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Our Latest Trend Forecast: Widget Culture, Crowd Madness, Eco-Maniac, Privacy Frantic and Nearly Free

by: Idris Mootee

A very busy Sunday night trying to get ahead before week starts. I have been getting lots of calls and emails from organizations that want to discuss equity partnership with Idea Couture last few weeks. They range from agency holding companies to big tech players. Will continue with these dialogues and in the meantime work out our 2 year plan. Just reviewing our latest trend forecast for the next 18 months and I thought I would share some of them with you here.

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Comments (0) • Posted on on 30 June, 2008 - 16:01
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An Experiment in Crowd-sourcing

by: Matt Rhodes

I had my first real experience of using crowd-sourcing to solve a business problem last week. We’re working on the design and concept for an online community that will be public later in the summer. The community is going to be covering an exciting topic and one that should appeal to a broad range of the target audience. What’s even better is the client is enthusiastic about sponsoring a community about the issues, rather than it having to be overtly product-led.

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Comments (0) • Posted on on 30 June, 2008 - 14:18
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When Do You Want to Hear 30-second Recommendation Clips?

by: David Jennings

I know the question I'm about to ask must have been posed many times before, but I'm not sure I've ever seen an answer. I've been revisiting my thinking about the different 'modes' in which we listen to music.

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Comments (0) • Posted on on 29 June, 2008 - 00:54
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Introducing Jennings' Law

by: David Jennings

At yesterday evening's Music Tank event in London someone who'd just received an advance copy of my book mentioned that they'd seen the heading "Jennings' Law" in the table of contents, and asked me to explain.

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Comments (0) • Posted on on 29 June, 2008 - 00:10
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Marketing's Wheel of Misfortune

by: David Armano

One of the ways I have "monetized" this blog and other efforts in the social space has been the privilege of  getting out and speaking to folks in the marketing field from a variety of perspectives.

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Comments (0) • Posted on on 27 June, 2008 - 21:54
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