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Shill Podcast – Old Media Rules or New Media Game

Posted by dwalker on April 9, 2008 at 6:55 pm

 
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0:31 Dave vainly tries to present a softer, gentler side of himself, by introducing the wishy-washy topic of everything new is old again. Doug smells blood in the water and writes a cheque his ass can’t cash.
1:30 The wide awake listener will notice that Dave doesn’t really believe that things have changed much. Doug snorts [...]

Getting bored of Facebook

Posted by dwalker on March 2, 2008 at 10:34 am

This “We didn’t start the Fire”format is getting a bit tired, the execution is not great, but I couldn’t agree more with the message.

Just about everyone I know is spending considerably less time on Facebook these days comscore reports that the ads don’t work. So if they aren’t gaining user time and having a tough [...]

Future of Software?

Posted by dwalker on February 25, 2008 at 4:42 pm

If you are a mac twitter user, you probably know about twitterific or similar programs. I just installed it and was checking out the pricing options and came across the image you see to the left here.
I have seen various versions of this type of “nagware” licesnse before in shareware, but this was the most [...]

Interruption Vs. Engagement

Posted by dwalker on January 14, 2008 at 1:10 pm

Interesting article in Emarketer on three hidden 2008 trends. While I wouldn’t exactly call these three trends “hidden” they are not easily supported with numbers (which is eMarketer’s raison d’etre).
1. Increased media fragmentation – important, but The Long Tail opened and closed the book on that as a trend.
2. Internet as central hub for marketing [...]

Burger King Freaks Out Customers

Posted by dwalker on December 13, 2007 at 9:46 am

I would have loved to see the pitch for the WhopperFreakout idea:”So we are proposing that we take your flagship food item (The Whopper) and take it off the menu and then film people’s reactions.”
This is the boldest example I have seen of someone trying to answer the question: If your brand disappeared tomorrow, would [...]