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I originally posted here about a horrible customer experience with a company and its sales rep, who unintentionally copied me on an email which described me in offensive, vulgar terms. This occurred while the rep was trying to make me a client.… Read the rest
My status as a MediaPost columnist has changed: As of today, I’m no longer a monthly SearchInsider columnist. Instead, I’ve become a weekly Thursday OnlineSpin columnist, focusing on broader issues in media, marketing and technology.… Read the rest
Google just released Google Trends, a new public search-term query trending tool. The release of this will draw increasing notice of the value of search as a source of consumer insights and trends. While Google Trends is very, very, very far from being a serious market research tool, it is free and accessible and will give many people a better idea why search data are so important to mine.… Read the rest
The freak story gets freakier. Reuters reports on Hollywood’s pandering to Tom Cruise:
… Read the restLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In a rare public show of support for a beleaguered star, some of Hollywood’s top executives rallied to Tom Cruise’s side on Wednesday as a new poll suggested his odd behavior in recent months may have cost him millions of dollars at the box office.
How would you like to work alongside me and a bunch of other people smarter than me, to help define a burgeoning industry we call consumer-generated media measurement? My employer, Nielsen BuzzMetrics, is hiring. We’re looking for an ambitious, hard-working New York-based junior marketing manager with two years of relevant experience.… Read the rest
