Archive for February, 2010

Want Word of Mouth? Make it Easy for Your Customers to Share (Offline)

Posted 26 February 2010 | By | Categories: Marketing, Strategy | 1,375 Comments

While I know it’s very easy for us marketers to all get worked into social media hysteria, let’s not lose sight of the fact that over 80% of Word of Mouth recommendations happen offline. Twitter might be “sexy”, but face-to-face is still king. That being said, I find it surprising that more brands aren’t providing [...]

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Goodbye, IE6… May the Social Web Rise from Your Ashes

Posted 25 February 2010 | By | Categories: Industry News, Technology | 217 Comments

To say the developers here at Affinitive (and around the world) are happy to see Microsoft’s decade old web browser finally go away is a big understatement. Over the last several years there have been many people advocating for “death to Internet Explorer 6.” But in the last couple of months, several things have come around to finally give IE6 the push out the door.

Spoiler Alert! Social Web Forcing Fans to Keep Their (Time-Shifted) Heads Under a Rock

Posted 17 February 2010 | By | Categories: Industry News, Social Media | 264 Comments

Like countless others, I’ve been glued to my TV for the past few days absorbing all of the Olympics action, from the opening ceremonies to the drama of the women’s snowboard cross final. At first it was fun watching the Twitterverse provide funny side commentary via the #Olympics hashtag (even I’m guilty of posting a [...]