The Humble Beginnings and Social Media Evolution

The Harry Potter series has come a long way since the release of the first offering, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone back in 2001. Ten years later, a lot has changed, and we're not just talking about how each film in the series proved to be darker than the previous one. While the initial films generated significant buzz offline, it was the release of the 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' that set various social networking sites abuzz with excitement and activity. Although the earlier movie, boasting +325,000 Facebook fans prior to its release in 2009, was termed as a social media blockbuster, the latest and the last ... Read more...

Then and Now

Go back a few years in time and you would find cricket buffs either with their eyes glued to the television or their ears stuck to the radio during a tournament. The 2011 World Cup, however, witnessed a spurt of activity in the social media space. It was not only Facebook and Twitter that registered heavy cricket commentary, but small players like soch.la and simplycricket.net also saw fans discussing the match with gusto. Yahoo, in partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC), launched iccevents.yahoo.com, the official site to ICC World Cup 2011. The content on the Yahoo site included the 'commontweeter', where a consolidated view of Twitter ... Read more...

By Rajiv Parikh, CEO, Position²

Thanks to the group that filled our Ask-the-Experts Roundtable session at DMA 2010. Given the placement of the sessions, I was a little concerned that I wouldn't get to share our new presentation and new Social Media ROI analysis for addressing unresolved issues and engaging to drive new leads. Instead, we had a great session with companies from around the world. While much of the examples in my deck were B2C, many of the questions were B2B. I was happy to share our experiences and learn from the group. If anyone is interested in a copy of our deck, please write to us.

The DMA 2010 conference has evolved from discussing the ... Read more...

The Internet was abuzz with the launch of Apple's iPad. While the world was busy reacting to the iPad, our team set out monitoring social networks to track iPad buzz. We tracked activity from January 27 through February 28. The results are here to see!

Priced modestly at $499 for the 16GB base version, the iPad packs in quite a punch. Compared to e-readers, this sleek unit has a stunning screen, wireless broadband connectivity, a touchscreen and the ability to run over 100,000 iPhone apps. However, the iPad has received mixed reactions online. Critics have written about missing features like a camera, flash and the fact that it cannot multitask. You cannot ... Read more...