Majority Use Social Media Marketing, Still Have Questions
Author and Murdok Blog Partner Michael Stelzner, has put together an interesting report based on a survey of 900 marketers. The report looks at the state of social media marketing. Interesting stats from the report include:
Wikipedia Founder Talks Consumer-Generated Content for Branding
Murdok recently spoke with Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia for a few minutes, and discussed the past, present, and future of user-generated content as a marketing medium, not to mention several other topics. What kinds of brands do you think work the best for marketing with consumer-generated content? Share your thoughts with us.
State AGs Look Into Google Book Deal
Google is facing more scrutiny over its proposed settlement it reached with copyright holders allowing it to digitize millions of books.
This time a group of state attorneys general have discussed the deal in a conference call held on Tuesday, Peter Brantley director of the Internet Archive told Reuters.
Americans Turn To Google And Then Google For Swine Flu Info
When sufficiently scared from TV swine flu hype*, people turned to the Internet for information, specifically Google, according to Pew Internet and American Life.
Study Looks at Advertiser Investments in Online Ad Networks
Results from an ad Network Study from Collective Media show that interactive agencies and advertisers continue to use and invest in online ad networks despite the current downturn in the economy.
Bezos’ Funding Of Speech Studies Kindle Related?
Billionaires donate to lots of causes for lots of reasons. Sometimes the donations are business related and sometimes they’re not.
A Walk in the BigPark: Microsoft’s Latest Acquisition
Microsoft executives are busy laying off thousands, hiring thousands, releasing Windows 7, and checking the blogs for the latest rumors from Apple. They are also busy acquiring companies—well, one company at least. On Thursday, Microsoft announced its acquisition of a small company named Big Park.
Murdoch Takes Back Free News Deal
KFC’s Free Chicken Deal Turns Sour
Looking at the State of Google
Google held its annual stockholders’ meeting yesterday evening and to accompany that Co-founder Sergey Brin decided to re-share the 2008 Founders’ Letter, which was originally published on Google’s Investor Relations site. Brin says they wanted to make this more widely available so they posted it on the Official Google Blog.