Archive for July, 2009

teen media consumption hype, hearsay

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Teens OnlineMatthew Robson, in presenting a well-written report, sent waves through SM-ville yesterday. I’ve mentioned my own experience as a digital native. My gut-wrenching analysis didn’t garner as much popularity but reads awful similar.

I didn’t have co-writers or fill three pages and wasn’t published by the Morgan Stanley. It wasn’t covered by Bloomberg or The Telegraph or Mashable. Still, I have just as many facts in mine and it’s presented the same way. (more…)

golden box, modernized

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Charlie's Golden TicketBack in the day, Les Wunderman garnered huge results from a campaign just by integrating different mediums. He used television to drive traffic to a product through magazines advertisements.

Many different small businesses can benefit from a similar, updated approach. It will drive traffic to their site and better position them for growth. (more…)

facebook aims at twitter, destroys self

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Numerous changes have hit, or will hit, Facebook recently. Most of them point to a determined attempt to undermine the buzz surrounding Twitter. Change is good, but Facebook has lost self-awareness.

Changes like the new “News Feed” that looks exactly like a Twitter homepage or making status updates fully public won’t cripple Facebook. Not entirely, at least. But it could slow its cinema-friendly rise. (more…)