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[Textless Tuesday] Clifford Stoll: 18 minutes with an agile mind
His article on the over-hyped Internet is also a good read.
[SociaList] March 6, 2008
What’s new and notable in the social networking realm? David Kirkpatrick, Senior Editor of Fortune, did an interesting write-up entitled “Geography, social media and breakfast“: “Combining social networks with geographic information was one of the big ideas at a gathering this week of uber-techies and media digirati in New York.”…”The next big thing is the integration of location-based information with social networking applications. At least that’s one conclusion I took from a high-energy “social media” breakfast for 100 techies in New York this week.”…”Not only will you see what someone …
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99%
99% of your social network’s current and/or future users are what I call “reactive users.” This group is content to read and accept, but isn’t the group that is going to customize their profile to an extreme, contribute blog posts, upload videos, spread the word virally, etc… I’m not saying that this group won’t do these activities, just that they will approach these activities with a limited amount of energy and commitment as well as a different paradigm. The 1% left are the “proactive users.” Seth Godin in his new …
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Part 1: What’s Next In 2008? A Look At Current Trends
Here are the first five of a list of ten current trends that will affect how 2008 shapes up. After posting the final five trends, I will write a multi-part segment on how you can take advantage of each trend this year. Growth In The Interactive Marketing Segment Interactive marketing, which includes search engine marketing, e-mail marketing, online content and video ads, mobile marketing, and social media marketing, is consistently growing as a key advertising category. Over the next few years, spending on interactive marketing will more than triple, reaching …
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