Category Archives: digital media

Looking at Two Trends

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I wrote the other day about ten trends to watch coming out of the BMO Advertising and Marketing Services Conference.  Today I want to dig a little deeper into two of them and discuss why I think they’re relevant even if you’re not an advertising or marketing service business.

Trend number one was the incorporation of technology into other industries.  In a nutshell, this means Internet Protocol-based communication systems being mixed into objects such as refrigerators, roadways, and elsewhere.  Trend number two, which is an outgrowth of trend number one, is the explosion of data available today.  Here’s why you should pay attention. Continue reading

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Over Your Shoulder

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Satchel Paige is an often quoted baseball player. In fact, much of what he said dwarfs his sizable achievements on the diamond. One of my favorite quotes is his: “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you” and I thought of that this morning when I read a release on a new TvB study. Continue reading

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Guessing = Messing

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I read two things this morning while, while superficially unrelated, raised the same issue in my warped mind. I’ll share them with you and would love to hear what you think.
The first piece comes courtesy of the 2010 Omniture Online Analytics Benchmark Survey and the second via comScore figures released by the Newspaper National Network and reported by Media Post. Continue reading

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