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 ...
Creative Britain - A nation of shopkeepers?
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Education, Gaming, Generation C, Government & Politics, Networks, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 2 Comments »Vic Keegan wrote an impassioned piece recently about the creative industries in the UK. Vic writes When the 1850 public libraries bill was going through parliament, opposition came mainly from MPs representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. ...
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 to make a deal in the 21st Century
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Generation C, Networks, Social Networks, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »I picked this up on DC's blogWe got in touch entirely through using Twitter and Twhirl... how cool is that? Okay, we also used Skype a bit to close the deal..."Which refers to Seesmic's purchase of Thwirl - if you ...
The Twittering Government
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Government & Politics, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Picked this up from Jeff Jarvis A speech by Tom Watson The 19th century co-operative movements had their roots in people pooling resources to make, buy or distribute physical goods. Modern online communities are the new co-operatives. Jarvis makes his own ...
Mind the Gap
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Media, Mobile, Networks, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »Reading Tomi's last post prompted me to think out loud on some broader issues that have been brewing for some time. That thought process relates to the idea of FRICTION - Friction is abrasion, agitation, attrition, ...
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 - ...
Manuel Castells on the self and society
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Culture, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »our societies are increasingly structured around the bipolar opposition of the Net and the Self (1996, p. 3). The Net means the new, networked forms of organization which are replacing vertically integrated hierarchies as the dominant ...
remix America!
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Engagement Marketing, Government & Politics, Networks, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Web/Tech, Weblogs | No Comments »I just read Ellen McGirt's poignant feature story on The Brand Called Obama in Fast Company, and my marketing head is spinning. "The fact that Obama has taken what we thought we knew about politics and turned ...
