By Ian, on December 1st, 2006 Thanks to Simon from Green for sorting me out a press pass to Word of Mouth Communications. A very interesting day which I thoroughly recommend the next time it comes around. I’m going to write about three cough… two of the presentations in three … two posts, to keep me stocked up with new material Continue reading What I Learned About Word of Mouth By Ian, on November 25th, 2006 Chris Riley has come up with a great idea for tracking exactly how in touch the BBC website is with its readers. His BBC Touch site compares the top ten headlines on the BBC News front page against their popularity — the news that was actually read. This brief sample shows that we’re a bit Continue reading Out of Touch or Moral Guardian? By Ian, on November 24th, 2006 A new report into customer engagement produced by e-consultancy reveals that UK firms are likely to significantly deepen their commitment to Web 2.0 technologies over coming months. The authors, who polled 800 internet and customer experience professionals to obtain the results, found that: 42% are planning to apply user-generated content (UGC) to their websites in Continue reading Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Britain By Ian, on November 23rd, 2006 The new Wired has a great feature about the lonelygirl15 story. Lonelygirl15, you will remember, was a hit YouTube vlog about a teenage girl, her family and her ambiguous relationship with her friend Daniel. You’ll also recall that the central character, Bree, turned out to be an actress called Jessica Rose, working with a guy called Continue reading Not So Lonely By Ian, on November 22nd, 2006 It’s always been obvious that watching 5-minute segments of TV programmes on YouTube is likely to increase people’s desire to watch the real thing. Pete Cashmore reports that yesterday, some proof has emerged. US TV network CBS has announced that viewer figures have risen considerably since striking a deal to create their own Continue reading Proof YouTube is Good for TV By Ian, on September 29th, 2006 Research outfit InStat has produced a press release relating to a new report. The release, which was promoted to the digg home page, says that: User-Generated Content (UGC), such as that found on YouTube and MySpace, will continue to grow significantly in popularity and generate increasing revenue over the next several years, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Continue reading Pretty Infographic; No Substance | About this BlogSocial tools, devices and web evolution are creating epochal change in media, society and business. The plan is to hide under the floorboards till it’s all over document some of the interesting parts of that change. More…. |
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