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		<title>Montreal.rb</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bosko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re a little late on blogging this (my apologies): a short snippet to say that we were happy to have hosted January&#8217;s Montreal.rb.  You can find some of the pictures here (if you took any, please point us to your pics in the comments).  Thanks to all who came, to James Golick for [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6&#38;publisher=&#38;title=Montreal.rb&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomdigital.com%2F2009%2F01%2F28%2Fmontrealrb%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" align="left" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3336/3220935254_cc3c8ef2e5_m_d.jpg" alt="Jonathan Palardy presenting vim" />We&#8217;re a little late on blogging this (my apologies): a short snippet to say that we were happy to have hosted January&#8217;s <a href="http://www.montrealonrails.com/2009/01/21/jonathans-dotfiles-vimrc-etc/">Montreal.rb</a>.  You can find some of the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29228910@N08/3220084121/">pictures here</a> (if you took any, please point us to your pics in the comments).  Thanks to all who came, to <a href="http://www.giraffesoft.com/">James Golick</a> for running it, and a big special thank you to our (and <a href="http://www.fjordinteractive.com/">Fjord&#8217;s</a>) own <a href="mailto:lucie.seguin@bloomdigital.com">Lucie Séguin</a> who helped with logistics that contributed to this one&#8217;s success.</p>
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		<title>New Addition to the Family</title>
		<link>http://www.bloomdigital.com/2008/12/10/new-addition-to-the-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bosko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m overjoyed to announce that this week we&#8217;ve had the pleasure of welcoming Jean-Philippe Joyal to our roster here at Bloom.  He brings with him his rails, javascript, and software dev process skills, all of which are inevitably welcome here.
As previously mentioned, we&#8217;ve been diligently scouting for new talent for some time now and [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6&#38;publisher=&#38;title=New+Addition+to+the+Family&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomdigital.com%2F2008%2F12%2F10%2Fnew-addition-to-the-family%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright" align="right" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3030/3097923379_1a543eb999_m_d.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="240" />I&#8217;m overjoyed to announce that this week we&#8217;ve had the pleasure of welcoming <a href="http://leastusedfeature.wordpress.com/">Jean-Philippe Joyal</a> to our roster here at Bloom.  He brings with him his rails, javascript, and software dev process skills, all of which are inevitably welcome here.</p>
<p>As <a href="http://www.bloomdigital.com/2008/10/28/seeking-intermediate-rails-web-developer/">previously mentioned</a>, we&#8217;ve been diligently scouting for new talent for some time now and after much deliberation, I believe we&#8217;ve found it.</p>
<p>Welcome JP!</p>
<p>P.S. Shout out to the boys at <a href="http://giraffesoft.ca/">giraffeSoft</a> here in MTL who we&#8217;ve done some <a href="http://www.bloomdigital.com/tag/work/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with work">work</a> with and who were kind enough to refer us.</p>
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		<title>Momentum for widgetry</title>
		<link>http://www.bloomdigital.com/2008/12/04/momentum-for-widgetry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vlad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Garfield&#8217;s latest story in AdAge, &#8220;Widgets Are Made for Marketing, So Why Aren&#8217;t More Advertisers Using Them?&#8221; is one of the most exhaustive looks at the increasingly burgeoning industry. The one sentence that seems to sum up the story for me is this one:
Branded widgets are the refrigerator magnets of the Brave New World.
