September 2007 - Posts

• Dinosaurspeak

  Hugh posts about Dinosaurspeak today. The cartoon I don't quite get, but the term - Dinosaurspeak - nails it 100%. It's something I'll sign up for (ie killing it off). And I'm certain I'd be followed quickly by our thirty strong content Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 27 September 2007 16:52 by Steve Ellis | 0 Comments Filed Under: Media

• More Bubbletastic

  My own bubbleometer ticked up a few points yesterday when I read the FT's Richard Waters post on Crowdsourcing 2.0 from meeting participants at Demo in San Diego. Ideablob from Advanta particularly struck a chord. Way back, the Library of Congress, Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 27 September 2007 13:47 by Steve Ellis | 0 Comments

• Is Facebook simply bubbletastic?

  Today David Bradshaw commented in Ovum's Hotnews (its a great service, but needs a subscription, so no link) that the exuberant valuations being touted for Facebook are a good indicator that a 2.0 bubble could be about to burst. Unlike every other Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 27 September 2007 13:04 by Steve Ellis | 0 Comments Filed Under: Media, Technology, Trust & Ethics

• Master Chief edges Spiderman

  Looks like the Halo 3 team hit its goal: to be the biggest launch day in the entertainment industry - that's the biggest game or movie. According to this Reuters report launch revenues exceeded Halo 2 and also Spiderman 3, the biggest movie, by quite Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 27 September 2007 09:52 by Steve Ellis | 0 Comments

• Geeks will inherit the earth

  Simon Pegg recently diverted from promoting Run, Fat Boy, Run to explain to Jonathan Ross why he was happy to be a geek (and why he definitely wasn't a nerd). Steve Rubel recently commented on the rise of the geek marketer. Now BusinessWeek reports Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 25 September 2007 16:18 by Steve Ellis | 1 Comments Filed Under: Media, Technology

• Tomorrow's news: Microsoft and Facebook hook up?

  The Wall Street Journal (here) and the FT (here) speculate that Microsoft is angling for an equity stake in Facebook. Charlene Li gives context. Steve Clayton poo poos the story. Obviously its all speculation. Curiously, the WSJ story is dated Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 25 September 2007 13:43 by Steve Ellis | 0 Comments Filed Under: Media, Technology, Trust & Ethics

• The Future of B2B Marketing roundtable

  Yesterday I was invited along to an e-consultancy roundtable on the future of B2B marketing. Other attendees included a few marketing service providers like ourselves and a variety of online marketers from blue chip organanizations like Sony, Canon, PwC Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 19 September 2007 13:10 by Steve Ellis | 0 Comments Filed Under: Media, Technology

• Facebook's disruptive potential

  The potential of Facebook to be far, far more than a social network site for students is becoming more tangible every day. Forrester's Charlene Li has a great post here about Faceforce a third party application on AppExchange that enables integration Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 17 September 2007 08:34 by Steve Ellis | 0 Comments Filed Under: Media, Technology

• Blue Monster causes bottleneck at FT server

  News that Hugh MaCleod's Blue Monster thingy (idea? activity? initiative? movement?) has evolved into a branded Stormhoek wine caused a run on FT servers this morning. I was greeted with... Luckily the story is on GapingVoid too. Tags: Blue Monster, Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 17 September 2007 08:27 by Steve Ellis | 0 Comments Filed Under: Blogging

• Blogger becomes Dell's VP Global Marketing

  Dell has hired Andy Lark as its new VP Global Marketing & Communications. My headline is a bit of an overstatement, I'm certain Andy wasn't hired just because he is a blogger, but given Dell's experiences in recent years it can't have been a disadvantage. Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 13 September 2007 08:31 by Steve Ellis | 1 Comments Filed Under: Blogging, Media

• McKinsey: experienced online marketers know the problems

  The McKinsey Quarterly has published a McKinsey Global Survey - How Companies are Marketing Online - you can read the whole article here. I found one table particularly informative - Exhibit six on this page of the report. What interested Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 12 September 2007 16:42 by Steve Ellis | 0 Comments Filed Under: Random

• The new MCC - that's the Microsoft Cricket Club

  Is it possible for a company to be evil and also play cricket? I thought I knew a lot about Microsoft but this Reuters story put a new spin on it (sorry). Disclosure: Microsoft are both a partner and customer, so if anyone wants to read anything Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 11 September 2007 14:38 by Steve Ellis | 0 Comments Filed Under: Marketing, Measurement

• Riot On!

  TV and film directors don't very often get the tech industry right, but last night I stumbled upon Riot On! on BBC4. Riot On! nailed it for me. It may strictly speaking have been about a mobile entertainment company - its the 'story' of Riot Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 11 September 2007 08:00 by Steve Ellis | 1 Comments Filed Under: Marketing, Measurement