Intel is using the SEC’s new default electronic delivery process for e-proxy materials smartly. 2008-04-02 Intel Corporation demonstrated that the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC – U.S. regulatory agency) new default electronic delivery process for e-proxy materials works GREAT if used correctly. We have been watching about 200 companies or there abouts using the new […]
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Social media: Intel shows how e-proxy can be done effectively in a case study #1
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/04/04 1 views
Google, Digg.com and Twitter: Why such Drive-By Traffic is of Little Value
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/04/02 · 3 comments 1 views
Google can definitely steer some traffic your way. Unfortunately, search engine traffic is quite often low quality traffic that will not stay around. Accordingly, search engine traffic gets what it wants from your website, thereafter, it moves on to another site on the net. The same applies to traffic coming from social bookmarking sites such […]
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One of our readers has read about Going Solo – an upcoming conference in Lausanne (see logo below) and wanted to know if he should attend AND what he might get out of it. I tried to assess this issue from my perspective. Please keep in mind that I have registered myself, paid the fee […]
Tagged as: a analytics taking action, benchmarking, buzz marketing, ComMetrics.com, entrepreneurship, freelancer, Going Solo, measurement, ropes to skip, social media, social media buzz, social media influence, start-up, Stephanie Booth, Stowe Boyd
4 Critical Steps Toward Better Serving Your Market Niche
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/03/27 · 7 comments 1 views
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One of our readers has sent us a question. We think you might be interested in hearing about our answer to this reader. The question below addresses the strategic issue about how to identify and serve one’s niche more effectively, while making one’s blog more attractive to the target audience(s). The question posted to us […]
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4 Lessons we can Learn from Mercedes-Benz, AOL and Wells Fargo
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/03/26 1 views
They all left Second Life after internal benchmarking exercises showed things were not going so well. Usually we say – name, content and brand matter – everything else is frosting. However, as the experiences of famous brands with Second Life demonstrate, brand is not everything in the virtual world. Instead, changing the act regularly, offering […]
Tagged as: advertising, AOL, benchmarking, buzz marketing, Coke's virtual world, cokestudios, ComMetrics, failure, Mercedes-Benz, Milan Fashion Week, mycoke, Second Life, social media influence, virtual world, Wells Fargo
7 Days of Shocks Unnerve Investors: Social Media to the Rescue
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/03/23 1 views
London hedge fund Endeavour Capital loses 27% David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group fails to save $22bn Carlyle Capital Corporation (CCC) fund JPMorgan wanted to buy Bear Stearns for $2 a share, upped the price to $10 (remember, in Dec. 2007 the share price was over $80 and more than 30% of the stock […]
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Sensible Metrics Make a Difference or Why Less Traffic is Better
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/03/20 1 views
Everybody wants to measure performance of social media efforts – nevertheless, do these metrics make sense? Telling me that defining the right objectives for my blog sounds helpful. Even advice given regarding the need for measuring accomplishments against targets set is useful. However sometimes we compare apples with oranges and confuse matters more than we […]
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Before You Start a Corporate Blog, Tie Your Shoe Laces Properly
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/03/18 1 views
Ever more Fortune 500 and a few smaller outfits want to start their corporate blogs or have already blazed down that trail ahead of you… Nevertheless, a successful blog is a journey and not a destination. Hence, tie your shoe laces and get yourself ready for the long run. We address this in more detail […]
Tagged as: a analytics taking action, benchmarking, building brand, buzz marketing, ComMetrics.com, measurement, online communication, social media buzz, social media influence, target audience
Benchmarking Firefox 3.0 Beta 4: Did the Test Follow Good or Best Practice?
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/03/16 · 3 comments 1 views
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Everybody is awaiting Firefox 3.0 and many are in midst of testing the Beta 4 version Recently we came across another test and we started to ask if the journalist had followed good or best practice, a mix or none at all. We address this in more detail and outline why most tests comparing the […]
Tagged as: a analytics taking action, Acid 3 standards compliance test, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, benchmarking, buzz marketing, ComMetrics.com, comparison, Firefox 3.0 Beta 4, Firefox browser, good practice, measurement, social media buzz, social media influence, Sun-Spider JavaScript Benchmark
Who is Responsible for your Benchmarks?
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/03/13 1 views
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Everybody gives lip serve to how important benchmarking exercises are. How can it then be that we leave the benchmarking of webpages, e-commerce sites, blogs and social media campaigns to the geeks, webmasters and techies in the firm? We address this in more detail and outline why c-level executives should worry or better take charge! […]
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