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A Home Network Where Your TV Talks to Your Fridge

September 2nd, 2008

The internet will truly be everywhere.

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Article excerpt:   Across the consumer electronics industry, leading players are revamping their audio and video equipment for a future centered around the Internet, a world in which televisions, stereos and computers — even dishwashers and refrigerators — can communicate with each other over a wireless home network. Expanded lines [...]

Other good articles this past week / 8.18.08

August 19th, 2008

Issues of Interest
The latest from the SlateOlympics Twitter feed.
slate.com
Digital Marketing News
Monetizing MySpace Traffic
emarketer.com
It’s Not the Ad; It’s Getting the Bill
nytimes.com
Ad Nets Accounted For 30 Percent Of Publishers’ ‘07 Sales; Premium Price Erosion?
paidcontent.org
Google’s Yahoo! Deal Rankles
adweek.com
Bernstein: Online Ad Revenue To Grow
mediapost.com
Online Video Ad Spending Growth
emarketer.com
Digital News and Trends
The Big Picture on Small-Screen Advertising
emarketer.com
Free Wi-Fi: Should Retailers [...]

Other good articles this past week / 8.4.08

August 4th, 2008

Issues of Interest
Retail Shoppers Hit the Web First
emarketer.com
Web Content Producers Turn Focus to Dramatic Fare
mediaweek.com
Sports Video on the Web
emarketer.com
Streamed TV Shows Attracting Their Own Audience
http://adage.com
Are Short Videos Best for the Web?
emarketer.com
Digital Marketing News
Behavioral Targeting and Privacy
emarketer.com
Study shows few leading e-retailers with a presence on Facebook
internetretailer.com
Digital Commerce News
Report: E-Commerce Investments Increasing
multichannelmerchant.com
Digital News and Trends
Former Employees of [...]

Some execs believe social space is the real new media

August 4th, 2008

Is banner advertising old media? Is user generated content the real future?

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Article excerpt: Google, Microsoft and other Web players may be wasting precious time and resources trying to dominate the display ad segment of the Web when the real ad potential may be in the user-generated, social media sphere, according to [...]

Week of 7.14.08/Top 5

July 15th, 2008

MicroBlogging/Boomers/IPhone/ E-CommerceMustHaves/GooTube
[Please note that I will be on vacation next week so the next blog update will be the week of 7/28]
Twitter Nation: Microblogging is huge, but should anyone care?
When’s the last time you sent a Tweet? If your answer is anything other than “a few hours ago” you need to read this article [...]

Other Articles of Interest / Week of 7.14.08

July 15th, 2008

Issues of Interest
The Changing Face of the U.S. Consumer
adage.com
Hurry up, the customer has a complaint
boston.com
Text Messaging Huge with Young Adults
emarketer.com
Digital Marketing News
Local Online Video Ads, Dollars
emarketer.com
Survey: More Buyers Expect to Spend Less in Most Media
adage.com
Digital Commerce News
Web entrepreneur plans year-round ‘Black Friday’
bizjournals.com
Online Reviews Sway Shoppers
emarketer.com
New shopping cart fashions a 19% conversion rate hike at Urban [...]

Apple iPhone 3G: 30-Minute Marketing

July 15th, 2008

I’ve seen it (and I have the phone, so nyah-nyah) and the acting is bad, but it does make you want one.  Doesn’t it?!?

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Article excerpt:   One of the most talked-about aspects of the Apple iPhone 3G is an approximately half-hour instructional video on Apple.com that lovingly details each new feature and function. But if [...]

Week of 7.07.08 / Top 5

July 9th, 2008

BroadbandFreetime/NegativeBuzz/LongTailBS/VODBarriers/ AtWorkToInStore
Broadband users spend nearly half their free time online, Netpop says
Not sure what is more surprising – the fact that they spend so much free time online, or that they have so little free time!

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Negative online buzz, monitor it don’t ignore it
Are you ready for the bad buzz? Are you ready to [...]

Other Articles of Interest / Week of 7.7.08

July 9th, 2008

Issues of Interest
Google and Creator of ‘Family Guy’ Strike a Deal
nytimes.com
Digital Marketing News
Google Ad Planner Shakes Up Web Analytics
emarketer.com
What’s Not to Like About Behavioral Targeting?
emarketer.com
IAB Prepares to Sharpen Self-Regulatory Fangs
clickz.com
Calling on NBA Fans
adweek.com
Digital News and Trends
Restaurants learn to Yelp — Eateries give mixed reviews: It’s a service or a shakedown…
bizjournals.com
Retail and Products
A Movie on Your [...]

Week of 6.30.08 / Top 5

June 30th, 2008

Innovation/DigitalGrowth/MultiplatformAds/ HumanizingCustomerService/OnlinetoOffline
The next step in open innovation
In the near future, the best innovations for your business may not come from the R&D department, but from your customers themselves. Are we ready to harness that powerful source?

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GroupM: Interactive Media Budgets Growing
As digital budgets grow, what will this do to price pressures in the space?

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