There are two types of people; those who don’t know the future, and those who know they don’t know the future. We’re in the second camp, but we also share Gibsonian insight that ‘the future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed‘. So does...
Apple’s social commerce patent applications, social commerce ‘Crunchies’ finalists, mobile as the future of social commerce, a Groupon without coupons, smart f-commerce tips, and a new eMarketer report on social commerce. Here’s a quick roundup of...
So next month’s (Feb 2011) Wired magazine (UK edition) has just dropped, with a cover story on social commerce, by editor David Rowan and editorial assistant Tom Cheshire. The cover text- “What are you selling? Big Brands want to cash in on your...
What does social commerce hold for us in 2011? As aficionados of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy will attest, the evolution of things – including civilisations – involves passing through three key stages: ‘The History of every major Galactic...
Well, what a year it’s been in social commerce. A year ago, the future was set to be social commerce. Today, the future’s already here, it’s just unevenly distributed – in true Gibsonian fashion. So here’s our infographic summarising social...
This month’s Harvard Business Review has a spotlight on social media and branding, with a stand out article by McKinsey, based on a global study of 20,000 consumers. In a nutshell, the article argues that many brands are spending their marketing...
On the heels of last week’s launch of the premium Group Buy plugin for WordPress blogs from GroupBuyingSite.com, GetShopped has launched a similar but free (for now) group-buy plugin that works with the popular WP e-Commerce plugin. You’ll remember...
Like Amazon, the other grand dame of e-commerce, eBay is tooling up for a new era of social commerce. eBay has just purchased Brands4Friends, Germany’s largest private shopping club (3.5m members) for €152m ($200m). Private shopping clubs, upscale...
This year, the tech-Oscars, known as the “Crunchies”, have added a new “social commerce app” category, and the internet community gets to nominate the nominees. Hosted by GigaOm, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch, the 2010 Crunchies is the fourth annual...
Brian Fetherstonhaugh, Chairman & CEO OgilvyOne Worldwide, the interactive marketing and consulting arm of the Ogilvy Group, has just published an interesting research report on the future of selling (embedded below – click through to slideshare to...
Techcrunch recently published a scanned image (embedded below) of a confidential overview of tech mega-trends to guide investment from angel investors SV Angel. As you’d expect social commerce related themes figure prominently. So here’s a...
So Facebook founder “the connector” Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is Time Person of the Year 2010, triumphing over a more politically contentious runner up Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, and joining the ranks of winning heads of state including Barack...