Digital & Technology

As gadgets with digital audio capabilities proliferate, podcast downloading continues to increase, according to August 2008 research conducted by Pew Internet & American Life Project. In 2006, Pew reported that popular podcast directory Podcast Alley… Continued

In 1992, when our boutique agency was founded, we hung up a virtual shingle. At the time, this type of storefront was viewed as the opposite of commercial success. Most competitors and prospects alike assumed… Continued

E-mail overload is nothing new, leaving communications professionals struggling to find new methods to increase deliverability, opens, clicks and conversions in e-mail marketing efforts. According to the “Elements of E-mail” survey conducted by eROI, these… Continued

During the past six weeks, three of the most widely viewed events of the year—the Olympics in Beijing, the Democratic National Convention in Denver and the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul—took the world stage… Continued

The popularity of social networking websites like Facebook presents a broad array of communications opportunities and challenges for organizations looking to manage their digital reputation. Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia came face-to-face with these challenges… Continued

  Blogging may have started as a channel for people to start conversations and build virtual communities, but more and more companies are using blogs as marketing tools. In a story in last week’s Washington… Continued

News flash: Social media isn’t going anywhere. This whole “blogosphere” thing has gone from a social phenomenon to a full-blown media outlet. Yet today, many companies still do not measure the impact social media is… Continued

A recently released report from iProspect, conducted by JupiterResearch, reveals that 45% of search engine marketers do not integrate their search marketing efforts with offline channels, in turn uncovering a disconnect between search engine marketer… Continued

A series of recent moves by Twitter suggests the micro-blogging service is running into trouble with its business model. As columnist Ben Kunz writes in BusinessWeek, when Twitter launched in Japan in April, users saw… Continued

The phenomenon of personalized search is an important step forward toward the semantic web. In its own way, personalized search creates a mini semantic web that is based on the preferences and behavior over time… Continued