Atom Thought

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Now that Google has lucnhed Google Buzz, the scene is ripe for other players to get inspired. What happens if Yahoo also launches a social platform around it’s email service integrated with flickr? Better still: What happens if Microsoft launches a social platform around outlook email application? respectively.

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Google Flickr Yahoo Microsoft 157

Atom Thought

MAY 11, 2010

Many marketers think and focus on how to lock-in their customers- by creating a unique platform, or an ecosystem of apps that can run only on a specific platform , complex loyalty programs or just naturally by a tough exit option. Related Posts: Is it easier to beat a Google than a Facebook? Google Buzz- Is there a hidden agenda?

Products 191

Products Insurance Loyalty Policies 191

Atom Thought

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

Do you know that there may be a social networking site which is bigger or almost equal to Facebook? ’ Here is an interesting and well researched whitepaper on the Future of Monetization for Social Networks and Social Gaming companies- rightly christened as’ HOW IS FACEBOOK GOING TO MAKE IT’S 1ST BILLION DOLLARS?

Crowdsourcing 124

Crowdsourcing SMS Facebook Foursquare 124

Atom Thought

DECEMBER 19, 2009

To start with I have always been very impressed with the idea of using location based targeting with social networks (though I understand that people always may not want to reveal their locations and may be averse to this concept). This kind of gives a new twist to the old loyalty marketing. Bean bags don’t make a Google!

Foursquare 100

Foursquare Twitter iPhone Crowdsourcing 100

Atom Thought

OCTOBER 5, 2011

many of them without any concrete logic expressed their agreement with Online classifieds being a winner takes all market. It’s easy to describe a market as ‘Winner Takes All’ It’s easy because it gives one an easy way out of many questions. Observe the Print classifieds market- there is no single winner.

Real Estate 206

Real Estate Marketing Compete Social Networking 206

Atom Thought

APRIL 22, 2010

Question: Why would you want to launch a job portal in a market which is already dominated by 2 mammoths who control over 80% of the market both in terms of traffic and resumes? Question again: Who is the winner in this market? If that was the case the market share gap (in terms of traffic). Mobile Marketing!

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Repository comScore Price LinkedIn 145