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The Tribune Co. - Using Hyperlocal Journalism to Save Its Sinking Ship

January 7, 2011

Analysis of:Second Coming in the Second City | www.mediapost.com

­­­Even in the “dying” newspaper industry, the Tribune Co. is posting profits and growing.  Its Chicago Tribune Media Group has made the leap with a successful transition from print to digital media by embracing hyperlocal journalism--content that is exceptionally local, transactional and interactive.  If other floundering newspaper companies were smart, they should take notes and follow suit.  

After the Acquisition, You Might Want to Stick with Aprimo

January 3, 2011

Analysis of:Teradata to Acquire Aprimo | www.teradata.com

Teradata's announcement to acquire market leader Aprimo is great news for Teradata's current and future customers, but bad news for competitors like Eloqua and Marketo.  When one of the biggest players in the industry gets bigger, with an even more comprehensive product offering, then it's hard to find a compelling reason for businesses to spread themselves across a variety of different companies.

Online Ads Accelerate the Demise of the Newspaper?

December 21, 2010

Analysis of:Online Ads Pull Ahead of Newspapers | www.editorandpublisher.com

This year, 2010, marks the year where advertisers will spend will more on internet ads than newspaper ads.  Although, this doesn't mean that the demise of the newspaper is guaranteed.  The key to fixing the problem is in how publishing companies transform their printed newspapers well beyond simple online access.

SilverPop Hack Raises the Bar for Email Service Providers

December 17, 2010

Analysis of:Feds probe '100 site' data breach | www.theregister.co.uk

SilverPop’s recent data hack has caused the bar to be raised for all email service providers and brought clarity to barriers to enter and serve into this market. Those currently in the industry—such as Marketo, ExactTarget and Responsys —need to revisit their security offerings to be sure they can protect their data, servers and network access points from malicious attack.

Facebook email - this is not a unified messaging system

November 16, 2010

Analysis of:Facebook Launches Email, Broader Messaging Platform Featuring 'Social Inbox' | www.mediapost.com

Facebook reinforces their social centric view of life and continues to demonstrate their orientation to friendships and social interactions.Facebook email is exactly what it says it is, a "social inbox".  It is not a unified messaging system.

The Right Answer for Wireless Carriers is “Unlimited Everything”

June 9, 2010

Analysis of:AT&T Dials Up Limits on Web Data | online.wsj.com

Moore's law is at work in bandwidth and storage.There is only one direction for consumption to move on wireless networks and devices - and that is up.The question is not whether to offer an unlimited use plan - the real question is how much should it cost.

InfoGroup as a bell weather for the direct marketing industry

May 3, 2010

Analysis of:InfoGroup Reports First Quarter 2010 Results | www.forbes.com

If you want to know how the direct marketing industry is performing look at the list brokerage line of InfoGroup.  This is a line that represents collectively the list rentals activities for companies that use Edith Roman, Walter Karl and Direct Media Millard.  These are three well established companies that represent hundreds of marketers across the country.

Wireless providers are justified in charging Early Termination Fees

February 16, 2010

Analysis of:FCC Opens Inquiry Into ETFs, Questions Carriers, Google | www.mediapost.com

The FCC believes it is protecting the consumer from exorbitant Early Termination Fees (ETFs).Wireless carriers are justified in charging these ETFs.Companies considered by this analysis include: Google , Verizon, Sprint-Nextel, T-Mobile/Deutsche Telekom AG , AT&T.

Customer Loyalty Wins in the Budget Battle for 2010

December 18, 2009

Analysis of:Email Spending To Rise In 2010 | www.mediapost.com

Good news for marketers - email budgets are not being slashed. In fact, this is a practice area that gets broader adoption as it matures. In 2010 email budgets: will remain consistent if not increase will focus on customer loyalty will be used for cross-channel marketingCompanies that will benefit from the trend include SilverPop, ExactTarget, Responsys, Lyris, eDialogue, Alterian and others.

The telephone is moving front and center for major technology companies...

