So you’ve got a great creative product and everyone says, “you’ve got to get your creative, artistic butt online!” Problem is, you don’t really know much about getting it there. You’re not a techie, and like laws and sausages, you’d rather not learn about the process-web marketing isn’t you’re business anyway. This is why many online aspirants and creative types are turning to outsourcing to move their wares to Web.
Pentagon Channel Launches Online
When one thinks of the Pentagon and technology, big expensive things that make really loud noises come to mind; however, the home of the US military has branched out a bit.
CBS Follows ABC, NBC, WB, & UPN Online
Only Fox hasn’t made a full-length episode of a broadcast TV show available in some manner online, now that CBS has plans to do so with ‘Threshold’.
Online Teens, Mainline Content Creators
Ever wonder what your teenagers are doing? How are they spending their time? There’s a legitimate chance they’re loading something online. According to the new Pew Internet and American Life Project study, 57% of online teens create content for the Internet. This means about 12 million kids, 12-17 or about half of all teens are content creators.
Online Travel Industry Hits $104 Billion By 2010
JupiterResearch did some digging in the metrics for the online travel market in the U.S. and came up with some big numbers in the coming years. Their report entitled, “U.S. Travel Forecast, 2005 to 2010,” predicts $68 billion by the end of 2005 and $104 billion by 2010.
People Spend $1 Billion Online On Music, Dating
The Online Publishers Association attributes $986.8 million in content purchases to continued strength in entertainment purchases like music, and this is only for the first half of 2005.
Subaru Launches Online Game
Auto manufacturer Subaru launched an online game competition, the “Shakedown: Subaru Impreza Challenge” at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show on Tuesday. This game is to showcase the 2006 makeover for Subaru’s Impreza.
MS Answers GoogZilla With Online Services
For months, the blogosphere was abuzz about potential “Microsoft killers,” mainly because of the advent of open source, customizable, server-based applications put forth by whippersnapper companies like Google and Mozilla. Worldwide governments, too, forced the Redmond, Washington-based software giant to open up its code to competition. How would Microsoft deal with it? Gates and company answered today during a preview of two Web-based software services-Windows Live and Microsoft Office Live.
Time of the Essence for Online Advertisers
Online advertising is entering a fourth phase of innovation. Each of the previous waves of online marketing innovation has directly influenced or informed the development of successive waves.
Online Search To Hit $59.6 Billion in 2008
Research firm Outsell Inc forecasted an impressive $59.6 billion in revenue by 2008 for online search, aggregation and distribution. The report covers major search players including AOL, MSN, Yahoo and Google.