Wednesday, March 25. 2009 | 17:01 | von Julie Nathan
I gotta admit – I haven’t gone through the blogosphere to read what the world is saying about this whole „TWITTER FOUND A MONETIZATION MODEL“ hoopla. I read an article over on Adrants and then another one over on Techcrunch and chatted with a couple colleagues over here about it. ( I label it as „hoopla“ because it came up more than a handful of of times in my periferal vision headline reading in the last couple days.) I also just did a quick search on the words „Twitter Ad“ over at Twitter Search. That was the extent of my research on this one. So…what you won’t find in this nice little bit of navel gazing is a summarization of the opinions out there, but just some of my top-of-mind, gut-feel thoughts. (Yeah, the weather in Munich is getting to me, can you tell?) more »
Tags: Ads, monetization, Online advertising, social marketing, twitter
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Friday, March 20. 2009 | 00:38 | von Torsten Schollmayer
Sportbegeisterte in den USA, und auch inzwischen weltweit, haben seit heute wieder eine Reihe von Basketball Games zu verfolgen: Das berühmte March Madness Turnier der NCAA für College-Basketball hat heute begonnen und wird bis zum 30. März (Final Eight) täglich von den Spielen berichten. Interessant ist hierbei der Live Web TV Service, der alle Spiele onDemand per stream (auch in HD) in einem Silverlight-Browser-Plugin abspielt, unterstützt von entsprechenden Sponsor-Logos. Nett – aber wo ist die Innovation, das Neue? Neben der echt guten Qualität hat man In-Player Funktionen zu anderen Informationen, Videos und Statistiken. Allerdings ist mir beim Live-Stream dann der "Share-Button" aufgefallen. Dort hat man neben den gewöhnlichen Share-Funktionen (Post in Facebook, iGoogle, digg etc.) eine weitere Option "Facebook Status Update", die meine Neugierde auf sich zog: more »
Tags: brand, facebook, placement, social marketing
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Thursday, March 19. 2009 | 23:32 | von Torsten Schollmayer
In his blog "Take Me To Your Leader" (TMTYL) Freddie Laker is summerizing his personal highlights from this years CeBIT:
CeBIT 2009 AMAZING and INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY
http://takemetoyourleader.com/2009/03/19/cebit-2009-round-up/
Tags: cebit, freddie laker
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Saturday, March 14. 2009 | 01:55 | von Torsten Schollmayer
As one could read today at our ally blog Mobile Zeitgeist, reports show that Mobile TV has worldwide still no return in investment. Even the asian markets do not succeed in generating revenue. Why is that, and why is no one in Germany, in a country full of TV influence, trying to launch a proper service? There are several aspects to look at:
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Tags: mobile internet, Mobile TV
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Friday, March 13. 2009 | 10:48 | von Jan Sessenhausen
Gestern bin ich in Nico Zorn’s Email-Marketing-Blog auf eine aktuelle Nielsen Studie zur Nutzung von Social Communites aufmerksam geworden:
Nielsen Online, an analytics firm that tracks time spent online at various websites, has issued a report finding that throughout 2008 social networking sites and blogs saw more time spent by users than personal email.
Ich stimme Nico zu, dass diese Erkenntnis sicherlich nicht bahnbrechend bzw. überraschend ist, da viele Anwender das Community-interne Versenden von Nachrichten inzwischen als quasi Email-Ersatz nutzen (bzw. sogar als Email verstehen). Patrick Ohler, einer der Gründer der beliebten Plattform Wer-kennt-wen.de, hatte diese Beobachtung vor einigen Monaten in einem Spiegel Online Interview „Für viele unserer Nutzer more »
Tags: emails, Nico Zorn, Nielsen Study, social networks, wkw
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Thursday, March 12. 2009 | 15:06 | von Markus Spiller
JA, endlich bewegt sich was im verstaubten Formatdschungel: Die OPA hat neue Formate für Online-Werbemittel angekündigt. Oder eher nicht? Ein echter Fortschritt für die zeitgemässe kreative und technische Kommunikation von Marken im Internet oder nur eine nervtötende Erweiterung des Waffenarsenals in dem Shooter "Online-Marketing jagt Online-User"?
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Tags: Ads, Banner, Marketing, Online advertising, OPA, OVK, Werbemittel
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Tuesday, March 10. 2009 | 18:38 | von Jan Sessenhausen
… and lets others worry about distributing it. That, and not the fact that almost everybody can integrate its online content for free in exchange for ad space, is the essence of today’s announcement from British online newspaper Guardian (www.guardian.co.uk).
Back in the good old days, newspaper managers did not have to worry much about how to effectively distribute their content since there basically was only one way to do it – print it on paper and get it out to the streets as quick and widely as possible. With the internet totally changing the newspaper / magazine ballgame and readers caring less who they get the news from as long as they get it as quick and accurate as possible, the Guardian is taking the somehow obvious step and concentrates onto its core competency: creating news.
With today’s announcement, The Guardian reacts to a current trend primarily driven by Twitter: more »
Tags: guardian, open content, twitter
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Tuesday, March 10. 2009 | 17:34 | von Torsten Schollmayer
Tags: cebit, webciety
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Tuesday, March 10. 2009 | 15:13 | von Kerstin Zorn
Fortunate for Sapient Germany and for the organisation of the Webciety at the CeBIT in Hannover, Freddie Laker, Sapient US Director Digital Media and popular founder of the blog takemetoyourleader.com was participating in an open stage interview. The discussion was very open and following points were discussed: more »
Tags: brand, cebit, freddie laker, Marketing, webciety
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Tuesday, March 10. 2009 | 15:07 | von Torsten Schollmayer
Bereits am ersten Tag der CeBIT nahm Oliver Schiffers (Head of Marketing Strategy & Analysis, Sapient) innerhalb des Webciety Programms als Diskussionspartner am Panel "Social Media Marketing" teil. Das Thema des Panels ist in soweit für Oliver und Sapient hoch interessant, da die Analyse und das Monitoring von Social Media entscheidende Erfolgsfaktoren für das Marketing darstellen und die Strategien neuartig und oft ungeplant aufgesetzt werden.
Die Diskussion brachte nun folgende Statements und Erkenntnisse hervor: more »
Tags: analytics, cebit, Marketing, panel, social marketing, social media, webciety
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