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2009 Trends: Micro-Vlogging @QIK

New Babes in Social Networking  With the rapidly expanding popularity of the micro-blog text byte, it was only a matter of due course that micro-vlogging would be next. Step aside you ten-minute rambling vlogs on YouTube and Myspace, here comes QIK which hosts and promotes video communiques, updates, and dispatches from mobile devices that are less than 60 seconds long. QIK's motto: "Mobile live video sharing for everyone, everywhere!" (more…)
March 17, 2009
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

Current Trends in Online Advertising

There's a lot of exciting, innovative things going on in the crazy world of online advertising.  Innovators out there are constantly experiemnting with new ways to enhance brands' online presence, create customer relevance, and making it easy for consumers to find what they want/need when they do their consumasurfing.  This is something the team at Ninthlink fully emphasizes when we work with clients. Here are some recent trends in online advertising... (more…)
March 12, 2009
Marketing

The New Online Payola — Good or Bad?

Payola scandals rocked the music world in the late '50s and '60s, calling into question if "hit" songs were from natural talent or forced onto music` fans by constant paid-for airplay. Online music site Jango, which boasts having in excess of 6 million users, is trying to resurrect the concept with a new model offering the chance for indie music artists to buy plays in a variety of packages to try and incubate fans for their music.  (more…)
March 10, 2009
DesignMarketing

Economy vs. Online Marketing

The Economic Blues Let’s face it, the news on the economy is bleak. Every day we hear about job cuts and poorer-than-expected earnings that continue to mount in the tech and digital media spaces. Panasonic was the latest electronics manufacturer forced to downwardly revise its full-year earnings outlook, now projecting a net loss of 380 billion yen or $4.2 billion for the year ending March 31. (more…)
March 10, 2009