http://takemetoyourleader.com "Take Me To Your Leader" focuses on trend watching in consumer behaviors, marketing, technology, and social media, but is often led astray by its eccentric authors and their love of music, traveling, random thoughts, and pirates. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:38:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Social Networks Search Trends facebook 1.00 myspace 1.30 orkut 0.40 friendster 0.05 habbo 0.10 Welcome back from the holidays everyone. Rob and I have a ton of new things we want to talk about - candidly the semi-holiday did us good. (Semi, because we worked anyway...) One of my latest obsessions has been Google Trends. Although it's ... http://takemetoyourleader.com/2009/01/06/does-this-mean-all-eyes-should-be-on-xing/ Rob and I will be taking a break for the next couple of weeks. We'll be back in full force on January 5th, but for now we're going to enjoy a well earned rest. We're happy that you came along for the ride in 2008 and we hope you enjoyed reading ... http://takemetoyourleader.com/2008/12/20/happy-holidays-from-take-me-to-your-leader/ [caption id="attachment_705" align="alignnone" width="580" caption=""][/caption] When I came back from Singapore I had the pleasure of finally flying an Airbus A380 - the largest commercial airliner in the world. I was deeply impressed with the aircraft. It flew gracefully. It was incredibly quiet. The cabin was amazing and spacious. All these things withstanding, ... http://takemetoyourleader.com/2008/12/19/the-a380-in-flight-technology-obsession/ [caption id="attachment_707" align="alignnone" width="568" caption=""][/caption] At best, people have ambivalent feeling about clowns. On one end of the spectrum, there's the relatively benign Bozo the Clown, a historic television favorite whose name implied entertaining, well-meaning buffoonery. There's also the sad beauty of the crying clown of the opera Paglicci. Then, at the ... http://takemetoyourleader.com/2008/12/19/dont-send-in-the-clowns-please/ [caption id="attachment_687" align="alignnone" width="568" caption="9 out of 10 ads feature westerners."][/caption] I just spent the weekend in Singapore. It took 31 hours to get there. Thankfully I'm taking a pit stop in London on the way back to Miami. I can honestly say that I love Singapore and could imagine myself living ... http://takemetoyourleader.com/2008/12/17/advertising-in-singapore-a-westerners-first-impression/ [caption id="attachment_689" align="alignnone" width="587" caption="A different kind of digital ecosystem...."][/caption] Even though in most regions of the world, half of the top 20 websites are social media sites, companies rely primarily on web statistics and click-through rates on media campaigns to judge the health of their brands in the online world. People ... http://takemetoyourleader.com/2008/12/17/why-social-media-analysis-tools-are-important/ I just wanted to give a little public shout-out to my friends Rob Gonda and Jeff Arbour. Rob, my brilliant co-author, has just been ranked the #9 person under 30 to watch out for in digital media. My friend Jeff Arbour from Hyperfactory scooted in at #1. I'm glad to see ... http://takemetoyourleader.com/2008/12/11/watch-out-for-rob-gonda-whos-the-big-dog-now/ Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has sued Coldplay for copyright infringement over claims that their hit single, Viva La Vida, used "substantial original portions" of his song If I Could Fly from 2004, seeking damages for "any and all profits." The lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles federal court. Chris Martin ... http://takemetoyourleader.com/2008/12/09/youtube-as-a-discussion-destination/ I've talked about Google Friend Connect in nauseum this year and it's finally live as of late last week, but now so is Facebook's Connect service. They launched these competing services within an hour of each other which I'm guessing was no accident. Ultimately both services start to decentralize social networks ... http://takemetoyourleader.com/2008/12/08/google-friend-connect-is-live-but-so-is-facebook-connect/ Consumers want information everywhere and at all times: from access to their service accounts on phone IVRs, main portals, social networks, and mobile devices, to identifying music with programs such as Verizon's V Cast Song ID, or iPhone apps such as midomi and shazam. The latest trend is to allow ... http://takemetoyourleader.com/2008/12/03/information-everywhere-2d-visual-and-audio-barcodes/