tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:53:12 +0000AdvertisingvideoFunMarketingNYCFacebookGoogleSocial SoftwareEntrepeneurshipYoutubeviralMobiletvWeb2Customer ExperienceInnovationsocial mediaFoodcontentAppleFun VideoNYC TechSearchTravelWidgetsalloy digitalFun PleoMovieMusingsStartupViral Marketingbranded entertainmentmadmenpsychologyrestaurantEatDrinkFinanceLinkedinMunichMusicNetworkingObamaOnline MarketingSocial GamingSocial NetworkingSpamTakkleToolsViral videoamazonblogactiondaybooksdisplayecommercefoursquaregolfgoogle youtubehbonetflixonlinepinterestsagi11startupstrue bloodtwitterwebisodes2009Cellfish MobileChelseaCoffeeCopywritingDesalinationDixie ChicksFacebook ConnectFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationFlyingGamingHoliday greetingsIbreakfastIphone FunJPMorgan ChaseKivaLinkedin Election2008MashupMcCainMeeboMyspaceOffshoringPeer CommercePlatformsProductivityPublishingRandomRecruitingRevenue ModelsSilicon ValleySkypeSubscription BusinessSummer 2008TEDUpper east sideUser EngagementUser-generated contentVCWashington MutualWater resourcesWebradio PoliticsWifiWineYpulseacquisitionad networksandroidaolapplicationsappsaprilartaustinavatarbehavioral economicsbikingblackberryblogsclevvercontestsconvergencecrowdfundingdatadelicatessendiggdiscoverydistributiondolphinsdspe-commerceeconomyeditorialemail marketingentrepreneurshipespnfab.comflixstergiltguykawasakihappinesshuffingtonposthuluhumorinstoreinvestingiosipadiphonejeff bewkesjetsetterlocalmapsmarkcubanmashablemedia buyingmidtownonekingslanepermission marketingphotographyphotosprice comparisonprivacypromotionrealestateresearchshakespearesharingshopkickshoppingsnoop doggspainstarbucksstreamingsubscriptionssxswtalentthankyoustevetheatertime warnertipping pointtourismvertical social networkswaterwhalingxboxThoughts, analysis and observation on quantitative online marketing, social media, advertising, food, wine and more.http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)Blogger396125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-6818081088234231311Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:09:00 +00002012-06-20T16:09:23.470-04:00androidappsiosMobile via appannie.com Interesting graphic with some fun stats! Posted via email from digbits's posterous http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/06/iphone-vs-android-os-wars-continue-ios.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-193790183463817024Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:52:00 +00002012-06-19T10:52:11.553-04:00alloy digitalclevverYoutube Today Alloy Digital announced it has acquired entertainment news provider Clevver Media, the fourth acquisition in the past year. The Clevver acquisition follows Alloy’s acquisition of B5 Media, Generate, and Smosh. With the move, Alloy Digital’s owned and operated channels ascend to No. 1 in total YouTube subscribers—with over 8 million—making them amonghttp://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/06/clevver-move-for-alloy-digital-our.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-1166905847049639857Thu, 31 May 2012 13:41:00 +00002012-05-31T09:41:05.720-04:00I just received this email from Zagat - Google has decided to make all Zagat reviews available free.. but only on Google+ - an attempt to get people to use the service for their local needs; hopefully they'll integrate Zagat into Google maps soon which to me would be far more useful than having to go to the rather silent and somewhat clunky Google+ for some user-generated reviews from Zagat..http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/05/zagat-now-available-free-as-part-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-772808012790890843Thu, 24 May 2012 14:44:00 +00002012-05-24T10:44:34.638-04:00jetsetterMarketingpinterest via mashable.com Great Mashable story about a travel porn campaign by Jetsetter on Pinterest; as the story says, this is a perfect combination of high-end photographs and Pinterest and i'm not surprised it worked well; regardless, it's very hard to execute such campaigns well and thus congrats are in order to the Jetsetter team. Strong prizing, explanations and use of the right platform make http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-jetsetter-leveraged-picture-contest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-9017909666574557604Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:49:00 +00002012-04-14T17:49:52.439-04:00amazondiscoverye-commercegiltonekingslaneSearchshopping Yesterday I was surfing on Gilt and Onekingslane plowing through hundreds and hundreds of difference products on these so called "Flash sale" sites; On One Kings Lane alone, there were 50 different sales going on simultaneously - at an estimated 100 products per sale (with some duplication) that's up to 5,000 SKUs being offered at one time. That doesn't sound like flash sale to me http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/04/flash-sale-sites-are-becoming-regular-e.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-4234745593496174470Sat, 07 Apr 2012 03:59:00 +00002012-04-06T23:59:54.165-04:00 Taken with picplz. Posted via email from digbits's posterous http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/04/queen-of-spades-on-fire-with-lilac.