Archive for September, 2007

del.icio.us bookmarks for September 8th through September 9th

These are my links for September 8th through September 9th:

Sermo - Closed Network for Doctors Gets Another $25M - Sermo, the online social network for physicians, has just raised another $25 million in a Series C round of funding. The round was led by Legg Mason, and returning investors include Longworth Venture Partners and Softbank [...]


P&Gs Immersion

In a recent Fortune article, Jeff Colvin interviewed Proctor and Gamble’s CMO Jim Stengel. P&G has done a nice job in taking the lead with anthropological research, ethnography, new media implementation, and seeking network effects with regard to their product marketing efforts. Within the article, Stengel speaks on communicating with customers and understands the [...]


Big Box Organic

As of recent, many of the larger grocery chains as well as food producers are moving to heavier production and marketing of organic products. Kroger, the nations largest retail grocery chain operating Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, King Soopers, Smith’s and Smith’s Marketplace, Fry’s and Fry’s Marketplace, Dillon, QFC and City Market recently announced [...]


del.icio.us bookmarks for September 7th

These are my links for September 7th:

Fortune C-Suite: Q&A with P&G’s Jim Stengel - September 17, 2007 - How do you sell $76 billion of consumer goods? One brand at a time. Geoff Colvin talks with Jim Stengel. In the vast world of mktg and advertising, James Stengel just may be the king. P&Gs global [...]


Wikis in Plain English

http://www.commoncraft.com/ is great a making easy to understand videos about many of the new media tools currently available. This post on wikis is excellent and entertaining. They also have videos on RSS and social bookmarking.


Social Networking Segments - IDC

In a recent press release issued by IDC , there were some interesting insights into current social networking trends. As enterprises continue to shift existing marketing budgets to new media solutions, the major players for software delivery will rise and win. VCs will continue to incubate the enterprise solutions but as the stronger players evolve, [...]