To [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6&#38;publisher=&#38;title=Momentum+for+widgetry&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomdigital.com%2F2008%2F12%2F04%2Fmomentum-for-widgetry%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bob Garfield&#8217;s latest story in AdAge, &#8220;<a href="http://adage.com/article?article_id=132778">Widgets Are Made for Marketing, So Why Aren&#8217;t More Advertisers Using Them?</a>&#8221; is one of the most exhaustive looks at the increasingly burgeoning industry. The one sentence that seems to sum up the story for me is this one:</p>
<blockquote><p>Branded widgets are the refrigerator magnets of the Brave New World.</p></blockquote>
<p>To the very good list of successful widgets mentioned in the story I would also add <a href="http://taxcut.barackobama.com/">Barack Obama&#8217;s tax cut calculator</a>.</p>
<p>Despite the ambiguity of the actual term &#8220;widget&#8221;, the one thing that the ad industry will learn is that they must bring actual value to real people. Just asking ourselves the question of what kind of application can be useful to the consumer (to the point of sharing the app with others) is a huge leap that will hopefully lead to better communication in other channels as well. It&#8217;s not rocket surgery, I know, but it still needs to be repeated.</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, the same reasoning also applies to branded iPhone applications, another area where marketers can generate tremendous results. Not only is the timing good due to the relative novelty and potential for innovation, but the actual opportunities of coming up with creative solutions for any particular industry are also there.</p>
<p>On a related note, <a href="http://farisyakob.typepad.com">Faris Yakob</a> has a great write-up on the meaning of viral media in his post &#8220;<a href="http://farisyakob.typepad.com/blog/2008/11/spreadable-media.html">Spreadable Media</a>&#8220;. Must read for anyone who has ever uttered the words &#8220;viral media&#8221; or &#8220;viral campaign&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Widget de l’information de Radio-Canada.ca</title>
		<link>http://www.bloomdigital.com/2008/12/02/widget-de-l%e2%80%99information-de-radio-canadaca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arnaud</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Afin de rejoindre une audience de plus en plus fragmentée et d’affirmer sa présence sur le web, Radio-Canada a décidé de se munir d’un widget qui permettra à ses usagers de visualiser les nouvelles en temps réel de façon conviviale et pratique. Ce widget de l’information, compatible avec plusieurs plateformes, a été lancé le 5 [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6&#38;publisher=&#38;title=Widget+de+l%E2%80%99information+de+Radio-Canada.ca&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomdigital.com%2F2008%2F12%2F02%2Fwidget-de-l%25e2%2580%2599information-de-radio-canadaca%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="10.5pt;">Afin de rejoindre une audience de plus en plus fragmentée et d’affirmer sa présence sur le web, Radio-Canada a décidé de se munir d’un widget qui permettra à ses usagers de visualiser les nouvelles en temps réel de façon conviviale et pratique. Ce <a title="widget de l'information" href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/widget/ondes" target="_blank"><strong>widget de l’information</strong></a>, compatible avec plusieurs plateformes, a été lancé le 5 novembre dernier, avant de subir une légère refonte le 28 novembre dernier.</span></p>
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<p style="center;"><a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/widget/ondes"><img class="size-full wp-image-252 aligncenter" src="http://www.bloomdigital.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/widgetinfo.jpg" alt="Widget de l'information" width="300" height="250" /></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;">L’objectif du widget est de permettre aux usagers de consulter les nouvelles de <a title="Radio-Canada.ca" href="http://www.radio-canada.ca" target="_blank"><strong>Radio-Canada.ca</strong></a> dans une interface plus attrayante et plus complète qu’un simple fil RSS. Pour ce faire, nous avons voulu bonifier l’information en la plaçant dans un contexte graphique différent de la logique de liste chronologique habituelle. L’exercice s’est avéré profitable, car l’application permet d’avoir une vue d’ensemble sur les nouvelles courante rapidement et ce, dans une aire assez compacte.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="center;"><span style="10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;">La conception de ce widget a été une phase très stimulante pour moi. Étant le premier projet à voir le jour chez <strong>Bloom Plateformes numériques</strong>, nous avons cru bon de faire appel à des partenaires pour remplir certaines phases de la conception et de la production.