WOMM: Marketing 2.0 lethal weapon

One of the most critical dimension of Marketing 2.0 lies in Word of Mouth Marketing (WOMM). As defined in wikipedia:"it is a term used in the marketing and advertising industry to describe activities that companies undertake to generate personal recommendations as well as referrals for brand names, products and services." WOMM in my opinion was … Continue reading WOMM: Marketing 2.0 lethal weapon

Integrate an end-to-end viral marketing to your Marketing 2.0 plan

Viral Marketing is an integral part of Marketing 2.0. Thus agencies are starting to exploit the lack of integrated tools and strategies for you to have a full viral marketing set of tactics embedded in your campaigns. Here are some of the available ones I noticed:Affinitive - Word of Mouth Marketing, Technology and Strategic Solutions … Continue reading Integrate an end-to-end viral marketing to your Marketing 2.0 plan

Web 2.0 is not just a new user interface

Following the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco last week, lots have been said, lots have been written and lots have been exchanged. We can now grasp that this energy and enthusiasm level surge is not some temporary fad but probably the matured revival of what used to be called the bubble, not even preceding … Continue reading Web 2.0 is not just a new user interface

Social Network ad spending grows rapidly to $900M

Latest numbers tracked by eMarketer.com are showing that Marketing 2.0 is ramping up more rapidly than expected. This new 2007 Ad spending forecast, totaling $865M specifically in Social Networking ad, is far bigger than the last $280M estimate for 2006, still coming from eMarketer. This is pretty much in line with the 2010 forecasted $1.8 … Continue reading Social Network ad spending grows rapidly to $900M

Are you a web 2.0 winner?

Last week in San Francisco took place an interesting event "The Future of Web Apps" gathering renown speakers to understand what was underpinning successful web businesses. A good friend who recently joined one of the most promising emerging Web 2.0 players, Netvibes, highlighted Mike Arrington's pitch about "What's next for web apps: building tomorrow's Flickr". … Continue reading Are you a web 2.0 winner?

Advertising 2.0 bridging the digital divide?

As you're reading this blog, you're probably a "Heavy Internet User" (HIU) i.e. someone who has accessed the Web at least 11 times in the previous seven days as close to 100 million people in the US, or about one-third of the country's population. Don't start calling your mom telling her you're part of a … Continue reading Advertising 2.0 bridging the digital divide?

Web 2.0 brands: half U.S. Top 10 fastest growing web brands

Back in Paris, I'm writing this new post from the just released Windows Live Writer, beta version, released on Sunday by Microsoft. Though I'm blogging on blogger, I'm able to retrieve posts and create draft and hopefully publish - I'll discover this in a minute when I'll hit the Publish button 😉 I wanted to … Continue reading Web 2.0 brands: half U.S. Top 10 fastest growing web brands