A recent statement Nikesh Arora, President of Global Sales Operations and Business Development of Google demonstrate the exponential growth of the online advertising market in the mid term and the maturity of channels like the internet which in turn has captured the trust of the brands and advertisers.
Nikesh expected that within 5 to 8 years, between 30 and 50 percent of advertising will be digital. This means that online advertising would grab up to half the overall share of the advertising market.
continue reading »
According to data provided by comScore regarding digital advertising spending for the first quarter in the U.S., Facebook could reach a advertising revenue potential of $ 1,500 million USD during this year. Additionally, the Social network sites is leading online advertising impressions in the U.S.
continue reading »
Although the vast majority of Google is search engine market, the reality is that after 10 years the Mountain View giant has become the largest advertising agency in the world.
Over the past year, Google reported total gross revenues of $ 24 billion USD. If we discount the 6 billion paid to its partners (with whom they share the advertising revenue), net revenues are in the range of $ 18 billion.
continue reading »
There is no doubt that we are living in complex and changing times for Telecom industry. I think a good glimpse of the unprecedented transformation Telcos, media companies are internet players are going trough happened during this year’s Mobile world congress in Barcelona.
Several big mobile operators like Telefonica and Vodafone set the tone of the discussion about how Google is turning their business into a mere “dumbpipe” role. Even do the “frenemy” relationship between Internet players like Google and wireless service providers has been there for a while, this is the first time, Telcos ask openly for more regulatory intervention on Google’s internet dominance.
continue reading »
Coca Cola is focusing most of its social media marketing efforts on mainstream social networking sites like Youtube, Twitter and Facebook, moving away from building their own communities. According to the brand, they will continue to create campaign sites on existing community sites instead of building their own.
continue reading »
During last year, social networks became a key channel for influencing and establishing a two ways communication between brands and consumers. Many companies tried to adapt themselves to this media paradigm shift by positioning their brand in the social graph.
continue reading »
During 2009, Social media exponential growth generated high interest from brands and organizations. Many companies decided to launch social channels as part of their go-to-market strategy. Even do there are some superb examples about brands that innovated and increased customer engagement by integrating social media into their marketing strategy, many other failed miserably when they tried to use it.
continue reading »
During Copenhagen climate world forum Greenpeace developed a strong communicational campaign trying to create consciousness about climate change and push world leaders to take real actions against this phenomenon.
The campaign, displayed within Copenhagen airport, shows several world leaders like Obama, Merkel, and Brown among others by the year 2020 apologizing for not been able to stop the climate change at the right time. The message given by the aging politicians is clear : “ I´m sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change…we didn´t.” The campaign call to action invites them to act now and change the future.
continue reading »
The consulting and Digital Marketing Company Multiplica just released a new study comparing source of revenues and business models from Top 100 web 2.0 sites today. Multiplica analyzed companies like Youtube, Myspace, Facebook, and Wikipedia Among others.
The study gives a pretty good picture about today’s web 2.0 business models and some ideas on way forward that I would like to share. continue reading »
As Web 2.0 becomes more and more a mainstream media and a essential communication tool for everyone, new segments start entering this space creating disruption. For instance, during the past few months a massive amount of seniors have joined social networking sites like facebook, becoming the fastest growing segment according to Comscore report.
Now social media is becoming a common place for the so-called “digital moms” segment, which is showing a very intensive and unique usage pattern across social media.
continue reading »
