Sex and Social Media
Just as social interaction has evolved over the years so has marketing. The pick-up lines that worked for hipsters would fall flat today just as marketing tactics of the the 80′s wouldn’t earn...
View ArticleThe top 10 most social shows on TV
NCIS, Idol Top TVGuide.com’s List of the Most Social Shows Social network discussions about television shows drove more live viewing and second-screen engagement during the 2010-2011 television season,...
View ArticleSmartphone Trends [Infographic]
The shifting landscape of smartphone usage is changing how companies plan their marketing. The number of smartphone users will nearly double over the next four years. Apple iOS is now the dominant...
View ArticleTablet users will almost double by early 2012 (Study)
Are your web initiatives Tablet friendly? Well they should be. According to a study by the Online Publishers Association the 12% of Internet users with tablets such as the Apple iPad will nearly...
View ArticleIs Gamification Becoming a Standard Tool for Marketing and Business?
Gamification has been a huge buzzword over the summer and has been thrown around as “social media 2.0″. We touched on the term in the recent post about Social Rewards Programs and this week we dive in...
View ArticleWhat’s Next: Convergence of People, Information and Services
The future of the Internet is convergence! The once overused catch phrase is back; but this time there could be a bigger payday according to UK Future Internet Strategy Group (UK FISG) who recently...
View ArticleGreenBook’s 2011 “Research Industry Trends” (GRIT) Points to Social
Market research industry bloggers, GreenBook, have been producing annual reports since 2003. This year, GreenBook’s “Research Industry Trends” (GRIT) reveals how the changing market is changing...
View ArticleSpeed Up Innovation with Crowdsourcing
Historically innovation has been thought of as a linear process starting with science and moving to application. Robert E. Stokes wrote a book on innovation, Pasteur’s Quadrant: Basic Science and...
View ArticleAre Deal Sites a Good Deal for Merchants?
With over 600 group buying and deal sites in operation, businesses have more platforms to choose from than ever before. But, before they jump into forking over 50 percent of deal revenues to sites like...
View ArticleApp Store Analysis: What’s going on in the world of Mobile?
The wicked smaaght folks over at Empatika just released some great insights into the ever changing App Store (Apple). It’s pretty cool to see the huge changes over the past two months. The presentation...
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