Archive for September, 2006

Emerce day – Rocks in Rotterdam

Friday, September 15th, 2006I have spent the last few days in Holland in the wonderful city of RotterdamI was giving a keynote at Emerce dayIt was a lot of fun and was sold out. I also met some great people:Albert Boswijk ...

MySpace set to sell music online

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006Website MySpace is to allow unsigned bands featured on the social networking site to sell their music as downloads.The site - which has 106 million users - is currently testing the idea, and hopes to rival market leader iTunes. ...

Tracking the community

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006Is this good or bad?Some Users Find New Facebook Features "CreepyWhat happens when a social network gets too plugged in? Facebook is finding out after launching a News Feed that shows all the comings and goings of a ...

Media Old World – Media New World

Thursday, September 7th, 2006Lets have some stats on the Media company share prices since January 2006GCap: -30.0% Trinity: Mirror -20.0% Emap: -16.7% Johnston Press: -12.6% ITV: -7.0%The migration of paid for ads and classifieds to the digital domain is well under way, it ...

Living in Edun

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006People sometimes ask me if I am an optimist and I say - I hope so.I nicked that line from Bill Bailey. But it is a belief of mine that brands of the future will be successful when there is ...

Today brands are defined by communities

Monday, September 4th, 2006Nice mention of our book by Guardian journalist Vic KeeganIt just doesn't pay to be a loyal customerVic talks about the experience of being badly treated by a mobile operator. He says...It is worth mentioning all this - ...

Creating culture out of the call centre

Monday, September 4th, 2006We are all aware that the world is now flat, that outsourcing is changing organisational structure and core strategy.We know that India provides as many as 350,000 people to service companies around the globe.In Hi, its Bollywood callingWe ...

The grave truth about junk mail

Friday, September 1st, 2006Following on from the great junk mail revolt is an article about junk mail sent to the deadIt is said that eight pieces of non-electronic junk mail are now posted on average each month to a ...

Post office to move into WH Smith

Friday, September 1st, 2006The high street retailer is set to enter an agreement that would see the Kingsway branch office moved.The Post Office said the plan was good news for customers, while a watchdog said more details were needed.The Commercial Workers Union ...

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