Archive for the ‘Social Networks’ Category

Nobody is as clever as everybody

Friday, March 18th, 2005 My co-author and friend Tomi Ahonen gave me an article from the economist yesterday called The future of innovation. The rise of the creative consumerThe article discusses how online communities are engaging with a whole ...

Building a brand through a community

Thursday, March 17th, 2005My good friend Adriana at the Big Blog Company flipped a link over to me today about building a brand via a blog and a community, which I wished we could have shoehorned into our book ...

Dyson uses blogs to launch new product

Thursday, March 17th, 2005Thanks to the guys at the Big Blog Company for bringing this to my attention Sucking sound Dyson as in vacuum cleaners is using the blogosphere to launch its new product. Net Imperative says...

A Masterclass in Engagement – what there is to learn about Jamies School Dinners

Wednesday, March 9th, 2005I have been mulling over the Channel 4 programme Jamies School Dinners . And thought I would have a trawl through the net to see what was being said. Certainly the programme has excited debate - star and celebrity chef ...

An open conversation with General Motors

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005Neville Hobson has a relevant and timely post on his blog. A conversation with Michael Wiley, Director New Media at GM. This caught our eye at SMLXL since we mention Bob Lutz Vice Chairman at General Motors - ...

TiVo the anticable

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005Big thinking over at Buzz machine on what to do with TiVo Buzz machineMore important, follow the Apple example and sell community (by making it, as Om suggests, an exclusive club): Aggregate the opinions and recommendations, the links and behavior, ...

Its politics, big business and big media. But not as we know it

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005Iain Duncan Smith's article in the Guardian on Saturday made for some interesting readingFor decades the national conversation in most western countries has been directed by a few talking heads. Newspapers play important roles but all ...

Communities Dominate Brands

Tuesday, February 8th, 2005 Communities Dominate Brands Business and marketing challenges for the 21st century Tomi T Ahonen and Alan Moore (about 250 pages, hardcover, Futuretext Ltd, March 2005) Communities Dominate Brands: Business and marketing challenges for the 21st century is a book about ...

Corporate America on the rack

Monday, February 7th, 2005Reported in the Financial Times February 7 2005 Verizon is taken to court in a civil class action - which signals to large corporations - that the customer is clearly in the driving seat. The FT reportsthe lawsuit against Verizon ...

Web browser Firefox grows via socially networked media

Thursday, January 20th, 2005Mediapost talks about the increasing use and spread of the web browser Firefox. Developed by a non-for-profit organisation Mozilla. The browser has been downloaded for use 19 million times so far. And according to the Firefox website has happened in ...

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