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Rohit When Yahoo acquired Flickr and del.icio.us – the question on most marketers minds was how they would integrate these into profitable networks for advertising without alienating already loyal users who were used to an ad-free experience. The answer for the first few months after acquisition appeared to be to do nothing other than add the … Read more
When I was in business school, "widgets" were the term that we used to refer to units of a fictional product in case studies. Today, widgets are those smart little applications meant to be used as small utilities in a blog, operating system or web browser. A few months ago, SixApart launched Typepad Widgets to … Read more
One of the more anticipated documentaries coming up for widespread release across the country is the new film "An Inconvenient Truth" – focused on telling the real story of global warming and leveraging the growing popularity of Al Gore’s "resurrection" (as Wired magazine termed it) from the "former next president of the United States" – … Read more
I have never called myself an online marketer. To me, online marketing refers to a range of activities that happen only on the Internet – from banner advertising to search marketing to email marketing. Not included in this term are what I would consider interactive (but offline) marketing activities. Podcasting is largely offline. Mobile marketing … Read more
Following from my previous post about the Landrover promotion, I did a bit more research and learned about Consola, the Open Source Proximity Media Server. As far as I can tell from their sparse website, the project is designed to create an open source method for what the project calls "placecasting" – or sending a … Read more
In downtown NY today, I passed a billboard for a Landrover promotion encouraging people to put their bluetooth handsets to discoverable in order to learn more about something. Aside from the relatively cryptic call to action, this is the first example I can recall of having seen a company try to use Bluetooth technology for … Read more
Bloggers don’t get backwards readership. This is an unfortunate result of posting in the journal-style format that most blogs have. The recency of any entry spirals downward from the moment it is posted, with the shelf life of an average blog post is not much more than a few days. This week is my one … Read more
The most popular TV game shows today reward luck, instead of knowledge (trivial or otherwise). Judging by the recent success of Deal or No Deal – the less thinking involved in a game show, the more popular it can be. Apparently, trivia is no longer as engaging as luck. For most of these shows, the … Read more
After much fanfare over the last few weeks, The Da Vinci Code opens in theaters across the US today. Though some early reviews from the Cannes Film Festival premier have been less than perfect, there is no denying that the marketing machine behind the film has generated buzzworthy firsts, from partnering with Google to open … Read more
Amplified by the launch today of their new and improved homepage design today, Yahoo has steadily been marketing their Yahoo Tech section to marketers, advertisers and site visitors. Despite being missing from their new left primary navigation – the site has an interesting positioning in the world of tech and consumer electronics information. Many of … Read more
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Rohit Bhargava is a trend curator, founder of the Non-Obvious Company and the 3-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author of ten books.
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Rohit is the author of 10 books on trends, the future of business, building a more human brand with storytelling and how to create a more diverse and inclusive world.
