A very thought-provoking article in the LA Times about striking writers in talks to develop online startups. Here, in equation format, is my thought process on this: Talented writers and industry sympathizers on strike + TV and movie studios who have not learned the lessons of the music industry + Blossoming infrastructure for alternative distribution [...]
I was reading a post by Shel Israel where he made the following off-hand comment: “Over the past two years the business community has moved through the phases of denial, dismissal, contempt and hostility regarding social media. Now they are beginning to embrace them. “ While I agreed in general with his comment, it felt [...]
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I just got through reading The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos along with a chunk of the over 350 comments on TechCrunch and it has frankly ruined my day. I spend a lot of time talking to people about social media, earned media and the democratization of communication channels. I buy into a lot [...]
For those familiar with Cadbury’s Gorilla Drummer, a few weeks ago. Wonderbra last week developed a very interesting parody/follow-up/homage (not sure which applies here). What I really like about this is that they took the notoriety of the Gorilla Drummer, which was utterly pointless (or Boliao), and applied it to support the Wonderbra product benefit [...]