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Archive for April, 2009

What Do You Do When Outdoor Billboards Are Compared With Online Banner Ads?

April 30, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Advertising 2.0, India, Media 2.0, Online Marketing

Funny right! But few days back while discussing the present & future of online advertising, a friend pulled a bouncer by pointing this question – What do you do when outdoor billboard ads are directly compared with online banner ads?
One thing is for sure – this question lacked the marked difference between outdoor billboards and [...]

Gmail Runs Faster in Google Chrome (But in Bad Taste)

April 30, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Tech 2.0

Don’t know about you guys, but I was surprised to read this – Gmail Runs Faster in Google Chrome. Google continues to inform us that Gmail (and I believe Google means all of their services) run faster in Google Chrome.
This time around, Gmail shows a green bar that says: “Gmail runs faster in Google Chrome”.

Believe [...]

How Can We Integrate Traditional & Digital Media?

April 29, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Digital Branding, Marketing, Media 2.0, Strategy

Ever since, I got into my job role, I’ve been trying to understand various vagaries involved in adoption of Digital Media vis-a-vis leveraging existing traditional channels to enhance the communication and customer engagement for effective results.
This process has led to many digital media conferences, social media marketing summits and numerous meetings with stalwarts of the [...]

Social Digital Ecosystem – You In or Out?

April 28, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Random Thoughts, Web 2.0

Don’t believe me – righto! Just think about it for a while while I complete my thoughtexpress. First up, couple of points about me.
First, I am was never a geek. Neither do I consider myself a geek until now. If you’ve been through my profile then I don’t think I would have left any [...]

The “International Paradox” Settles In – Web Traffic & Monetization in Limbo!

April 27, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Industry News, Strategy, Trend Spotting

The digital divide came alive as I read this article from NYT which reveals some of the most excruciating dilemma that companies trying to spread across the globe are facing right now.
It’s the classical debate between growing traffic and monetization. Online advertising has majorly been the bread earner for most of the web properties; be [...]

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