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Aug 09

Link roundup: read & recommended between July 31st and August 4th

Added to my Delicious bookmarks between July 31st through August 4th:

  • YouTube Goes After Local News, Attempts to Sign Newspaper, TV Partners – MarketingVOX – ouTube has created a new feature called “News Near You” which uses the internet address of the visitor’s computer to determine the user’s location, and offers relevant local videos from within a 100-mile radius.The feature is just one element in YouTube’s push into news video.
  • Study: Women Value SocNets but Won't Pay Fees – MarketingVOX – The top five reasons women belong to social networks:

    To network professionally
    To stay up-to-date with friends
    To stay up-to-date with groups they belong to
    To promote their business.
    To research products or services

  • Trends Shaping the New Consumer » Ipsos-Ideas.com – The New Consumer has re-evaluated individual and societal roles and has decided to 'reboot' and start over. No longer content to leave it to institutions to repair what they see as the system's shortcomings or failures, they are leading the way and taking charge. They are taking this opportunity to do away with artificial and manufactured needs, rediscover the true value of things and live new experiences. They are conspicuously green, consuming in different ways – looking for tangible ways to indulge on a dime instead of a dollar, to share and swap as opposed to buy, to reuse and exchange instead of dispose – and are not shy about letting people know they are doing it. They choose to do their business with suppliers who authentically share their values of social and environmental responsibility, and they understand that the internet has empowered them with an unprecedented voice, reach and participation in product or service development.
  • Stop Saying Sorry, Start Getting Really Social – "It's a mistake to think that simply responding to negative customer experiences with a speedy Tweet, or jolly little video, is enough. But unless you’re prepared to perform root and branch surgery on the way that your company works, and put the customer at the heart of everything that you do, it won’t make a difference as you’ll always be fighting fires"
  • MarketingSherpa: Using LinkedIn for Lead Generation: 6 Lessons – LinkedIn requires a special approach to lead generation, and presents some unique challenges for marketers.
  • Mobile Data Users Connecting To Ads In Other Media | MediaPost – while people are not averse to advertising on mobile devices, they object to the lack of relevant ads. Working with comScore on its latest round of mobile research, Starcom found 63% of mobile data subscribers are using mobile phones as a way to access ads or offers in other media.
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Jul 09

Link roundup: read & recommended between July 8th and July 10th

Added to my Delicious bookmarks between July 8th through July 10th:

  • Tourism BC | Research – B.C. travel & tourism research
  • Global Advertising: Consumers Trust Real Friends and Virtual Strangers the Most | Nielsen Wire – Recommendations from personal acquaintances or opinions posted by consumers online are the most trusted forms of advertising, according to the latest Nielsen Global Online Consumer Survey of over 25,000 Internet consumers from 50 countries.
  • Social Media: Anderson Analytics Reveals Users' Habits – Advertising Age – Digital – "Which social network you favor says a lot about you — and you might be surprised just what it says."
  • 39% of Moms Make 'Net Time Their Quiet Time – MarketingVOX – New behavioural research on digital habits of moms. "The number of moms who use social media regularly (e.g. Facebook, MySpace, BabyCenter Community) has significantly increased from 11% to 63% since 2006; a change of 462%."
  • Kids Flocking to the Web | Nielsen Online – "According to Nielsen, kids 2-11 spent nearly seven hours online per month five years ago, versus 11 hours a month in 2009, with boys spending slightly more time on average than girls (seven percent more this past May). That usage disparity is perhaps most evident in online video viewing, as boys accounted for 61 percent of video streams among kids on the Web and 57 percent of kids time spent viewing videos."
  • 5 outstanding corporate blogs | iMedia Connection – "Corporate blogging is a great marketing tool — but not one that should be launched lightly. Like other marketing initiatives, a company's blog is an investment that should produce a measurable return. Thus much thought should be given to ways in which companies can enhance the value of these programs for both their consumers and their own bottom lines."