Email vs. Social Networks

I have been out pitching a new email oriented startup. As I’ve listened to smart people react to the idea, I’ve heard at least five different endings to the sentence “The future of email is _____”. The most frequent ones are: Social Networks SMS IM Mobile Video chat There are other less plausible ones too [...]

Posted: April 2nd, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Advertising, email | 2 Comments »

Online Display Advertising Spend Actually FALLS 2001-2006

I was just reviewing Morgan Stanley’s last Internet Trends report and noticed a very interesting statistic deep down in the text of slide #23: According to Morgan Stanley research estimates, spending on disply advertising online (those graphical banners, buttons, skyscrapers, etc) actually FELL over the period of 2001 to 2006.  In 2001, total spending on [...]

Posted: March 28th, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Advertising | 2 Comments »