<span> </span>Si bien que la gestion de projet n’impliquait pas juste de faire de la planification et les suivis, mais également de participer activement, afin de pouvoir faire le pont avec les différents intervenants qui se sont impliqués. En voici la liste : <strong>Radio-Canada </strong>et Bloom bien sûr, mais aussi <a title="Provokat" href="http://www.provokat.ca/" target="_blank"><strong>Provokat</strong></a> et <a title="Fjord marketing interactif + technologie" href="http://www.fjordinteractif.com" target="_blank"><strong>Fjord marketing interactif + technologie</strong></a> ont tous participé à la création. Fjord a également été le maître d’œuvre dans la production Flash.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;">Bien que Bloom appartienne à <a title="Cossette" href="http://www.cossette.com" target="_blank"><strong>Cossette</strong></a>, il n’en reste pas moins que nous sommes en mode « startup » et les occasions de toucher à tout sont nombreuses, indépendamment de nos spécialités, ce qui rend ce genre de projet encore plus excitant.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="10.5pt;">Fonctionnement</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;">De façon plus précise, voici un aperçu du fonctionnent du widget. Chaque cercle représente une catégorie de nouvelles qui permet de classer ces dernières. Lorsqu’une catégorie est cliquée, les nouvelles non associées disparaissent, mettant en évidence celles correspondantes. La position radiale des nouvelles par contre est totalement aléatoire, ce qui confère au widget une allure plus organique et vivante. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;">La grosseur des icônes peut sembler aléatoire également, mais en fait elles sont proportionnelles au nombre de lectures de la nouvelle sur le site de Radio-Canada.ca, autrement dit le widget permet de voir d’un seul coup d’oeil les sujets chauds de l’heure, ceux qui attirent le plus l’attention. La popularité de certaines nouvelles est parfois révélatrice.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;">Quant à la transparence des icônes, elle représente tout simplement la fraîcheur de la nouvelle dans la journée; plus elle est estompée, moins elle est récente.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;">Les nouvelles peuvent également contenir un ou plusieurs <strong>vidéos</strong>, ce qui rend le widget vraiment attrayant à mes yeux.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Choix des plateformes</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;">Les plateformes choisies pour l’installation du widget sont les agrégateurs populaires <a title="iGoogle" href="http://www.igoogle.com" target="_blank"><strong>iGoogle</strong></a> et <strong><a title="NetVibes" href="http://www.netvibes.com/" target="_blank">NetVibes</a>.</strong> Une version pour les postes de travail est également offerte, la technologie choisie ici est <strong><a title="Adobe AIR" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/air/" target="_blank">Adobe Air</a> </strong>(il vous faut installer le lecteur Adobe Air pour rouler l’application.)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;">Dans un avenir rapproché, une version pour les <strong>blogueurs</strong> sera disponible. En profitant du modèle de partage de revenus publicitaires, les blogueurs pourront ainsi remplacer une bannière de format « big box » (300&#215;250) sur leur site, et y mettre le widget de Radio-Canada.ca. Ceci leur permettra d’enrichir leur contenu tout en conservant une source de revenu intéressante.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="10.5pt;">Le Téléjournal</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;">Les utilisateurs du widget veulent être au courant des nouvelles rapidement et consultent celui-ci régulièrement. Toutefois, nous ne pouvons leur demander de passer la journée devant leur ordinateur, il peut donc être pratique de présenter un résumé à la fin de la journée. Pour ce faire, quoi de mieux que le résumé du Téléjournal qui fait la revue des dossiers importants de la journée en deux minutes. C’est ainsi que vers 16h tous les jours, vous verrez apparaître un aperçu de l’extrait du Téléjournal avec Bernard Derome ou Céline Galipeau, sur lequel nous vous invitons à cliquer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="10.5pt;">Sur ce, bonne lecture et bon visionnement.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="center;"><span style="10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="10.5pt;">Arnaud Beauchamp<br />
</span></strong><span style="10.5pt;">Gestionnaire de projet<br />
Bloom Plateformes numériques</span></p>
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		<title>Partenariats et vélocité recherchés</title>
		<link>http://www.bloomdigital.com/2008/11/06/partenariats-et-velocite-recherches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Quelques semaines déjà depuis que nous avons publiquement annoncé l’existence de Bloom Digital. Première impression suite au lancement? Comme le temps file! En passant, merci aux collègues de l&#8217;industrie qui ont commenté nos premiers pas : Infopresse, Montreal Tech Watch, Zero Seconde, Montreal Gazette et Media in Canada.
