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daily1Monetizing social networking platforms still is one of the biggest challenges in social media. Now, if we have a close look at Reuters, Myspace and Twitter are planning new monetization models: Myspace becoming a place for video gamers and Twitter offering add-on services for business? If the Twitter plan will become the future for this social network, the founders need to think around different access prizing strategies in order not to loose the people that co-founded the business: small companies and bloggers.

Have you ever thought about how to use LinkedIn in an ideal world? Ari Herzog did. He shares his views and insights in his article 12 ways to use LinkedIn today.

London’s Piccadilly Circus is always a good place for the production of a commercial… Watch this funny Samsung spot for one of their mobiles.

Launch Bookstore auf The Strategy Web

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bookstore-tswDie Nachricht von dem Partner E-Commerce Strategie der QStores bei Quelle liest sich fast schon wie ein lustiger Zufall für mich. Erst gestern habe ich mein Blog The Strategy Web um einen neuen Bücher Shop erweitert. Allerdings mit aStore von Amazon, nicht QStore von Quelle…

Warum ein Book Store?
In den letzten Monaten habe ich ab und an Rezensionen geschrieben zu Büchern, die mich in irgendeiner Weise fasziniert, bewegt oder nachhaltig beeinflußt haben. Diese (Business)-Bücher wurden dann in der Sidebar als Widget “Buchempfehlung” vorgestellt. Leider verschwanden mit jedem Update einer Empfehlungen die anderen gänzlich – und grundsätzlich zu schnell.

Karl-Heinz Wenzlaff, der die Idee des Bookstores an mich herangetragen hat, meinte mal in einer Mail: “So schnell kommt man ja mit dem Lesen nicht nach, wie Sie die Buchempfehlungen wechseln”. Mag daran liegen, daß ich mir als ehemaliger Literaturwissenschaftler das schnelle Lesen beigebracht habe. Was hier jetzt aber eher kontraproduktiv war. Mit dem Bookstore kann ich das Problem elegant umgehen.

Was findet man im Bookstore?
Mein Bookstore trägt die Überschrift “Books and Recommendations” also nicht umsonst. Zukünftig werden dort unter der Rubrik Books Angebote zu relevanter Lektüre die Blogthemen betreffend integriert. Webstrategy, Marketing, Sales und Mobile Web sowie “Unterhaltsames und Nachdenkliches” bei Easy Listening (witzige, lustige und trotzdem nachhaltige DVDs) und Easy Strategy (moderne Startegieansätze der ‘Light-Version’ sowie Romane).

Wie schwierig ist es, ein aStore zu erstellen?
Überhaupt nicht schwer, denn mit den Amazon aStores benötigt man keine Programmierkenntnisse. Der Aufbau von aStores ist nahezu selbsterklärend. Man kann seine Kategorien selbst definieren, Farben & Design anpassen, die Sidebar konfigurieren und die finalen Versionen per Link, iFrame oder Frameset sehr einfach für jeden Blog-, Webseiten oder Communitybetreiber integrieren.

Monetarisierung oder Service?
Wer glaubt, als Amazon-Partner kann man seine Blogaktivitäten gut monetarisieren, der muß ein anderes Blogthema als ich haben. Vermutlich ist nahezu jedes andere Blogthema der Umsatzgenerierung dienlicher. In den letzten Wochen bin ich oft gefragt worden, welche Literatur man so in den Themen des Blogs ließt, um “Up-To-Date” zu bleiben. Der Bookstore ist ein Service für meine Leser – nicht mehr, nicht weniger.

Ich wünsche Euch viel Spaß und hoffe, dort gute Vorschläge und Empfehlungen eingebaut zu haben. Natüprlich erfährt der Bookstore regelmäßig ein Update…

Kevin Spacey explains David Letterman Twitter

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Kevin Spacey and David Letterman gave the perfect show act at Letterman’s Late Night show on CBS TV. And suddenly these guys were talking about Twitter … pinging verbal tweets to and fro. And then, Kevin Spacey finds the perfect business model for Twitter. Okay, maybe a bit expensive…!?

David Letterman: Did it cost you money to be on Twitter?
Kevin Spacey: (scared) No, it does not cost you money…
David Letterman: I don’t know how you…
Kevin Spacey: …(amazed, shaking his head)…
David Letterman: I don’t know how it works.
Kevin Spacey: A penny for every letter. It’s so expensive Dave…
David Letterman: I don’t know anything about it.
Kevin Spacey: Are you on Twitter?
David Letterman: No, I don’t know. I can’t afford it…

Spot On!
If Twitter costs something? Yes, it does – a fortune of time, Kevin could have answered. But … ah, his answer is much cooler. Just enjoy it!