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-6869031002718116114Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:46:00 +00002012-03-21T14:46:44.535-04:00bikingNYCThis morning I did a nice 40 minute bike ride from Williamsburg to downtown Brooklyn, across the Manhattan bridge, up Allen street and back across the Williamsburg bridge - the map of the ride is here - recommended as a sporty morning ride! http://bit.ly/GI48Yr Posted via email from digbits's posterous http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/03/three-boro-bike-ride-this-morning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-6513762552325979092Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:08:00 +00002012-03-18T11:08:11.643-04:00 Taken with picplz. Posted via email from digbits's posterous http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/03/untitled.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-1599859434148969560Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:43:00 +00002012-02-23T17:43:11.780-05:00Marketingresearchviral It’s the holy grail of digital marketing: the viral ad, a pitch that large numbers of viewers decide to share with family and friends. Several techniques derived from new technology can help advertisers attain this. In our research, http://www.tilburguniversity.edu/webwijs/show/?uid=f.g.m.pieters">two colleagues and I use infrared eye-tracking scanners to determine exactlyhttp://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/02/hbs-research-on-viral-ads-must-read-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-88753165160519939Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:50:00 +00002012-02-23T15:50:09.021-05:00FacebookMarketingsocial media Facebook appears ready to launch a new set of premium ad units, and, based on a review of documents which purport to describe them, the social network would seem to be doubling down on two core principles that mark fundamental departures from traditional advertising.First, Facebook is making the new ads social by default, meaning they will automatically show users when their friends have http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/02/social-ads-20-facebook-introduces-cool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-3893297625696748532Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:47:00 +00002012-02-18T15:47:17.317-05:00dataMarketingpinterest via info.rjmetrics.com Geek-alert: this article is pretty quant but heavenly for math/ marketing geeks. Pinterest is truly on fire and it's not losing steam/ attention. Very sticky, Twitter - watch out! Posted via email from digbits's posterous http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/02/pinterest-is-growing-like-weed-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-3560174597181378655Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:16:00 +00002012-02-14T12:16:08.037-05:00contentecommercefab.com Fab’s insanely rapid ascension to popularity is fast even for these heady days of social commerce. It took Gilt two years to get to one million users, ditto One King’s Lane. Fab got to two million users in just seven months, adding 450,000 people in just the last thirty days. The site expects to do more than $100 million in revenues this year. The rise was so quick that I’d barely heard of http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/02/content-commerce-conversion-fab-goes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-4292813889413954002Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:38:00 +00002012-02-06T11:38:12.892-05:00huffingtonpoststreamingvideo via adweek.com This is a bold move by AOL/ Huffington Post: launching a daily livecast of content on the web is costly and definitely unproven. Let's imagine they get 5% (optimistic) of their existing HuffPo readers to start watching this channel, we're only at 1-2MM monthly viewers, but those might be watching for 30 seconds at a time. I applaud the effort, curious to see the viewership/http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/02/huffpo-launches-online-streaming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-7590852048322814314Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:30:00 +00002012-02-05T21:30:51.208-05:00 Taken with picplz. Posted via email from digbits's posterous http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/02/superbowl-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-768855452611609712Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:06:00 +00002012-02-04T15:06:32.025-05:00Googlelocalmaps In the half year since its launch, Google has acquired 90 million users, the company says, opened brand pages and integrated with third-party social-media management systems like Hootsuite and my firm, Hearsay Social. As an example of how rapidly its clout has grown, the new Android OS (nicknamed "Ice Cream Sandwich") prompts new users to sign up for Google with the http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/02/google-as-elegant-mashup-of-maps-places.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-1285500285719815088Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:39:00 +00002012-01-26T16:39:10.031-05:00Advertisingvideoviral Is the future of the sitcom a syndicated viral webisode series broken into three seven-minute chunks weekly? Alloy and a handful of advertisers are giving it a try, anyway. "Dating Rules from My Future Self" makes its first appearance on the viral video chart (nearly a million views last week), and it differs from the usual entries in being more or less a webisode version of a http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/01/dating-rules-our-new-show-is-top-10_2077.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-4641424255800242416Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:38:00 +00002012-01-26T16:38:22.071-05:00Advertisingvideoviral Is the future of the sitcom a syndicated viral webisode series broken into three seven-minute chunks weekly? Alloy and a handful of advertisers are giving it a try, anyway. "Dating Rules from My Future Self" makes its first appearance on the viral video chart (nearly a million views last week), and it differs from the usual entries in being more or less a webisode version of a http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/01/dating-rules-our-new-show-is-top-10_4343.