George Dearing

Kill it with fire! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

and large clubs! - George Dearing

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"At any given moment, a typical New York coffeehouse looks like an especially sedate telemarketing center. Recently, there's been a movement afoot to limit the use of laptops. The laptoppers hog the tables, but they do the coffeehouse experience an even deeper disservice. They make it a solitary one, and it's a different kind of solitude from the stance sung by Hemingway. You're not just alone—you're in another universe entirely, inaccessible to anyone not directly behind you." - George Dearing from Bookmarklet

"Now independent labels representing 10% of the global music market will join MySpace Music, creating one of the largest independent music offerings on the web." - George Dearing from Bookmarklet

"Why is this important? “Drip marketing”, or social media marketing — whatever term you want to use for it — has become increasingly essential over the last few years. Brands engage in a conversation with potential customers who choose to listen to them for deals or news. The goal is to establish a long-term rapport so that when a customer reaches a purchase point, they’ll pick your brand. Facebook originally developed Pages as the professional publishing space for companies and celebrities on the social network." - George Dearing from Bookmarklet

" brainstorm about social media rules for drug companies. More than 800 people signed up for the meeting, held in a room that seats half that number, and so many attendees tweeted the proceedings that one of them set up a Web page, www.fdasm.com, to collect all the comments. Those tweets had a common theme: The FDA is taking far too long to figure out Web 2.0, while patients rush to embrace it. "Does the FDA get it?" asks Mark Senak, author of the blog Eye on FDA and a senior vice-president at public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard. If it did, "they wouldn't be having this meeting now, many, many months after it was already apparent how quickly Web communications is changing."" - George Dearing from Bookmarklet

"Toys R Us will mobile-enable its Toysrus.com e-commerce site to enable consumers to navigate, select and purchase items the same way they would from a computer browser. As part of this mobile initiative, the company also will launch dedicated applications for the Blackberry and iPhone. In addition to executing transactions, Toys R Us will let customers access lists of new and top-selling products, locate stores, research product reviews and ratings, and check online availability of items that are out-of-stock in stores." - George Dearing from Bookmarklet

"The NPD Group noted this week that more US consumers have mobile data subscriptions than last year, and the Yankee Group’s “Mobile Commerce for the Holidays” webinar likewise indicated strong consumer demand for multimedia smartphones with data plans." - George Dearing