Everywhere I look, every article I read, seems to hammer home the fact that peer influence marketing is becoming the most effective method of selling a brand. Word of mouth marketing has always been a reliable way to do business. Why? Because brands know that consumers would rather hear it from someone they know and trust. In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell describes the three characters needed to start an epidemic. Read More

MySpace was one of the first social media platforms created, yet over the past few years it has been losing traffic and users while newer sites have been growing at incredible rates. In an effort to make themselves more appealing to advertisers MySpace has started selling their position as information sharers and have begun syndicating their users opinions and information with other social media sites, such as Facebook. Read More

The other day I blogged about digital “connectedness” and the role of brands in social media. MySpace identifies itself as a platform that creates user experiences around stuff consumers are rabid about and then taps a brand into those experiences. It seems that this is exactly what HBO and K-Swiss have done with their Kenny Powers campaign. Eastbound & Down is a hit TV series featuring the lovable, loud-mouth Kenny Powers. Read More

“What happens when millions armed with cameras, cell phones, and laptops share their lives on Facebook, blogs, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube? People have more opportunities to observe and listen to each other… A big part of word of mouth is small-talk buzz- conversations about products that are simply part of our everyday interactions.” (Emanuel Rosen, Buzz)   Read More