Women only social media site reaches 100,000 users
For a website that has a very specific market, women that have been wronged by men. The social media site ihatemen.org has reached 100,000 users within weeks after it’s official launch. The website is fairly simple. It allows women to friend and follow other women (there are a handful of men on the site as [...]
Read MoreDigg is toast : the biggest Web 2.0 failure to date
Evidently the evidence is mounting that Digg might be ending as an ongoing concern within a matter of a year or two. in the past 24 hours they have announced a 40% staff reduction and it’s been exposed that the social media website has been gaming their own system by fraudulently promoting items to the [...]
Read MoreThe next bubble…
Whilst perusing my IM contacts today… the Founder has this as his IM status at the moment… “Looking for the next bubble” So I IM’d him and let him know the next bubble is already upon us… the vaunted “social media” craze that currently exists (to which is readily agreed.) My theory is built around [...]
Read MoreSoviet Era Edward Khil becomes Online Sensation
Evidently all things EDWARD KHIL are now in demand and it’s all due to social media. Everything from bids on Ebay for any memorabilia to some sort of land rush regarding domain registrations. The obscure Soviet Era entertainer hit the main page of Digg and a day earlier it made it on Reddit. Next thing [...]
Read MoreMartin Sorrell : WPP lacks social media skillset and we’re scared of Google
Evidently Martin Sorrell feels that since WPP lacks social media skillset, so their clients don’t need to take advantage of the higher ROI. The mindset of the industry is staggering. WPP group in it’s entirety is one of the most technologically challenged advertising agencies in the industry. Very little resources have been put into Search [...]
Read MoreSince when does the FDIC respond to Youtube Videos?
Edit : It appears that the Video was taken down now, only adding fuel to the fire. The problem before the FDIC responded the view count on the video was 683 total, after the FDIC responded the view count on the video shot up to 14,000 and climbing. In other words the FDIC’s unknowing march [...]
Read MoreTwitter is the new MySpace
Only 17% of all Twitter accounts Twittered that month. Which is down from more than 70% in early 2007 according to George Parker. If this pattern holds, you’ll be looking at another MySpace within a matter of 2 years. You know, the social media site that no one goes to. This is the typical rise [...]
Read MoreWhat Pepsi said to Ad Agencies
Pepsi said something huge to the typical ad agency a few days ago, they basically said “we don’t like your business model” we want a search and social media advertising agency (sorry self plug but it was well deserved). One of the NFL’s biggest sponsors, PepsiCo, sent a shudder through the television industry last month [...]
Read MoreAdvertising in Social Media for the Christmas Season
It’s rough out there. We have multiple reasons this is a difficult time to advertise in general, mostly because the volume is so loud. When a client hires an advertising agency and this season comes around, it’s a fight for B2C clients because they are trying to sell their products for the season. The amount [...]
Read MoreAgencySpy : Ford posts 1 billion profit from social media
Agency Spy is running an article stating that Ford’s better aimed marketing and advertising budget is what caused or helped cause the 1 billion dollar profit for the car maker. This most likely is more than just social media, but I actually have to agree with Matt on some keypoints, their advertising is far more [...]
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