An AAF (American Advertising Federation ) survey of industry leaders on digital media trends indicates that advertising agencies are not confident that Fortune 500 companies quite appreciate the effectiveness of digital marketing. Sixty three percent of Fortune 500 companies according to the survey are, “generally behind the curve when it comes to online strategy.” However,… Continue reading AAF: MySpace and YouTube, Yes; Blogs, Not Really Very Much
Category: Buzz Marketing
Word of MouthSpace
What space do gymnasts, cheerleaders, Fall Out Boy fans and gay guys share? http://www.myspace.com/stickitmovie.According to Reuters, Jessica Bendinger, the director of Stick It a movie the opened April 18th from Disney’s Touchstone Pictures devised a word of mouth marketing campaign through niche outlets and a MySpace page. Disney promoted the movie in a two week… Continue reading Word of MouthSpace
YouTube, NotYourTube, or YourBoobTube: This is What It Looks Like
YouTube users add 35,000 videos each day and viewers view 30 million videos each day according to Newsweek. Anyone can download a video, any video can be emailed; in minutes you can download a DIY video, a TV show, or a commercial or a combination of any or all of these. Members can set up… Continue reading YouTube, NotYourTube, or YourBoobTube: This is What It Looks Like
Wombat Podcast #10: Sean Glass and Chris LaConte
Sean Glass and Chris LaConte of Higher One talk about how they have used Word-of-Mouth to build their on campus financial services business on a podcast at the Wombat Blog .It is fascinating! Sean and Chris talk about how when they started the business their first encounter with the influence of word-of-mouth was through negative… Continue reading Wombat Podcast #10: Sean Glass and Chris LaConte
Ready, Xfire, AIM: Axed again!l
There is a lot being written about the increasing use of Instant Messaging especially about teenagers. CNET reports the following from an AOL commissioned poll: "Nearly 66 percent of 13- to 21-year-olds say they send more IMs than e-mails, compared with 49 percent last year… Overall, 38 percent of users say they send as… Continue reading Ready, Xfire, AIM: Axed again!l
Beta Marketing
The WSJ has an article today on technology companies use of beta tests as marketing tools. This is not really new news. TechNewsWorld titled an article "Software Firms Use Beta Tests to Build Buzz" several months ago and coined the term "beta mania" to describe the phenomenon. What I think is noteworthy about the widespread… Continue reading Beta Marketing