- Date January 19, 2012
- Category Weekly Update
- Author Doug Schumacher
- Tags facebook, facebook marketing, facebook strategy, mobile, social media, social media marketing, social media strategy, social media trends
10 links that point to the future of marketing:
Apple announces free iBooks Author OS X app for publishing books to the App Store
Amazon certainly has a sizable lead in the personal publishing space, but I’ve been more than a little surprised that they haven’t moved faster towards making it much, much easier to create Kindle books. Apple has already proven their ability to take simple UX to large audiences, from musicians using GarageBand to mass consumers purchasing through the iTunes store. If Apple can own the best creative process, they could end up with the best content.
Via @briansolis
Social As We See It: Digital Trends for 2012
A good outline of some top line trends and the apps that are helping make it happen.
Via @postadvertising
55% of Brand Ambassadors Prefer Facebook
Not much info in support of the research methodology, but overall this doesn’t surprise me. In fact, I’d have thought it would be higher.
Via @Britopian
Disruptions: Design Sets the Tone at a New Start-Up
An good example of branding that goes straight to the core of a company. It’s brand building by demonstration.
Via @kdoohan
Twitter Calls on Former Apple Exec for Marketing Help
Per the article, I’m not sure Twitter’s problem is people’s understanding of the service, but it will be interesting to see what issues they address in their move to push media.
Via @Aerocles
Three Men And A Basement: How Carrot Creative Grew
Inspiring story about three guys building a social media agency
Via @socialfresh
IBM’s 5 in 5 – a list of innovations which predicts future technology trends and applications.
Some interesting concepts presented in a branded content video from IBM.
Via @CraigDaitch
Marketers Still Struggling With Social
There’s an interesting thing happening in social media. While marketers are increasing their spending, they’re also admitting they aren’t entirely on top of how to manage the potential of social media. And like it’s always been in marketing, those with the best knowledge will be in a highly-advantageous position.
Via @hicais
Social Networking Stats: Facebook To Reach One Billion Users By August, #RLTM Scoreboard
Some very simple, clear data on why Facebook is driving the boat for most company’s social media efforts.
Via @tamarabarber
Forbes.com seeing strong traffic growth
Forbes went through a big redesign recently, and it’s great to see that as well as their content marketing efforts paying off.
Via @steverubel
