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 - ...
That’s entertainment - 25% made by you by 2012
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Citizen journalism, Culture, Generation C, Media, Mobile, Networks, Participation, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »Combining views from industry leading figures with Nokia's own research from its 900 million consumers around the world, Nokia has constructed a global picture of what it believes entertainment will look like over the next five ...
Banner Ads - The Ghost in the Machine
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Media, Networks, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Strategy, Web/Tech | 2 Comments »I met up with Dave Cushman today from Faster Future blog spot and we had one of our familiar chats about media, traditional media, digital media, mobile and advertising. We talked about how do advertisers create value in a networked world ...
An open letter to Steve Ballmer
Saturday, October 6th, 2007 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Education, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Government & Politics, Media, Mobile, Participation, Philosophy, Science, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Statistics, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech | 2 Comments »Steve Ballmer left a note on our blog about Social Networking. Its a fad like hot pants and Bellbottoms So I thought I would take my comment and post it because there seems perhaps to be some misunderstanding. Dear ...
Japan an advanced mobile marketing and communications ecology
Friday, October 5th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Gaming, Generation C, Media, Mobile, Music, Participation, Retail, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 3 Comments »Its all going gangbusters in Japan from Why mobile Japan leads the world A combination of an urban lifestyle and infrastructure advantages mean that the fixed internet is being left behind by the mobile, claims the Guardian. Books on mobile, ...
The demise of broadcasting revenue?
Monday, October 1st, 2007 Posted in Advertising, Economics, Media, Statistics, Television, Trends | No Comments »Google makes more profit in the UK than ITV and C4 combined. Makes you think doesn't it.
The Wealth of Nations vs. The Wealth of Networks
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Law, Media, Philosophy, Society, Statistics, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Capitalism brought us energy, light, water and sanitation etc., it released us from natures hegemony over us. But the sad thing is that the industrial revolution, mass media and mass consumption mean't that companies in the end were not really developing ...
Japan: 70% play videogames weekly on mobile, 38% play daily
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Gaming, Generation C, Mobile, Statistics | No Comments »The Wireless World Forum reported on videogaming in Japan in their recent Mobile Games 2006 report. Some stunning numbers. On the largest mobile network in Japan, NTT DoCoMo (about half of all Japanese mobile subscribers) - paid mobile videogames (so ...
Near future headline: More cameraphones than internet users
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Generation C, Media, Mobile, Networks, Statistics, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 11 Comments »Expect this headline this Spring: More people with cameraphones, than the total internet user base.The world has about 1.1 billion internet users, and about 2.7 billion mobile phone subscriptions. But a big milestone will happen this spring, when more cameraphones ...
Understanding the near future: Case Study Finland and Mobile
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 Posted in Mobile, Statistics, Trends | 8 Comments »Alan and I often argue from example. We keep repeating that if you follow what happens in the leading markets (and segments) will eventually happen everywhere, in technology, media, convergence and social networking. Our two favourite countries continue to be ...
