Some Interesting News…

Image via Wikipedia Savvy has been diligently preparing for Licensing Expo, which is coming up next week June 2-4 in Las Vegas. We have a deep toe hold into the Licensing Industry, and provide Social Media (and Licensing) services to a number of Agents and Brands. So, we haven’t had a lot of time to […]

Study: TV Is Still King

Image by mlinksva via Flickr Study: TV Is Still King. Nielsen and Ball State University‘s Center for Media Design and Sequent Partners for the Council for Research Excellence, just released a study, after spending $3.5 million, to tell us that TV is still King. It’s an interesting week to release this study, since the National […]

Building Revenue Through Connection and Collaboration

Image by luc legay via Flickr A few weeks ago, I wrote a post called Business Development in Today’s Economy about the 4 Cs. Connection, Collaboration, Clients and Criteria. For this article I’m revisiting Connection and Collaboration, because they are so closely intertwined. Connection, as discussed earlier, is about reaching out not only to clients, […]

Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

Image by Rico-san via Flickr I was recently introduced by a friend and former colleague to Ted Talks. I had always known about the conference, but not that they were hosting all of the talks via video on their site. I was amazed and so excited by it. So, I went and took a look. […]

Nielsen: Social Networking Overtakes E-mail in Popularity

Image via Wikipedia Yeah, I know, I’m behind in talking about this announcement that Nielsen made oh, like 24 hours ago. It’s like a lifetime in the digital stratosphere. This is about Social Networking overtaking email. I read that headline and I thought, “Wow”. And then my follow-up thought was “That’s no surprise!”. There are […]

Hearst Taps Yahoo Vet Khemlani as VP, Digital Media

I just have to add this — that right after I wrote my post on Why Big Brands Struggle with Social Media (see below), this announcement was made. Hearst Taps Yahoo Vet Khemlani as VP, Digital Media. I rest my case.

Newspapers Getting Smarter – Taking it Local

Image via CrunchBase Now, we’re starting to see some smart things happening in Media. But unfortunately for the San Francisco Chronicle and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, it may be a too little too late. However, one of my favorite iconic newspapers, The New York Times, is finally getting smart. From my local Brooklyn blog, Brownstoner, it […]