‘Media’ posts

Real Curation Requires Effort, Point of View

Posted by John Eckman on 15 Mar 2011

Curator's Hand, by Marinmuseum, cc-by-nd, http://www.flickr.com/photos/marinmuseum/5345449107/ Many of today’s popular deal-a-day sites claim to be creating “curated” experiences for their audiences. Many social media publishers focus on “curating” the stream of blog posts, tweets, and other content objects on specific topics. But what does that curation really mean? What’s the point of view behind the [...]

The Difference Between You and a Media Company

Posted by John Eckman on 07 Jan 2011

(From ICanHazCheezburger) Sounds a bit like a lead-in to a joke, doesn’t it? Like the difference between you and a media company is that you haven’t laid off half your staff, or the difference is that the media company has likeable characters, or . . . Actually it’s a great blog post by Joe Pulizzi [...]

Gilbane Boston: Content as Strategic Social Object

Posted by John Eckman on 15 Nov 2010

Gilbane Conference Boston Although the Gilbane group has a different three Cs that I’m normally talking about (Content, Collaboration, and Customers rather than Content, Community, and Commerce) I’m looking forward to this year’s Gilbane Boston. I’ll be part of a panel in the “Colleagues and Collaboration” track, about Social Publishing: C5. Social Publishing: Strategic Content [...]

Drupal communities at AIIM

Posted by John Eckman on 11 Oct 2010

Photo by galawebdesign – http://www.flickr.com/photos/galawebdesign/2315810343/in/pool-644862@N21/ It wasn’t so long ago that Drupalcon was in the upstairs rooms at the BCEC while AIIM met downstairs in the cavernous expo hall. The contrast between the suits and huge corporate sponsors at AIIM and the open source designer/developer culture of Drupalcon was pretty palpable that year, and the [...]

Is the Internet out of Ideas?

Posted by John Eckman on 05 Oct 2010

Photo by Alun Salt – http://www.flickr.com/photos/alun/253596595/ Last week Forrester Research published an update to their popular (and useful) Social Technographics report which showed that- depending on which pronouncements you read- seemed to indicate that online social activity had reached a plateau, or was even shrinking. Just a quick sample: PCWorld said: “This year, a smaller [...]

Drupal Alfresco Integration

Posted by Chris Fuller on 09 Jun 2010

Why and When? Choosing to use Drupal and Alfresco together makes the most sense in situations where companies can fully leverage the strengths of both platforms and have the resources to manage each effectively. This may be a result of one of the two systems already being in place in an organization. Maybe the enterprise | View post »

Neilson Study shows the right content could sell

Posted by Jim Munz on 16 Feb 2010

Nielsen asked more than 27,000 consumers across 52 countries, and the answer is a definite “maybe.” As expected, the vast majority (85%) prefer that free content remain free. Yet there are opportunities to be found in the details. This report shows that professionally produced content has a market online though, and one that if executed | View post »

The Future of Content is here

Posted by Jim Munz on 27 Jan 2010

This example of a Tablet version for Times Sports Illustrated that represents the future of content in my mind. This is a true multimedia experience that will be demanded by consumers not just on tablet devices but web sites, phones, and TV. The future is here are you ready for it?

Content Marketing and the New Apple Tablet

Posted by Jim Munz on 27 Jan 2010

While time will only tell if the tablet from Apple that is due to be introduced today will change publishing as described by the New York Times, WSJ and many others. What it means for marketers seems clear it will force you to create more compelling content campaigns that will call on you to incorporate | View post »

How Content Marketing, Harvard, Mapping Online Advertising: From Anxiety to Method discussion intersect

Posted by Jim Munz on 12 Jan 2010

“Instead of taking watching time as a measure of exposure, which is a substitute for audience attention, keyword advertising takes the language used in searches as a proxy for people’s interests, needs or cravings. In this context, the product that media (i.e. search engines) sell to advertisers is not the watching time of specific audiences, | View post »

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