Posts Tagged as ‘internet’

May 12, 2010

Twitter: An established customer service channel

It wasn’t too long ago that there was only a handful of brands on Twitter and of these only a few were doing anything remotely positive with the service. Many brand profiles were just making random product announcements or simply spitting out an RSS news feed from their main site, very few brands were being [...]

March 10, 2010

Google: Power and ambition harming the brand?

Here’s a well put together video that aims to help people comprehend just how powerful Google is, and how incomprehensibly powerful they may become. Is it possible to command such power and retain the principle “don’t be evil”? Or on the other hand is it possible to command such power and have people believe the [...]

March 1, 2010

10 ways the Internet has made everyone a celebrity

It wasn’t that long ago that you had to be famous to be in the media. For years now the rich and famous have had to watch everything they do in public (and often private) for fear that their every move is being monitored and documented. One wrong step and their lives could be turned [...]

March 1, 2010

Trendplanner Twitter Top 10: February 2010

Once again here’s a list of the last month’s top tweets based on link click rate. As always the stats come courtesy of 3rd party Twitter app Hootsuite. 1. The Puma Phone. It actually looks pretty good, it even uses solar power – http://ow.ly/18u7D 2. Chatroulette Explained: 71% Male, 15% Female, 14% Pervert – http://ow.ly/1b7Xn [...]

February 16, 2010

Man City: Breaking the Big Four with the latest marketing techniques

In English Football there are 4 dominant teams, Man United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal, collectively they’re known as ‘The Big 4′. Their dominance on the pitch is reflected in their level of support both in the UK and across the globe. The Premier League is a global phenomenon, millions of people across the world are [...]

January 1, 2010

Behind the Great Firewall of China

Before I visited China I was aware of the high level of Internet censorship, or as many call it the great firewall of China. However, due to mixed reports and constant change I was unsure exactly what the Chinese web browsing experience would bring. As it turned out not all of my preconceptions turned out [...]

October 28, 2009

Don’t ignore your netbook audience (please!)

With my current travels in mind I recently jumped on the netbook bandwagon and got myself a very nice little ASUS 1005. It’s pretty good and it can do most things a normal laptop can, however, there are a few drawbacks when viewing the web. The annoying thing is most of these drawbacks can be [...]

May 19, 2009

Banner ads can be entertaining: Great Apple banner ads

‘Great banner ads’ is not something you hear often, but in this case it really is true. Potentially pretty annoying if you’re actually searching for information, but if you’re just browsing this example on the New York Times site is pretty enjoyable. It just shows that if they’re creative enough even banner ads can be [...]