JupiterResearch Forms Email Coalition

JupiterResearch is weighing in on the accuracy of e-mail measurement with the formation of the E-mail Measurement Accuracy Coalition (EMAC). The group will offer recommendations of guidelines to measure e-mail deliverability and other e-mail marketing performance indicators. "There is a fundamental lack of consensus across the e-mail marketing industry on how e-mail performance is measured, which ultimately undermines the effectiveness of the medium and renders…

Coke Expands Viral Marketing Efforts Online

Crayon has been working closely with Coca-Cola to expand its brand awareness within the virtual world of Second Life. Coke is now taking its online campaign to the next level with the “Virtual Thirst” contest, which is being promoted across multiple social avenues, including Second Life, MySpace and YouTube. The contest is simple: design a new Coke machine for Second Life. The execution of the…

Web 2.0 Expo: Venture Capital 2.0

A popular and very funny session today was the session entitled “Venture Capital 2.0: Bright Future or Broken Forever?”. This session was moderated by Mike Arrington of Techcrunch who is a former VC himself and current angel investor. It appeared like it could be boring listen to a bunch of venture capitalists talk, but Arrington did a very nice job spicing it up with well-timed…

Who Gets the Majority of Your On-line Attention?

It just occurred to me that if I look at the on-line services I used most, there's not really a clear winner when it comes to who gets the bulk of my online attention. Here's the current list along with the current owner of each (since 3 of the 4 were acquisitions):