Jeff Jarvis in this video, from the Nokia Ideas Project, states that since the Internet is a connection machine, anything creating artificial middle men, preventing…
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There is a big difference between how the existing media business models work in the old landscape compared to how they will work in the…
Read the PostA New Business Model, for Content That Grows, Connects and Augments
“Digital” as a term is messing up our whole vernacular . Let me elaborate: Technology is becoming, in the words of Clay Shirky: “boring enough…
Technological and media related innovation is not moving us forward, it’s not really moving us at all, if anything we are expanding . Innovation is…
Read the PostWe are not moving forward and our head is in the wrong direction
It’s been the focus on this blog now for some weeks, that in order for the marketers to understand the new marketing landscape one needs…
Our new digital abilities has opened up a whole new kind of marketing . I’ve previously called this both content marketing, situation marketing and even…
Digital is by some perceived as “marketing on sale”, maybe due to it’s lack of tangibility, “newness” or failing ability to show it’s potential as…
With digital activities it is becoming increasingly easier to measure stuff, but this comes with a great caveat. The simplicity of measuring the simple stuff…
In the traditional advertising mindset, brands are unwanted interrupters of ongoing conversations. Because of this tradition brands can still be very humble and cautious when…
Advertising is EXPANDING, from messaging to creating deliberate value . What does this mean? This is an explanation I’ve written in order to explain one…
A lot of intense activity the last couple of weeks, with presentations and alterations has produced a new updated edition of the presentation The New…
If serious marketers would never find themselves interrupting an ongoing telephone conversation, why do we let ourselves interrupt a Facebook conversation? Social arenas are not…
In desperate need of inspiration? Head over to the Razorfish – Emerging Experiences Vimeo channel to catch some great projects on the Surface table (and…
Companies and marketers should think of themselves and their content as igniters of conversations, not interrupters. Discussing the findings in the Microsoft 3 screen Research…
As we pour applications onto the mobile platform it’s important to remember that branded utilities and services are not only one way streets. Restricting them…
Digital is not about technology, it’s about people and the situation their in. Finding brilliant solutions is all about studying these situations and discovering the…
Aki Spicer and Fallons planning team pushes the notions of shareability one step further in this latest installation of their Brainfood series. Five guidelines on…
If you are considering creating additional content for audience participation, it’s not necessarily the content itself that is most important but it’s shareability. Microsoft has…
Amanda Mooney has produced and published this brilliant piece: A walk through the thoughts expressed by youths regarding engaging with, and the behavior of, companies.…
During the last thirteen years of online publishing there has been a tremendous development in online content. Readers of digital newspapers and magazines have gone…
Read the PostThree and a half reasons for online publishers to start fighting for their revenue
Especially in hard financial times it is important to remind ourselves that marketing is NOT about selling stuff, it’s about giving the participant a reason…
Looking through the last 13 years of online newspaper evolution, via the wayback machine, it is refreshing to see the innovation in editorial content and…
We are as marketers and digital strategists to focused on the tools and arenas we want to be “on” rater than our job; to connect…
Marketing needs to extend the notion of value. In the event of adding smaller initiatives to the marketing mix moving customers one step closer to…
There seems to be a more “direct marketing” effect from social media than brand value and loyalty . According to Razorfish the engagement from social…
Read the PostSocial Media Directly Correlates to Purchase Behavior
Seth Godin points it out wonderfully in this short post on products and marketing. In fact, just about every successful product or service is the…
Just wanted to link to the presentation on Nike+ by Michael Tchao, General Manager of Nike Techlab, from Picinic 08′ mentioned, affordability is a prime…
Read the PostCommercial Collaborations; Tools Things and Toys
Digital marketing isn’t exclusively connected to content. Although we often want to use existing platforms, sometimes it would provide new and exciting opportunities to explore…
Understanding collaboration through the lens of Itay Talgam and a collection of the worlds foremost conductors. The best event I attended last year was the…
Digital marketers and advertisers need to resurface. We need to get back in the game where the participants are, and transform our language into one…
According to the panelists Matt Jones of Dopplr and Jonathan MacDonald of Ogilvy at PSFK’s Good Idea Salon London, mobile is all about a patchwork…
As participants worlds fragment across a range of platforms, arenas, channels and screens, companies are met with an opportunity to build behind bigger ideas. This…
Read the PostA Bigger Idea – Branded Context and Brand Situations
To anyone planning to attend Scandinavian Futures this tuesday – Coronary Artery Disease, CAD Class I Patients with cardiac• “Do you have any difficulties in…
Creating arenas for brands to connect to participants will create the biggest opportunities for media in the years to come according to Jaap Favier at…