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How To Create A Viral Meme [Infographic] Online backup company Mozy has released an infographic that breaks down the history of the meme, how to create a viral meme, and the monetary payoff of these internet characters. It starts with the origins of memes, which were defined in Richard Dawkins’ 1976 book The Selfish Gene and are short for the Greek word ‘mimeme’ meaning ‘imitated thing.’ The infographic shows one of the first known LOLcats from the 1870s, created by Harry Frees, who took photographs of his pet cats and added text to turn them into greeting cards. It also lays out the ingredients of a viral hit, looks at the money in memes, and examines the top six types of meme. You can check out the infographic below:
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Infographic: The Most Valuable Digital Consumers These days, Social/Local/Mobile seems to be driving much of the conversation about online opportunities. But at the end of the day, there is only one constant common denominator across the Web: the consumer. An understanding of this consumer and how they are influenced by social, mobile and local experiences online is vital to big brands looking to reach them on the Web. Nielsen and NM Incite, a Nielsen/McKinsey company, illustrate some findings that highlight digital consumer behaviors and consumption patterns that can help brand advertisers understand their most valuable customers and how they’re engaging across social, local and mobile. View full graphic with footnotes. Survey Reports State of Ecommerce in Australia and New Zealand The State of Ecommerce in Australia and New Zealand report, published by Econsultancy in partnership with hybris, an SAP company, looks at how ecommerce is evolving in Australia and New Zealand, with a focus on key trends and developments, region-specific issues, opportunities and challenges. The research is based on a survey of marketers and interviews with senior executives across a range of business sectors. Customer Lifetime Value: Building Loyalty and Driving Revenue in the Digital Age The Customer Lifetime Value: Building Loyalty and Driving Revenue in the Digital Age report, published by Econsultancy in partnership with Sitecore, outlines a number of trends that are hindering the ability of companies to measure and increase CLV, as well as seeking to understand specific issues and opportunities relating to a range of business sectors and across the worlds of both B2B and B2C. Email Marketing Industry Census 2014
5 Social Media Tips for Finding and Engaging Your Target Audience: New Research Do you know where your customers and prospects spend time online? Marketers have long relied on market research to determine where to spend their advertising dollars on television, radio and print advertisements. In the last few years, research organizations have begun providing intelligence on how consumers behave on social networks.
Tweeting During Prime-Time Rises; Brands Try to Tap Into Social TV Audiences TV and tweeting goes hand in hand. Nearly half of smartphone or tablet owners 18 to 24 are frequently discussing TV shows on social networks while watching TV, according to Futurescape. That's why agencies like Digitas are devoting more resources to exploring how brands can participate in the new field of social TV and connected TV, said Ashley Swartz, SVP/Leader iTV Practice at Digitas, during a recent interview with Beet.TV. About 40% of tweets during prime-time hours are about television, underscoring the tremendous opportunities for brands and TV shows to connect with those engaged viewers, she said. "The biggest challenge for brands is to create a value exchange with the consumer that makes the experience richer but also provides…scale and reach," she said.
How to Turn Your Company Into a Content Creation Machine If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Wouldn't it be nice to have a content army on your side? I was planning on writing a different post this evening but I was so moved by a telephone conversation I had today with a business owner that I just had to address this incredibly important subject, which is a growing problem for more and more businesses around the globe.