Top tier advertisers are still far more comfortable running 30 second spots on TV than they are playing in a UGC capable environment. Hulu will bring billions to the web over the coming years - by introducing a new generation of inter-screen connectivity. So yes, TV dollars will shift to the web, but perhaps more significantly, web-vertising will grow exponentially with newer, more familiar and more capable opportunities.
If you had an additional 10 minutes a day, what would you do?
It may not seem like much time, but it's long enough to change the world.
If you spent 10 minutes every day as a Big Brother you would change a life.
If you spent 10 minutes in the middle of every day reading or relaxing you will be a better, healthier person in 10 years from now.
If you spent 10 minutes creating a meaningful and provocative video on YouTube, you can change the world.The 10 minute clip below has been viewed 1,484,348 times. In aggregate this video generated over two hundred and forty seven THOUSAND hours of meaningful educational messaging. Spend ten minutes in social media, and you can change the world.
So take 10 minutes, and check out the video below. It's provocative, it's powerful, it's meaningful, and it provides a compelling case for changing the world in just 10 minutes.
Having trouble selling in your concept? Maybe that's because they aren't interested in buying. You can only lead with a rope if you're positioned in front of an interested party.
Is it just me, or does the November release of the Zune 2 and the November XBOX firmware update suggest increased connectivity between the two devides?
- Introduction- I understand why Hulu deserves the hype. The technology for web based television/video viewing has been around for some time. The bandwidth is there. The last missing piece of the puzzle is content. Hulu promises to begin filling in those missing puzzle pieces.
- Post - More interesting however, than the content offering itself, are the reviews being written.
Reviewers are writing editorial as if Hulu was a finished product with a finalized content offering. What ever happened to the days when beta releases were meant as a debugging and testing tool? Aren't beta releases supposed to be somewhat unfinished?
Beta testing began as a way to route out bugs, to catch and fix glitches. Beta testing was also a great way to build hype by giving influentials early access to a limited product.
But Beta Releases have come to represent something else. Beta tests are now often public and at times extended releases, such as was the case with gmail.
So what does beta really mean anymore? Should a beta be an almost finished product? Should a beta be a finished but as yet unreleased product? Is the term beta really even relevant anymore?
Hey all, check out this outstanding roundup and analysis of what makes conversational marketing tick, and what makes it relevant and successful as a marketing tool.
Will Start-Ups become Madison Ave advertising fodder from day one, or are we on the verge of a new era for Silicon Ave and Madison Valley? I would like to believe the people that bridge both worlds (ex - The Conversation Group) will lead us into new worlds of collaboration, bringing a new generation of marketing to the next generation of technology, and vice versa.
Viral Backlash - How can one company sell based on contradictory messages from different brands? The Unilever (Dove & Axe) Backlash Onslaught. WARNING: may not be office appropriate.
I'm loving the rash of posts on personal, people oriented marketing.
The common theme here is this: you're not marketing to customers, you're seeking a relationship with a person.
Here's a quick roundup:
AdverGirl's tip for successful B2B - treat it like it's B2C. People run businesses. You're marketing to another business PERSON, not a mindless impersonal entity!
Andy Sernovits commends Costco and Jet Blue's outstanding PEOPLE oriented PEOPLE powered customer support (Costco and Jet Blue).
Update: Click here for another great post on Starbucks and employee-customer/people service empowerment.
Katie at Get Shouty posts about Everyday Activism and PEOPLE marketing (not consumer marketing).
Duct Tape Marketing on relevancy in blog comments - hint: market within the blogging environment, not at bloggers (it's a stretch, but it's the same principle).
Customers Rock posts about creating a positive customer (sorry, personalized human interaction oriented) relationships, not isolated interactions.
Neuromarketing posts about the sales power of a smile.
This trend is fantastic. As the web is becoming increasingly delivered and semantic, targeting has to be about the customer as a person. We need to be living in this person's lifestream, in places we (as marketers) are welcome without becoming close talkers or intruding on people's lives.
Customers are people. People are customers. Let's stop looking at "buying behavior" and start looking at "people behavior". Social media and web 2.0 have taught us that nothing lives in a vacuum. So let's get out on the street and start empowering our brands to live together with "customers" as part of their lives, not part of their purchase behavior.
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PS - if I missed your relevant post in the roundup above, please leave a comment and I'll include it in the post.
Firstly, I'd like to give a nod to NBC/FOX for delivering their beta on time.
And like all early over-hyped products, people will complain about the limited functionality without recognizing the significant next steps the product presents.
Check out the comments over at the newly launched Hulu blog. The most common early complaint is the lack of an international streaming capability. Hulu content lives within a fenced environment. This isn't news. International streaming was always disabled off network sites. I'm not getting the gripe.
The other complaint is the lack of consumer control. Once again, this is nothing new. Hulu is a new syndication platform, not a true distribution solution. It was never billed as such.
However, there are a couple of interesting moves I would like to make note of, notably:
MGM and Sony have both signed on as content providers
You can cut and clip embeddable elements
While this may not seem huge, it does represent a significant nod to the social media user
This is a new level of user empowerment, which I for one will be using quite frequently
Check out this clipped clip below:
While this is certainly a cool feature (and it is still in beta), I would look for more intuitive and advanced clipping functionality in later versions.
