Advertising Furniture - Business models and Collapse
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Research, Generation C, Marketing, Media, Networks, Participation, Philosophy, Quotes, Strategy | No Comments »In my presentations I ask people what is advertising? They describe all the furniture of advertising, you know 60 sec. spots, billboards, double page spreads etc. Right now I am reading Jeffrey Sachs - Commonwealth. Economics for a crowded planet Fascinating - ...
C’mon everybody
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Marketing, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends | No Comments »in Widgets, People and the Web - I pointed to David Cushman and his thoughts about how humans become in a world of ubiquitous social computing the very nervous systems upon which future commerce and all other things will be ...
Widgets, people and the web
Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Generation C, Marketing, Media, Participation, Retail, Social Networks, Sociology, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »Dave Cushman presented his thoughts on how people become the key distributors of information in the networked society Dave mentions Reed's Law - the law of group forming networks. Another thought that has crossed my mind is that there is a ...
The True Promise of the Mobile Society - Access, Communication & Business
Friday, October 3rd, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Mobile, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Networks, Retail, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »I am speaking at an event in Slovenia in November and I was asked to write something about my presentation. I thought it was worth sharing It is often said that that what works in one country, does not work in ...
The Black Gold of the 21st Century - refined data
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Science, Strategy, Trends, Uncategorized, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »An interesting piece/rant from Bob Garfield - SMLXL has written a whitepaper on Social Marketing Intelligence - the black gold of the 21st Century - please contact me alanm (AT) smlxtralarge (DOT) com We've stipulated already that display advertising as a ...
You’ve come a long way, but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Ethics, Generation C, Media, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Says Vint Cerf in his Op-ed piece about the Internet I have no doubts that its social repercussions will take decades to be fully understood, but it has already done much to benefit the world. It has provided access to information ...
Co-creation of a business
Friday, September 5th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Participation, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Threadless is an example of the Generation that is networked, participatory, and co-creative. It is a great example of the combination of Engagement In the The Customer is the Company an in-depth look at the company Threadless - one can ...
When Petrabytes seem like kilobytes - what comes next?
Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Sciences, Marketing, Mobile, Networks, Retail, Science, Social Networks, Society, Web/Tech | 5 Comments »Affirmation is a great and positive word and I have been feeling some affirmation recently and here is another small slice The concept of Web 2.0 is a dynamic, user-driven mesh of technologies Absolutely, and Carlota Perez in her book Technological ...
Power Play on the Global Stage
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Government & Politics, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Strategy, Trends, Uncategorized, Web/Tech | No Comments »The way that consumer power is shifting across the globe is going to significantly affect the way that brands maintain ‘relationships’ with their customers. The impact of new economic global powerhouses, coupled with the empowerment of ‘digitally fluent’ consumers means ...
How consumer conversation will change business using Social Marketing Intelligence
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Networks, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Prive Waterhouse Coopers have published a report How consumer conversation will change business One consumer voice can morph into a community in minutes. Are you listening? They say - The speed and scale of consumer conversations can redirect entire markets - ...
