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Social media trends to look out for in 2011

In 2010, we saw Social Media come into its own, with large and well-known companies in Australia and Europe following the US lead by sitting up and taking notice of this new and demanding channel. No longer is social media seen as a “nice to have”. it is now a permanent line item on all [...]

What new skills are required for social media aware marketers?

As promised in a previous post “Why are clients still scratching their heads about Social Media?” I wanted to look at the additional skills that marketing leaders will need to possess from now on to understand the new world of social media and drive real benefit from it. This post has been prompted by some [...]

Visible Technologies Secures $22 Million in Funding

I’ve worked with some pretty exciting companies and teams over the years, and I’m delighted to be helping Visible Technologies expand internationally.  Today they have announced a new round of funding ($US22M), and I can tell you that the future looks very bright indeed for this smart company that is helping brands and agencies navigate [...]

Gigafone and Xtract partner to create a superior mobile marketing platform

Full disclosure: Gigafone are one of my clients.  I am absolutely delighted that the very smart team from Xtract have partnered with Gigafone.  Xtract have a seriously smart solution and when plugged into what we’re doing at Gigafone, this should help to move the industry towards what is needed to get mobile advertising really moving. Knowing that thought leaders [...]

3rd party ad serving on mobile – a good start

I caught the news over at MobiAd news about MediaCom running a campaign for T-Mobile using the Nokia Media Network, with ad serving from Eyeblaster’s Ad Campaign Manager platform. Quoting from the story: Third-party ad serving may become important to the mobile advertising industry, as it allows for more consistent measurement of advertising results across mobile [...]