Influx

Russell and Ben's little experiment of turning blog posts into a newspaper is simply brilliant. Here are some random reasons why?1. Reminds us of the importance of the tactile2. Celebrates a medium that others are writing off as dead3. Makes the temporary, more permanent4. Creates something...

A few months back Aki Spicer of Fallon and I presented at the AAAAs Account Planning Conference on the topic of ad agencies and blogging. We wet out and did a little bit of research to uncover what planners throught the advantages and disadvantages of blogs and blogging are. The presentation can...

It appears that PR companies are way ahead of the curve in coming to terms with understanding bloggers as an important audience. It's interesting to see what this means for media planners and buyers. Are bloggers on media schedules? Who is dealing with them?Do they get forgetten about and left to...

Yesterday, Aki Spicer of Fallon and I presented this at the AAAA's Planning Conference. The great news is we are already getting hate mail on Adpulp, from people who suggest they never surf the web for inspiration, then what the %^^& are they doing on Adpulp?"Yes, while the creatives are busy...

Interesting presentation from Jyri Engestrom of Jaiku about "Microblogging". A new form of communication that's all about regular contact with your network. Simple messages and information sent evey hour. This is obviously far simpler and easier than blogging and an interesting alternative to help...

Bill Tancer of Hitwise recently presented some interesting stats on participation levels on Web 2.0 sites, his research found that only .16% of all YouTube visits were to upload video and only 0.2% of Flickr visits were to upload photographs. As we are in the “Participation Age” there...

Jeff Jarvis had drinks with Dell's PR people and tells an amazing tale of a company that appears to be getting the customer revolution. "The team said that IdeaStorm was Michael Dell’s own idea and passion. And before we met, the company announced that because of IdeaStorm they’d...