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Jeromy Stallings

DevelopmentMarketing

Trends and the Meta-trend

We’ve been noticing this a lot lately:  Internets users seeking our those trends happening right now on the web, in the real world, and in one’s backyard.  We’re part of that crowd over here – we try out best to keep on top of not only today’s trends, but tomorrow’s. Google is well aware of this need, and has launched a series of advances in real-time, mobile and social-related (intelligent) search that integrate query results with real-time content from across…
December 9, 2009
DevelopmentMarketing

“Hanging” at Social Media as Leisure

Back to the subject of studying human behavior online—what is now called “netography”—a recent survey from Crowd Science contends that three times as many females from males claim “hanging” at social networks a favorite leisure activity. According to the findings, one-third (34%) of females vs. one-tenth (10%) of males who engage in social media state it is their favorite leisure activity. (more…)
December 3, 2009
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

Online Music Trends — Getting Out There!

The Internet has, the past decade, revolutionized the music industry, in the form of access, exposure, and distribution of music for bands across the world.  Everything from peer-to-peer pirating, YouTube vids, iTunes, Facebook, and MySpace Music have helped to make bands find fans, gigs, and label deals. Following this lead, music-themed social networking site The Banded launched recently with a new twist on encouraging hardcore user interaction...     (more…)
December 3, 2009
DevelopmentMarketing

Yes, But is it Free?

Some companies get scared of the word "free."  Free does not equate profit and "in the black." Free, however, is a necessary selling tool to grab the attention of consumers. Sure, there will be those who take whatever is free and run away with big smiles on their faces; that's inevitable. But there will also be a significant amount of consumers who will take what is free and buy more products from the company or website--such as the buy two…
December 1, 2009
DevelopmentMarketing

How Much Daily Time Are People Spending Online?

Analysts and researchers are constantly studying how and why we all spend our time online, and how many hours of days—our lives, really—are spent surfing the net, viewing and reading content, buying, and interacting. It’s a tremendous amount of needed information when you think about it—either socially, commercially, ethnographically, and politically, such studies are used and are useful to various organizations, brands, and entities, and where there is a need, there will be those enterprising companies that will provide for…
November 30, 2009