Depuis notre sortie publique, nous avons multiplié les rencontres [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6&#38;publisher=&#38;title=Partenariats+et+v%C3%A9locit%C3%A9+recherch%C3%A9s&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomdigital.com%2F2008%2F11%2F06%2Fpartenariats-et-velocite-recherches%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">Quelques semaines déjà depuis que nous avons publiquement annoncé l’existence de Bloom Digital.<span style="yes;"> </span>Première impression suite au lancement? Comme le temps file! En passant, merci aux collègues de l&#8217;industrie qui ont commenté nos premiers pas : <a href="http://www2.infopresse.com/blogs/actualites/archive/2008/09/05/article-28203.aspx">Infopresse</a>, <a href="http://montrealtechwatch.com/2008/09/06/bloom-digital-advertising-platform/">Montreal Tech Watch</a>, <a href="http://zeroseconde.blogspot.com/2008/09/bloom.html">Zero Seconde</a>, <a href="http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/business/story.html?id=48f18a1b-036b-498c-9a9f-2de263c30834">Montreal Gazette</a> et <a href="http://www.mediaincanada.com/articles/mic/20080904/bloom.html">Media in Canada</a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">Depuis notre sortie publique, nous avons multiplié les rencontres avec clients et partenaires potentiels. Heureusement, chacune de celles-ci aura confirmé notre stratégie : Créer et exploiter des technologies publicitaires qui permettront aux grandes marques de rejoindre les consommateurs dans de nouveaux territoires, avec de nouvelles approches. Ces rencontres et les opportunités qu’elles soulèvent contribuent également à faire augmenter notre enthousiasme autour du produit AdGear que nous développons. Elles ajoutent par contre à la pression que nous ressentons tous pour arriver au marché rapidement avec cette plateforme publicitaire ouverte.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">Des nouvelles du marché augmentent ce sentiment mixte d’urgence et d’enthousiasme. Par exemple, rien d’exhaustif, trois nouvelles de l’industrie qui sont au cœur de notre réalité d’affaires : </span></span></p>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">L’annonce de<strong> </strong><a href="http://apt.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Apt</a> qui cherche à offrir au marché une plateforme publicitaire de nouvelle génération qui étonne par son ouverture;</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">MySpace qui<span style="yes;"> </span>lance <a title="MyAds" href="http://advertise.myspace.com">MyAds</a> pour permettre à ses utilisateurs de toucher des revenus publicitaires;</span></span></div>
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<li>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">Et <a href="http://www.openx.org/">OpenX Hosted</a>, un nouveau service hébergé offrant une plateforme de publicité ouverte qui permette aux petits éditeurs Web de monétiser leurs contenus.</span></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">Ces initiatives de joueurs importants de l’Industrie confirment que chacun cherche à reprendre du contrôle dans la chaine de valeur de la publicité numérique. En reprendre à qui? À Google, peut-être, qui domine outrageusement cette industrie avec une approche fermée qui n’est pas durable selon nous. Annonceurs, Agences, Medias, les grands autant les petits aussi cherchent tous à faire leur place dans une économie numérique en plein changement. Prédiction : La crise économique actuelle ne fera que catalyser cette transformation. On en sortira avec des modèles d’affaires nouveaux, probablement mieux adaptés au Web que les modèles empruntés aux média traditionnels et toujours encore en exploitation.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">Un premier projet Bloom, en partenariat avec Radio-Canada, sera lancé d’ici quelques jours.<span style="yes;"> </span>Il s’agit de widgets qui serviront à diffuser les nouvelles de Radio-Canada hors du cadre du cadre de son site Web. Ces widgets offriront aux internautes la possibilité de visionner d’une nouvelle manière les nouvelles de Radio-Canada dans les médias sociaux. Avec ce projet, nous comptons également tester de nouveaux modèles de revenus. En effet, des blogueurs francophones pourraient présenter ces widgets sur leurs blogues et ainsi toucher une partie des revenus publicitaires générés. Ces widgets nous serviront également à tester de nouveaux formats d’interaction véhiculant du « branding » en ligne. Ce partenariat (mot galvaudé s’il en est un), avec un éditeur de la qualité de Radio-Canada, constitue un exemple parfait du type de collaboration innovante que nous recherchons activement. N’hésitez pas à nous contacter si ce modèle peut s’appliquer à votre réalité! </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">Sinon, nous travaillons quelques autres projets en périphérie de notre principal chantier  (la sortie ce mois-ci d’une première version d’AdGear). En mobilité par exemple où nous travaillons quelques projets autour du IPhone. