Move over Second Life. Kid-focused virtual worlds such as Club Penguin, Webkinz, and a string of site start-ups loom as the new and hot Web playgrounds for …More...
According to a State of the Media Democracy 2007 study recently complete by Deloitte, user-generated content is in big demand on the Web. Over 50 percent of …More...
At least once a year, its helpful to look at Mary Meeker’s excellent PowerPoint presentation on Technology and Internet Trends. Meeker is a managing director at Morgan …More...
Here’s more evidence of the continuing shift from analog to digital media. On the heels of this article last month about sharp declines in newspaper circulation in …More...
JWT, one of the larger U.S. and world advertising agencies, released its list of 80 Things To Watch In 2008. It’s quite comprehensive. One of the funnier …More...
The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has put together a list of 2008 Trends To Watch. Incidentally, the way they released this information is on one of …More...
Now that Christmas is over, here’s an interesting illustration that shows you how Santa pulls the whole thing off. It’s from Wired Magazine’s Top Ten Illustrations of …More...
It is that time of year again when many pundits seem to be putting a list together. Either it’s a list about what was tops in 2007, …More...
...from Paul Williams at MarketingProfs (link). Merry Christmas.
Blogging is still growing at a rapid rate. Technorati is now tracking over 112 million blogs. That number is up over 40 million since this report was …More...
So many web sites have a couple of fundamental flaws: they aren’t written from the customer’s perspective, and the content doesn’t help users complete common site tasks. …More...
Who needs the record label companies to become famous? Not Ingrid Michaelson, a singer-songwriter whose self-produced Girls and Boys recently hit #2 on the iTunes charts. Her …More...
The 2008 presidential election year is almost upon us. It’s two weeks until the Iowa Primary (Jan 3), and followed quickly in five days by the New …More...
The Inquiz-i-tron from Sundog Laboratories measures whether you are naughty or nice. Take the short test and see how you score.
As 2007 comes to a close and the 2008 presidential election rapidly approaches, Americans are beginning to gear up for another crazy campaign season. For those who …More...
The character at right is a Qee. It is part of a great project and website called Art Is A Gift. You can have fun making your …More...
There has been a sizable shift to an online marketing emphasis in many company budgets in the last several years, and according to results of a new …More...
“w00t” – the joy-filled expression popularized by online gamers – was named Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2007 based on votes from web site visitors. …More...
Joining the seemingly never-ending stream of free Google tools for Web developers, allow me to present the Google Chart API...
Consider: • Monopolies no longer have a monopoly and they don’t like it (Seth Godin). • Political campaigns can no longer be orchestrated (at least on the …More...
There is getting to be more digital HDTV content all the time, and 2008 should usher in a host of additional channels and shows that will be …More...
A new study conducted by comScore and the Kelsey Group shows consumers are willing to pay up to 99 percent more for a product that has received …More...
If you frequent video sharing website YouTube, chances are you may have seen “Chocolate Rain,” a viral music video recorded by University of Minnesota Ph.D. candidate Tay …More...
This is funny (via John Battelle and Kara).
Zenith Optimedia projects worldwide advertising growth at 6.7 percent next year, but the only category on a long-term growth trajectory is the Internet. In fact, they predict …More...
MarketingProfs asks, Are you ready for 2013? BusinessWeek asks, Will you have your job in 2013? The two links above are strongly related. According to the MarketingProfs …More...
