The SEC has nailed an Estonian investment bank and a couple of hackers for sneaking into the Business Wire press release distribution system to find out which public companies would be making significant announcements in the near future. They then bought stock or sold it short for a profit. Since the start of this year,…
Seth’s Blog: I’m liveblogging this Seth Godin joins the anti-liveblogging crowd (tags: blogs) TripAdvisor Growing With Help of User Generated Content “TripAdvisor is successfully showing the blue print of how to leverage user generated content, now the only question is the rest of the world watching? And who will be the next business to take…
Cymfony offers a good recap of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association held this week in Chicago. On a separate note, P&G refers to it as Word of Mouth Advocacy — a term I think is more accurate and better explains the phenomenon when executed correctly.
Over in the UK, text messaging is taking on new importance as a way to communicate with the parents of school children. From LeedsToday.net: FOR 27,000 parents, a reminder of an upcoming teacher training day, or a message that a school trip is returning late, could soon arrive instantly by text message thanks to Leeds-based…
I’m experimenting with a new way of sharing some of the interesting articles I’m reading from around the web. These links will show up in real time (or nearly so) in the sidebar of Pardon the Disruption at ChipGriffin.com, but I also plan to batch them up and post them here for those of you who may not constantly check my web site.
The Hartford Courant takes a look at the current difficulties facing newspapers — and how they are addressing the problem both on and off-line. These are tough times for the printed word. As newspapers grapple with their collective identity crisis, they’re also navigating some stark industry conditions – what some news veterans call the worst…