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">Sur une note plus légère, l’équipe de Bloom a tenu sa première sortie d’employés le mois dernier. Le prétexte fut une sortie en vélo dans les cantons de l’est. À voir les photos sur le site prisent ce jour-là vous constaterez : </span></span></p>
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<li><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">Le manque de collègues féminines (merci Lucie d’y être!) et </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">Le manque de forme physique des « boys » qui ont confirmés que beaucoup d’Internet et de gaming en ligne ne contribue pas à la forme physique.</span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="115%;"><span style="Calibri;">À bientôt.</span></span></p>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Up at Bloom?</title>
		<link>http://www.bloomdigital.com/2008/10/30/whats-up-at-bloom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bosko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey folks, just a quick note to apologize for our lack of blog updates - needless to say, we&#8217;ve been very busy hacking these past several months, and will continue to be.  We&#8217;ve got some exciting announcements coming up in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey folks, just a quick note to apologize for our lack of blog updates - needless to say, we&#8217;ve been very busy hacking these past several months, and will continue to be.  We&#8217;ve got some exciting announcements coming up in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned!</p>
<p>One of our key objectives is to make it easier for small and independent publishers (bloggers and other) to make money from advertising fairly, without lock-in or forced exclusivity agreements, for example.  As we&#8217;ve <a href="http://www.bloomdigital.com/2008/09/08/display-advertising-in-a-network-of-ad-networks/">stated before</a>, we believe that the way to optimize publisher revenue (and, non-coincidentally, advertiser ROI) is to enable publishers with turnkey technology that was previously inaccessible to them - and to do so in a way that doesn&#8217;t put them at the mercy of a single sales channel, network, or revenue model.</p>
<p>Since we&#8217;re working on technology for Publishers, we&#8217;d love to hear from you - especially if you&#8217;re an independent blogger.  Are you currently part of one or more ad networks?  What do you like or dislike about your relationship with your network(s)?  If you don&#8217;t run advertising, but are interested in eventually generating some revenue from your site, let us know what you&#8217;d like to see from networks and advertisers alike that would make you feel compelled to connect your readers to their brands?  If you hate the usual rev share with networks, let us know.  If you hate the ad formats and feel like you lose editorial control over what&#8217;s run in your ad spots, let us know. We&#8217;re interested in making your situation better, and there&#8217;s no better time than now to let us know what really irks you, as a content publisher, about online advertising.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a local Montreal (or surroundings!) blogger or site owner, we&#8217;d especially love to hear from you, as we&#8217;re putting together a camp-style event in early 2009 to help address these questions.</p>
<p>Comments below or <a href="mailto:hello@bloomdigital.com">Email</a> most welcome.</p>
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		<title>Seeking Intermediate Rails Web Developer</title>
		<link>http://www.bloomdigital.com/2008/10/28/seeking-intermediate-rails-web-developer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bosko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloom is looking for an intermediate Rails web developer, to help with building up our flagship line of products.