June 26, 2009

Analysis of:Best Buy to Target 15% Cellphone Share | online.wsj.com

Best Buy is a major retailer with only 3% share of the phone market within the United States.  The announcement that they hope to capture 15% is a bold admission that they see the phone as a critical platform for future technologies and that they must move now or be left out of a major shift in changes to the consumer electronics landscape.

Kiss and Punch is the new game for advertisers and agencies

May 6, 2008

Analysis of:Kiss and Punch | www.forbes.com

The days of trust between the ad agency and the technology advertiser will be a thing of the past.  Gone will be those days when technology companies could give robust product roadmaps to their ad agencies trusting that they will not turn the table and use that information to negoatiate a better deal for themselves in use of that technology in order to compete with them, the technology company.

Betting against the house...at Google no less.

April 21, 2008

Analysis of:Google Profit Rose 30%, Quelling Investor Fears | online.wsj.com

This is a good reminder that buying advertising from Google is like betting against the house and that barriers to entry for competitors like Microsoft and Yahoo! continue to rise.  Google has great supply - but how much demand is in the market is the question.

Technology is an enabler of choice - but it does have limits

March 25, 2008

Analysis of:YouTube Unplugged | online.wsj.com

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook, Bebo and many others that create platforms for free speech and the free distribution of content from anyone and everyone will limit new growth opportunities if they do not reconcile with the concept of "rights" within the borders of other nations like China, Thailand, Indonesia and others.

Amazon makes for a difficult benchmark

March 18, 2008

Analysis of:Amazon unveils plans to exploit Facebook for social shopping | www.ft.com

Software developers that provide ecommerce solutions for the "do-it-yourself" IT crowd will feel the mounting pressure of social networks. Outsourcing providers that need to match pace with "best in class" Internet merchants will feel the pressure to keep up with Amazon and others. Consumer technology continues to migrate into maintstream IT solutions.

Can Microsoft make the transition to a SaaS provider?

March 11, 2008

Analysis of:Microsoft software chief warns against rush to merge platforms | www.ft.com

The ability of traditional software vendors like Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle to innovate and keep pace with the market will increasingly become difficult. Large ISVs will continue in their strategy of acquiring companies that have established traction in the marketplace. Corporate investment funds will be attractive sources of capital for early growth stage companies that strategically align themselves with the largest software vendors.

Microsoft is a behemoth that won't be ignored in SaaS offerings

March 3, 2008

Analysis of:Microsoft Expands Online Services | online.wsj.com

SaaS is stepping front and center in the software market. Subscription managment skills will become increasingly important. Managing customer relationships within software companies will replace license management as the preminent skill. Operational excellence for ISV's in the management of software subscriptions will change the way ISV's think about distribution.

It's only a matter of time before all major ISVs are in SaaS.

February 26, 2008

Analysis of:Salesforce.com - Ticking Time Bomb? | seekingalpha.com

Salesforce.com has built a great SaaS business but pressure will follow from major ISVs. SaaS is an announced strategy for several large software players.  Technology leadership for Salesforce.com will become increasingly difficult but when is the question.

Virtual reality becomes all too real...

January 11, 2008

Analysis of:Second Life bans unregulated banks | www.ft.com

Banks and payment processors need to develop expertise to identify and support virtual world transactions. Banks need to manage virtual risk because it involved real growth and real losses.

Don't be misled by the flap on Facebook Beacon - it can yet deliver many benefits.

December 17, 2007

Analysis of:Just How Much Do We Want to Share On Social Networks | online.wsj.com

Consumers, marketers and social networks will continue to rethink and evolve the notion of electronic connections. Advertising and marketing dollars will continue to move online to take advantage of electronically enabled relationships.

Customer performance analysis is the unifying factor in transforming payments services at big banks.

December 12, 2007

Analysis of:GoldenGate Updates Real-Time Data Integration Platform | www.intelligententerprise.com

Real-time data, when used in concert with customer performance analysis, can help banks accelerate migrating customers that use paper checks to electronic payment methods. Real-time data will strengthen banks ability to provide international payment offerings as part of a complete payments solution for corporate customers.

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