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Week of 10.13.08 / Top Stories

October 13th, 2008

SocialFlops/MenOnWeb/ConvergenceTracking/Crowdsourcing/OnlineVideo
Analyst: Half of ’social media campaigns’ will flop
Getting people to talk is not enough of a reason to move into social, says Gartner analyst.

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Study: Young Men Give Nod To Net Over Tube
What does it mean for the future of TV when men choose surfing the web over sex?

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Nielsen Launches Controversial ‘Convergence’ Panel, Tracks Both TV, [...]

The Power of Crowdsourcing Consumer Reviews

October 13th, 2008

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What do Angie’s List, Yelp, and ConsumerSearch have in common that can be applied to your crowdsourcing efforts?

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Article excerpt:  Customers are increasingly turning to each other, rather than a few experts, to gather information before making a purchase or signing a contract. The concept of crowdsourcing has worked well — mostly — for the field [...]

Other good articles this past week

October 7th, 2008

Issues of Interest
Why Talk When You Can Text?
emarketer
How to Manage Your Yelp Reviews
entrepreneur.com

Digital Marketing News
High Online Video Ad Costs Could Drop
clickz
Yahoo pitches Madison Avenue with ‘Mad Men’*
LA Times
Digital Commerce News
It’s time to critique your Web site
DM News
Social Media and Shopping Behavior
emarketer
Web Shoppers Gripe the Old-Fashioned Way
emarketer
Digital News and Trends
The Web at Work: A Mixed Blessing
emarketer
Where [...]

Negative online buzz, monitor it don’t ignore it

July 9th, 2008

Are you ready for the bad buzz? Are you ready to do something about it?

Picture: Google Images
Article excerpt: So your new product launch has been scuppered by a bout of negative reviews and consumer criticism. Instead of sticking your head in the sand and bemoaning the day you ever heard of buzz [...]

2 Articles: Friends help Amazon.com create product recommendations & Newegg mixes it up more with its customers

April 29th, 2008

Product recommendations or just letting consumers share? These two e-tailers are taking consumer comments to a new level, but which approach is better?

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Amazon article excerpt: E-retailers that generate product recommendations for customers do so based on customers’ past purchases and web site behavior, such as the types of products they view. But how to [...]

Other Articles of Interest / week of 3.10.08

March 18th, 2008

Digital Trends
Boldface in Cyberspace: It’s a Woman’s Domain nytimes.com
Survey: Internet primary source of news bizreport.com
TV, Web Vie for Viewer Attention emarketer.com
‘Quarterlife’ gets a Web smackdown latimes.com
TV, the Next Big Internet Application? emarketer.com Â
Online Video Will Not Replace TV emarketer.com
US Internet Highs and Lows emarketer.com
VideoCensus: 5.9 billion video clips viewed bizreport.com
Why the AOL-Bebo Deal Matters emarketer.com
Digital [...]