Hiring into the family is a lengthy and ongoing process - we&#8217;re pretty picky - we think that&#8217;s a good thing.  We&#8217;re a small team, developers and technology are an integral part of our fiber and so [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6&#38;publisher=&#38;title=Seeking+Intermediate+Rails+Web+Developer&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomdigital.com%2F2008%2F10%2F28%2Fseeking-intermediate-rails-web-developer%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bloom is looking for an intermediate Rails web developer, to help with building up our flagship line of products.</p>
<p>Hiring into the family is a lengthy and ongoing process - we&#8217;re pretty picky - we think that&#8217;s a good thing.  We&#8217;re a small team, developers and technology are an integral part of our fiber and so it&#8217;s important for us to find not only a candidate with strong potential, but also one who believes in our mission as strongly as we do.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re working with the <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/">Ruby on Rails</a> web application framework, and other open-source technologies, such as distributed filesystems like <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/core/">Hadoop</a> and column databases like <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Hbase">HBase</a>, <a href="http://hypertable.org/">Hypertable</a>, and <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/couchdb/">CouchDB</a>.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re in the Montreal area and are interested, please <a href="mailto:jobs@bloomdigital.com">get in touch</a>!  If you&#8217;re remote, but have a solid track record, let us know anyway - we have worked with contractors before and would love to keep you in our contacts.</p>
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		<title>Display Advertising in a Network of Ad Networks</title>
		<link>http://www.bloomdigital.com/2008/09/08/display-advertising-in-a-network-of-ad-networks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bosko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody knows that branding is hard work.  For one, measuring the value of brand equity is difficult - some estimate the value of Coca-Cola, for example, to be over $120 billion, but how does one put a price on the perfect blend of high consumer awareness, perceived quality, and ultimately loyalty?  Trademarks and patents can [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6&#38;publisher=&#38;title=Display+Advertising+in+a+Network+of+Ad+Networks&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomdigital.com%2F2008%2F09%2F08%2Fdisplay-advertising-in-a-network-of-ad-networks%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everybody knows that branding is hard <a href="http://www.bloomdigital.com/tag/work/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with work">work</a>.  For one, measuring the value of brand equity is difficult - some estimate the value of Coca-Cola, for example, to be over $120 billion, but how does one put a price on the perfect blend of high consumer awareness, perceived quality, and ultimately loyalty?  Trademarks and patents can be counted, but measuring awareness, quality, and loyalty is difficult.</p>
<p>While online direct response marketing has practically become science and <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/04/the-great-online-advertising-divide-widens/">has enjoyed tremendous growth</a> these past several years, and while online media economics have been &#8220;evolving&#8221; in favor of what are essentially direct response KPIs (from CPM to CPC to CPA), online brand marketing has not been getting the same kinda love, yet the willingness of brand advertisers is certainly very real.</p>
<h3>Direct Response vs Branding</h3>
<p>The purpose of a direct response initiative is to drive traffic, or otherwise convert a consumer.  Cause and effect, at least as the conversion happens online, are measurable and usually directly attributable to spent media dollars.</p>
<p>Building good brand karma, on the other hand, is much tougher to translate into an effective cost per event performance indicator because brand equity is built and maintained continuously and indefinitely throughout time.  So directly relating media dollars to value of built up brand equity is non-obvious.</p>
<p>This is not to say that the basic delivery metrics we&#8217;re all used to aren&#8217;t important, though when it comes to branding, they&#8217;re only part of the picture.  They provide basic segmentation of the exposed audience, one based on surrounding user web activity. But, when trying to gauge things like resulting consumer loyalty, you simply need more context, more data, and more transparency.</p>
<h3>Ad Network Landscape</h3>
<p>Most ad networks belong to one of two categories: large and wide or deep and narrow (vertical).  The Google Display Network, for example, is large and wide.  Martha Stewart&#8217;s network, <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/marthas-circle">Martha&#8217;s Circle</a>, is deep and narrow.  Branding implies that placement is real important, and when it comes to picking placement, and in particular valuating it, information is gold.  The difference between the two categories is in how their inventory is presented and most often sold to advertisers.  Verticals tend to focus on branded and niche content and audience, while large wide nets offer relatively cheap reach, sometimes with the ability to hand pick content or audience at premium.</p>
<p>The asymmetry of information in this marketplace leads to a slew of bundling, slicing, and re-bundling of inventory by ad networks, all seeking to ultimately provide more information to the advertiser. Not all network inventory is created equal, and one impression is perceived to be worth more by one brand than another.</p>
