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Reflection: “Who Finds Twitter More Effective, Advertisers or Consumers?”

Article: “Who Finds Twitter More Effective, Advertisers or Consumers?”
Source: eMarketer

The graph on eMarketer shows that both advertisers as the consumers are not perceiving Twitter as effective.
The advertisers’ results: 
“In addition to the 8% of advertisers who said Twitter was very effective for promotion, 50% said it was somewhat effective. More than three in 10 (34%) said it was not very effective and 8% felt it was not effective at all.”
The consumers’ results:
“8% said it was very effective, 42% believed it to be somewhat effective, 31% said it was not very effective and 19% felt it was not at all effective.”
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Reflection: “Tweeting all the way to the bank”

Article: “Tweeting all the way to the bank”
Source: The Economist

Article by The Economist from their Business section about the monetization and profitability of social networks.
It takes three companies as examples, Twitter, Facebook and Myspace.

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Reflection: “Digital Darwinism”

Article: “Digital Darwinism”
Source: Strategy+Business

An extensive report with a global (meta-) insight on the evolution of marketing, the E-conomy, the conducting of  business and the role of the consumer.

The title is suitable due to the fact that the marketing ecosystem (as the article calls it) is at an evolutionary threshold.
The transformation is occuring rapidly, those who adapt fast, who understand the new environment and the place of their prosumers will thrive, those who adapt slowly will encounter many challenges and possibly won’t survive.

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Reflection: “In Defense of Experimental Advertising”

Article: “In Defense of Experimental Advertising”
Source: AdvertisingAge – CMO Strategy

One of the biggest and difficult challenges marketers face is to prove that their advertising campaigns are causing the results and not a mere correlation.
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Reflection: “Today in the Zombieconomy”

Article: “Today in the Zombieconomy”
Source: Harvard Business Publishing

Mr. Haque hits the nail, it’s true, but why?
Why does this feel so counter-intuitive with regard to the current economic situation and the need for new sparks that set off new developments?

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Reflection: “The hotel industry in 2009: 5 strategical elements – an analysis”

Article: “The hotel industry in 2009: 5 strategical elements – an analysis”
Source: Travolon

5 strategic elements that will shape the hotel industry in the years to come.

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Reflection: “What Is Conversational Currency?”

Article: “What Is Conversational Currency?”
Source: The Relationship Economy

Jay Deragon explains what Conversational Currency is:
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Reflection: “Crowdsourcing: What It Means for Innovation”

Article: “Crowdsourcing: What It Means for Innovation”
Source: BusinessWeek

The author poses two possible derivements from Crowdsourcing can be that it will herald the end of creative organizations or that it are signs of a bigger meta-shift from a business point of view.

I believe it will be the latter.
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Music review: Ludovico Einaudi – Divenire

Have you ever heard music which mesmerized you?
I’m 100% sure you have. For me “Divenire”, by Ludovico Einaudi belongs to this special group of music.

Ludovico Einaudi Divenire

  

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Book review: Brand Triad: Toolbox for Strategic Brand Assessment and Repositioning

 

This book  is mainly written for SMB’s, which maybe don’t have the time to read hundreds of pages,  therefore the content is to the point and clearly written.

Brand Triad: Toolbox for Strategic Brand Assessment and Repositioning

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