Idaconcpts

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Bloomberg Businessweek joins the pack of critics with a July 2010 report claiming that “Gen Y lacks confidence about making financial decisions”. According to an August 2009 survey of US consumers by the American Bankers Association (ABA), online is now the No. Preferred Banking Method by Generation X and Y. 1 method of banking.

Banking 137

Banking Mobile SMS Technorati 137

Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 5, 2010

It is simply another trending practice that all marketers would be wise to note: Interruption of any kind is increasingly irritating and unnecessary in today’s world of technology and community. And when we had our little earthquake here a few years back, phone did not work tho SMS did! Dollars and attention in the mix.

Upcoming 101

Upcoming Project Instant Messaging Sentiment 101

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

The Sexy Girls of Tech and Politics: The Unbeatable Trio (NxE): Find what the community likes and pander to them for the best kind of traffic exposure on social sites. Engaging the community and building a well-designed website are also important elements. This reading should set you back 12 months… until 2009.

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Twitter is Disproportionately Popular with African Americans Forrester’s Tamara Barber recently published a report showing Hispanic usage of Facebook and other social networks far outpacing usage by non-Hispanic White Americans. Also, 73% of Twitter users send SMS text messages multiple times per day. population). population.

Social Media 161

Social Media Statistics Strategy Research 161

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. That’s not a “wave the magic wand&# scenario.

Social Media 152

Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 152

Laurel Papworth

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

We look at Freemium revenue in social networks and online communities including asking that: if freemium is the business model of giving it all (or most) of the services away for free , how can you then charge for it? LinkedIn, in October 2009 had over 50 million members (plus 385 staff) $75-100m – 1/4 from advertising.

Social Media 98

Social Media Social Networking Flickr Vimeo 98