<p>Information provided by networks is related to either placement or audience characteristics, or both.  The ability of a network to extract and bundle inventory based on placement and audience speaks to how effectively it is able to provide value to participating advertisers.  Still, most networks don&#8217;t sell all their inventory, and certainly little of their least valuable inventory.</p>
<h3>Where do we go from here?</h3>
<p>What&#8217;s increasingly clear is that in order to attain new levels of insight, information and technology exchange between publishers, their networks, and between networks themselves must be improved.</p>
<p>The ad network landscape, particularly with new ad networks both big and small appearing every day, is one that structurally resembles that of the Internet and web itself: an ever-growing network of networks.  In such an environment, intelligence of any one party is augmented when that party is able to effectively share information and data with other parties in such a way that all involved benefit, <em>including the consumer</em>.  While inventory exchanges and brokerages are a necessary start, they can be better and more accessible to networks of all sizes if we apply the same principles that we know and love, and that have made the web great, to the ad network ecosystem.</p>
<p>Some of the strongest underlying principles of the web are openness, transparency, accessibility, compatibility, and equality. These, as they apply to the ad network ecosystem, drive our <a href="http://www.bloomdigital.com/tag/work/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with work">work</a> at BLOOM today:</p>
<p><strong>1. Openness and transparency.</strong> We&#8217;re going to be responsibly experimenting with new ways of targeting, segmenting, and reporting data.  And, of course, we&#8217;re going to be transparent about what we&#8217;re doing.  Moreover, openness must involve individual publishers.  Publishers should be entitled to participate in whichever networks provide them with their ideal balance of data, choice, and revenue.</p>
<p><strong>2. Accessibility and compatibility.</strong> Open exchange protocols &amp; open ad unit formats.  No reason for one network to not be able to share rich format and measurement with another if they both agree to it and benefit from it.  Brand initiatives don&#8217;t merely have to be supported by standard display banners.  There are other ways of communicating brand value to consumers, as we&#8217;re increasingly seeing in emerging mediums, mobile (and in particular <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/">iPhone</a>) being but one example.  If CPE proves to be a useful media buy mechanism for brand advertisers, the online ad community will have to come together and openly consolidate on ad format and engagement measurement techniques.  The internet has shown us that open standards and technologies, not centralized committees, are the way to get there.</p>
<p><strong>3. Equality. </strong> In my ideal world, ad networks would have no reason to strive for exclusive relationships with publishers.  The money should flow to where the value is, and to the party capable of extracting, bundling, and selling it.</p>
<p><a href="mailto:bosko@bloomdigital.com">I&#8217;d love to hear</a> what you think about the state of online branding today, whether it pertains to media economics or interactive technologies.  And, of course, we look forward to keeping you posted on our platforms and thinking as we move forward.</p>
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		<title>Introducing Bloom Digital</title>
		<link>http://www.bloomdigital.com/2008/09/03/introducing-bloom-digital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vlad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we finally announce the creation, or rather existence, of our company. It’s been an amazing experience so far, and it’s a great feeling to finally go public with our plans. Of course, more announcements will be made as we get closer to launching our products.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today we finally announce the creation, or rather existence, of our company. It’s been an amazing experience so far, and it’s a great feeling to finally go public with our plans. Of course, more announcements will be made as we get closer to launching our products.</p>
<p>A lot could be said about the reasons behind the creation of Bloom. At the core, we feel that, as the latest generation of Web services has been maturing over the past few years, the advertising industry simply has not kept up pace. The same guiding principles that made social destinations a big success -– openness, transparency, relevance, utility, decentralization, trust, and even fun -– need to be applied to the new generation of advertising platforms.</p>
<p>Moreover, we feel that although direct response marketing took off in a very major way with the advent of Google&#8217;s media products, online branding has not evolved nearly as much. Business models, creative, targeting technologies, degree of consideration of media context and measurement all need to be rethought. We feel (and see) the need for specialized platforms allowing to facilitate online branding initiatives.</p>
<p>We hope that Bloom can help address at least some of the challenges advertisers, ad networks and publishers face today. The only way to advance in the right direction and create value both for advertisers and consumers alike is to <a href="http://www.bloomdigital.com/tag/work/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with work">work</a> closely –- much closer than ever before -– with media publishers.</p>
<p>This is not an entirely new direction for us. Our relationship with our parent company, <a title="cossette" href="http://www.cossette.com">Cossette</a>, and our background in developing large scale ad management platforms used by its clients (who are some of the greatest brands in the world) gives us a unique perspective on these challenges and their solutions.</p>
<p>Please do subscribe to this blog or follow our twitter account. At all times feel free to get in touch with us. Of course, you can reach me personally at vlad.stesin@bloomdigital.com</p>
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