enters the discussion. Marketers, PR and salespeople are among the…
Here’s Why Amazon Bought Zappos →
The deal is done, and we’re still digesting the news: Amazon has acquired Zappos for $850 million. The acquisition, confirmed by both sides, places the popular online apparel and footwear…
The New Breed of Record Labels: Helping Bands Help... →
Recently we wrote about several examples of how music artists can circumvent record labels and traditional music business models and make money themselves through the use of social…
LendingTree Launches MoneyRight to Challenge Mint... →
Personal finance tools on the web have been booming with both features and users. The combination of more powerful web technologies and a stinging recession have led people to tools like
10 Impressive New Implementations of Facebook... →
Facebook Connect is an exceptionally useful technology for web developers. Not only can they offer Facebook users one-click registration and sign-in, but by accessing profile and social…