Thoughts on Social Media...and Other Stuff RSS

A place to collect all of my thoughts on social media that appear on a variety of blogs.

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Jan
24th
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Netflix accounts for nearly 30% of U.S. bandwidth consumption.

Netflix accounts for nearly 30% of U.S. bandwidth consumption.

Jan
23rd
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I think we need to do a better job of communicating with consumers
— Thorsten Hines, Research in Motion’s newly-appointed CEO, explaining what the struggling smartphone maker needs to do to rebound in the U.S. market.

(Source: thestar.com)

Jan
19th
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U.S. online ad spending expected to jump 50% to $62-billion by 2016, according to eMarketer

U.S. online ad spending expected to jump 50% to $62-billion by 2016, according to eMarketer

Jan
11th
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Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled.
— A definition of an entrepreneur, according to HBS professor Howard Stevenson. 

(Source: inc.com)

Jan
9th
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Do brands need to respond to what people post on social media services? It turns out that only 12% of people don’t care if a brand doesn’t do anything, which should be a wake-up call to many brands.

Do brands need to respond to what people post on social media services? It turns out that only 12% of people don’t care if a brand doesn’t do anything, which should be a wake-up call to many brands.

Jan
7th
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An example of how good music can give a corporate demo video some zing.

(Source: goodsie.com)

Jan
6th
Fri
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Mobile commerce sales to reach $31-billion by 2015 in the U.S. from $6.7-billion in 2011, according to eMarketer.

Mobile commerce sales to reach $31-billion by 2015 in the U.S. from $6.7-billion in 2011, according to eMarketer.

Jan
5th
Thu
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A Great Email Auto-Reply

I will be out of the country until January 14, 2012.  I will be checking email from time to time, but cannot promise my usual obsessive approach to email.  Happy new year.

Jan
2nd
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The Social Term for 2012 is….

“Social sound platform” in the wake of SoundCloud raising $50-million in venture capital.

(Source: TechCrunch)

Dec
29th
Thu
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Apple doesn’t own innovation and design out there right now. It was time to stand up and say, ‘Here’s an alternative.’
— Brian Wallace, a vice-president of strategic marketing at Samsung, who ironically joined the company this year from RIM, which is getting assailed for its lack of innovation.

(Source: ctv.ca)