Tom Burton at FierceMarkets brought an interesting new study to my attention via his FierceIPTV e-newsletter Tuesday. Tom’s an experienced tech journalist who recently relocated to the States from Australia, and I’ve gotten to know him over the past few months. He writes good commentary that goes easy on the jargon and gets into the business issues […]
This past Saturday I attended the DC International Wine and Food Festival, held at the Ronald Reagan building. It was a last minute game time decision — I was getting over a nasty head cold. The event was packed, and I was not at 100%. So the following are some high points, not in any way […]
Ok, so a week after saying this job doesn’t often mix business and wine it happens again. Tuesday night we conducted a kick-off meeting with Scott and Jennie from our new client GovDelivery. With relatively little fanfare, this company has become the dominant provider of email and digital subscription management services delivered. These services are made available via a software as […]
A recent story in the Post has spurred a lot of online conversation about the tech scene in DC — story here That story was criticized in Nick O’Neill’s Social Times blog, in a very good post located here. Mitch Arnowitz, who has kept alive the Ad-Marketing listserv of the old Morino Institute, sent these links to that […]
Thursday Businesswire hosted an event at the Marriott Tysons Corner where local tech media talked about the kind of things they want to hear about, how to pitch them, etc. IMO the biggest benefit of these events is interacting with these folks face-to-face as opposed to the panel discussion. But each person shared interesting perspectives: Melissa Frederick, Washington […]
Not too much news on the car front lately. And that’s not a bad thing — when you own two BMWs long out of warranty, no news is good news. There’s no escaping the fact that these cars require preventative maintenance, an alien concept to many drivers today who have no interest in owning a car for […]
When I was on the corporate side doing more traveling and attending various tradeshows, it was easier to combine work and wine. There is less opportunity to do that on the agency side, but last night they came together. Marc Hausman (aka The Strategic Guy) and I met with our client Dev Ganesan, COO of Aptara. Aptara is […]
Good article today by Aaron Wall at SEOBOOK. He compares cultivating your organic SEO over the long haul vs. the quick hit possible with pay-per-click campaigns. I was with Advertising.com when we invented PPC — though I guess early hires at ValueClick might dispute that claim. PPC was new, exciting and promised a level of […]
Tech blogger and fellow Alexandria resident Dennis McDonald is on to something in a blog from Friday. Management increasingly will have to plan for how to manage the social networks and online communities of two companies in the process of merging: Let’s say that two companies that share commmon markets are planning a merger of their […]
Here’s an eye-catching stat from the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona. AT&T claims that 95% of iPhone users use the device to surf the web. If true, this is REALLY significant. A crappy user experience has kept mobile internet use stuck in the starting gate, at least here in North America. If the iPhone changes that, […]
Here’s that survey I hinted at in the post last week and released today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. M:Metrics and Tellabs surveyed 34,000 mobile TV users in Europe and the U.S. last year. Here’s the verdict: The Good: The market grew 36%, and is estimated to be a $270M opportunity The Bad: Former users grew […]
This morning I attended an interesting panel discussion on the mobile marketplace. It was sponsored by Potomac Tech Wire and the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority. I was particularly interested in this event because I knew two of the panelists. I worked for Tom Wheeler at CTIA when he led that organization, and I worked with Paul […]