Archive for the ‘Messaging’ Category

Nomadic Generation C in the space of information flows

Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Generation C, Media, Messaging, Mobile, Networks, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »

In our book - we write The changing of customers habits and behaviours wrought by technology means the old ways just do not work anymore. The crisis of many businesses is the crisis of meaning. Leadership for brands and businesses ...

Mobile the 7th Mass Media is to internet like TV is to radio

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Generation C, Media, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Newspapers, Participation, Retail, Social Networks, Strategy, Television, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech | 71 Comments »

UPDATE MAY 2008 - there is a strongly updated and revised major article about the 7th Mass Media, entitled Deeper Insights into 7th Mass Media. You might want to read that first.Mobile as the 7th mass media is as much ...

World first? Nightclub passes ONLY via mobile

Friday, February 9th, 2007 Posted in Advertising, Culture, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Messaging, Mobile, Retail, Society, Trends | No Comments »

We've reported of various mobile ticketing ideas, from rock concert ticket sales to airline tickets and public transportation subways, trams etc. But this is a first as far as I can tell. Now a disco/night club in the UK has ...

As web content migrates to mobile internet

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Generation C, Media, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Newspapers, Participation, Social Networks, Television, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech | 8 Comments »

This article is another installment in my thinking on what happens when the internet migrates to mobile phones. It is an ongoing megatrend - there are three times as many mobile phones as PCs. All mobile phones have at least ...

Looking forward to red lights while driving, says Blackberry CEO

Friday, January 26th, 2007 Posted in Convergence, Generation C, Messaging, Mobile, Networks, Participation, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »

Jim Balsillie. CEO of RIM (Research In Motion) of Canada, the company that makes the Blackberry, was interviewed in today's Financial Times (26 Jan 2007) At the end of the interview he was asked if he was addicted to the ...

Creepy? iPhone is CLONE of award-winning LG Chocolate phone

Thursday, January 11th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Generation C, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Strategy, Television, Web/Tech, iPhone | 4 Comments »

I was resisting the urge to write a fourth posting about the iPhone. I think I've done enough "damage" on this topic. But this I really have to mention. In my long Handicapping the iPhone market chances blog I mentioned ...

Handicapping the race: iPhone markets and rivals

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Generation C, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Strategy, Television, Web/Tech, iPhone | 2 Comments »

UPDATE - There is now a more thorough complete number-crunching of what Apple needs to sell per region, and per quarter, plus significantly more complete analysis of the market potential for Apple at this blog from June: Crunching the Numbers ...

Open letter to Apple: The killer App is not voice nor music

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Generation C, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Strategy, Television, Web/Tech, iPhone | 16 Comments »

Dear Apple Inc(UPDATED AND CORRECTED 12 Jan 2007)So we now know the iPhone will launch in America in June on Cingular's network, and in the fourth quarter in Europe, and in Asia in 2008. It will cost 499 dollars for ...

ITV = A licence to print money. Not anymore

Saturday, July 29th, 2006 Posted in Advertising, Broadcast, Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Marketing, Messaging, News, Statistics, Strategy, Web/Tech | Comments Off

A leader article from the Guardian on the parlous state of ITV. ITV may well become another example of what happens where utimately hubris leads organisations. Compare ITV with the BBC or indeed the Guardian, who have maintained high ...

More reviews of Communities Dominate Brands

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Administrative, Advertising, Books, Broadcast, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Education, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Ethics, Events, Film, Gaming, Generation C, Government & Politics, Humour, Law, Marketing, Media, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Networks, News, Newspapers, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Retail, Science, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Statistics, Strategy, Travel, Trends, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech, Weblogs, iPTV | Comments Off

In a connected world, communities hold great power, and not just via hyperlink analysis on the Web. The groundbreaking book "Communities Dominate Brands" provides a truly realistic glimpse into the way communities have affected the way we market. Communities ...