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Angry twitter, clever friendfeed: A lesson in creating desire

by Simon on August 11, 2009 · View Comments

in Social media

The acquisition of friendfeed by facebook was more than the latest battle in the war for social networking supremacy. It was a timeless lesson in creating desire. The strategic positioning of friendfeed made their brand more than desirable. It was irresistable. Here’s a few reasons why and how they did it: KNOW WHO YOUR BOSS [...]

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The Future of Social Media (a.k.a. “Leave me the heck alone!”)

by Simon on May 16, 2009 · View Comments

in Social media

‘Social Media’ and ‘The Future’ are two phrases that really shouldn’t go together unless you want to set yourself up for failure. Technological change is simply too fast and organic to be predictable. That said, here’s a stab at tomorrow and, maybe, the day after… Facebook, Twitter and Friendfeed (sorry MySpace) are in a dead [...]

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