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daily1New logo for The Strategy Web? Yes… Creation contest is done… now for the vote. Your input much appreciated…

Facial recognition is something that can become very dangerous for your career if you show the wrong picture in the wrong social network. But it becomes even more complicated when this vision comes true: facial recognition and head tracking resulting in augmented ID. Somehow scary…

Using Youtube to promote your business is not new. Explaining your website with the help of Youtube is very cool. See this example by Boone Oakley…

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The top 10 ways to monezie Twitter and the real-time Web? Ron Conway shares his vision…

10. Lead generation
9. Coupons
8. Analytics, analyzing the data
7. Enterprise CRM
6. Payments
5. Commerce
4. User-authentication, verifying accounts
3. Syndication of new ads
2. Advertising – Context and display ads
1. Acquiring followers

Looking for methods to monetize your blog without advertising? Brandon Laughridge has 5 top ideas for you…

The future of e-commerce is speaking in semantic words. Mike Darnell give some insight in terms of semantic web shopping – show casing a stroller purchase.

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There are not many case studies on how to leverage social media for business and how to engage customers, partners, and press with social media. One great company example offers Cisco. Mia Dand summarizes Cisco’s approach on openness, transparency and ROI. And if you find the time see also the example of the American red cross by Beth Canter, including their social media strategy handbook…

Twitter and agencies seems to be a relationship that is not yet established for a powerful client mode. AdAge shows some amazing examples where agencies are handling Twitter streams for clients – but the agencies don’t even own their branded accounts, or have a powerful leader or expert which can be shown as a good case study to their clients. Scary?! My advice: Before starting to believe in the agency’s knowledge on social media, read the examples above and then take a look at this short post by Lawrence Perry: How not to be annoying on Twitter and other social media. Then decide which agency is the right one to handle your social media activities…

…and whenever I find a good example of a funny commercial, we will share this…

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The life of non-profit organizations depends on relationships. One reason why social media is such a great opportunity for them. Alexandra Samuel explains in five good points why non-profits are good at social media. And there is a lot of information in this post how businesses can profit from non-profits…

Time is money and still a lot of people are asking: Why should I engage in social media. And, will the investment in social media pay out – for me and for the company? Lydia Dishman focuses on the costs (and payoff) when people and companies are investing in social media.

General Motors (GM) TV image advertising campaign was meant get back credibility, awareness and customers. But in social media days there is always someone who can turn this approach into a satirical version. infoMania/Current TV created this funny spoof of the GM ad – a piece which could become more popular than the GM version.

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Although a study shows that 36% of internet searches lead to negative results, Microsoft and Google are still fighting their virtual competition for the best search engine – Bing vs. Google. Now, an eye-tracking study by User Centric offer a first look in the success of both. In sponsored links Bing performed better…

“However, sponsored links… attracted more attention on Bing (~42% of participants per search) than they did on Google (~25% of participants per search).”

Social media enters school education in America. Xavier Lur gives some interesting insight in the learning options of YouTube, Twitter or Facebook. And he links to 25 cases to use Twitter in the Classroom…

What will Bloomberg’s digital future and expansion strategy be looking like? Andrew Lack, CEO of Bloomberg’s new Multimedia Group, says that it will rely on original video news content to mobile phone users around the world. Watch his words at the Advertising 2.0 conference…

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Alarm on the American local SEM advertising front… 50% of Google’s self-serve advertisers get lost as clients the following year, reports Silicon Alley Insider based on a study by Clickable.

If you are from the advertising industry, then there is no way around this makeover of Don McLean’s American Pie about media and advertising…

The new iphone was presented yesterday at San Francisco’s Worldwide Developer Conference 2009…

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The difference between Facebook pages and Facebook groups is…? Well, if you still don’t have the proper answer… OK, here is one of the finest explanations by Howard Greenstein that I found on the web for those companies that evaluate on smaller or bigger interaction on Facebook.

Companies still ask what the return for investing in social media is. Beth Perdue summarizes some great suggestions from experts at the New England Xpo for Business at Boston in terms of how marketing mentality is shifting. Definitely an interesting read…

Finding good case studies for social media marketing is not easy. Del Monte Foods has created a great example in just six weeks. Adage focuses a speech by Forrester Research’s Josh Bernoff. Watch it and learn from it…