Several years ago I remember some buzz in the media about the concept of internet addiction. Being a relatively new medium and technology back then, and arguably still the case in some aspects today, attention was being drawn to the number of hours people were spending online, and consequently, the potential dangers and societal impact [...]
10 years ago, Asia reeled from the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997-1998. This was followed by the dot.com crash in 2000-2001. Now we face a Global Financial Downturn.
Reducing budgets and layoffs are the usual reactions to such phenomena. Marketers usually find themselves drawing the short straw in such trying times. Since many companies and businesses classify marketers at the top of the ‘dispensable’ resources list.
We are all familiar with the regular forms of media such as TV, Radio and Print. What is social media and how useful is it in the Information Age? According to Wikipedia…