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-8437221089042724935Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:38:00 +00002012-01-26T16:38:08.957-05:00Advertisingvideoviral Is the future of the sitcom a syndicated viral webisode series broken into three seven-minute chunks weekly? Alloy and a handful of advertisers are giving it a try, anyway. "Dating Rules from My Future Self" makes its first appearance on the viral video chart (nearly a million views last week), and it differs from the usual entries in being more or less a webisode version of a http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/01/dating-rules-our-new-show-is-top-10_1668.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-4749807713825575861Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:37:00 +00002012-01-26T16:37:57.233-05:00Advertisingvideoviral Is the future of the sitcom a syndicated viral webisode series broken into three seven-minute chunks weekly? Alloy and a handful of advertisers are giving it a try, anyway. "Dating Rules from My Future Self" makes its first appearance on the viral video chart (nearly a million views last week), and it differs from the usual entries in being more or less a webisode version of a http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/01/dating-rules-our-new-show-is-top-10_5435.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-8221974381534885467Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:37:00 +00002012-01-26T16:37:45.074-05:00Advertisingvideoviral Is the future of the sitcom a syndicated viral webisode series broken into three seven-minute chunks weekly? Alloy and a handful of advertisers are giving it a try, anyway. "Dating Rules from My Future Self" makes its first appearance on the viral video chart (nearly a million views last week), and it differs from the usual entries in being more or less a webisode version of a http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/01/dating-rules-our-new-show-is-top-10_4652.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-3410094289828758940Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:37:00 +00002012-01-26T16:37:13.525-05:00Advertisingvideoviral Is the future of the sitcom a syndicated viral webisode series broken into three seven-minute chunks weekly? Alloy and a handful of advertisers are giving it a try, anyway. "Dating Rules from My Future Self" makes its first appearance on the viral video chart (nearly a million views last week), and it differs from the usual entries in being more or less a webisode version of a http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/01/dating-rules-our-new-show-is-top-10_9560.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-8742646656832727244Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:37:00 +00002012-01-26T16:37:01.851-05:00Advertisingvideoviral Is the future of the sitcom a syndicated viral webisode series broken into three seven-minute chunks weekly? Alloy and a handful of advertisers are giving it a try, anyway. "Dating Rules from My Future Self" makes its first appearance on the viral video chart (nearly a million views last week), and it differs from the usual entries in being more or less a webisode version of a http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/01/dating-rules-our-new-show-is-top-10_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-4664497501128799301Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:36:00 +00002012-01-26T16:36:47.523-05:00Advertisingvideoviral Is the future of the sitcom a syndicated viral webisode series broken into three seven-minute chunks weekly? Alloy and a handful of advertisers are giving it a try, anyway. "Dating Rules from My Future Self" makes its first appearance on the viral video chart (nearly a million views last week), and it differs from the usual entries in being more or less a webisode version of a http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/01/dating-rules-our-new-show-is-top-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-5495136954967769266Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:26:00 +00002012-01-23T12:26:55.234-05:00ecommerceinstoreMarketingprice comparisonshopkick By ANN ZIMMERMAN Target Corp. is tired of being used. In one of the starkest signs yet that chain stores fear a new twist in shopping, Target is asking suppliers for help in thwarting "showrooming"—that is, when shoppers come into a store to see a product in person, only to buy it from a rival online, frequently at a lower price. Last week, in an urgent letter to vendors, the http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/01/target-sends-letter-vendors-asking-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38144728.post-3522819528193023366Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:17:00 +00002012-01-16T16:17:31.509-05:00markcubantvvideoYoutube The TV Business Keeps Getting Stronger ! Jan 14th 2012 7:53PM Back in my broadcast.com days we had a saying that “bits are bits”.  That once content becomes digital, it is naturally going to become available on any and all digital devices. Based on this, we always made the point to be platform and device agnostic. We didn’t care where or how people saw our http://christianbusch.blogspot.com/2012/01/tv-business-keeps-getting-stronger-says.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christian Busch)0