Q&A: Dominic Jacquesson on how eReaders can change the media landscape

Dominic JacquesonDominic Jacquesson has been running offline and online publishing and marketing businesses for the last 12 years, and now runs digital publishing consultancy Ink on Dead Trees.

I've been talking to Dominic about the eReader market, the Kindle, and how he expects the technology to impact media and marketing over the next few years...

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Posted 17 September 2009 11:30am by Graham Charlton with 0 comments

Q&A: lastminute.com's Marko Balabanovic on innovation

Marko BalabanovicMarko Balabanovic won an award for Innovation in Multichannel Marketing at Econsultancy's Innovation Awards last year, and this year he is a member of the judging panel.

I've been talking to Marko, who is Head of Innovation at lastminute.com, about lastminute.com labs, how the team looks to innovate, and some of the products it has created...

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Posted 15 September 2009 09:53am by Graham Charlton with 1 comment

Q&A: Kevin Eyres of LinkedIn

Kevin Eyres is the European Managing Director for professional networking site LinkedIn. I've been asking Kevin about the growth of LinkedIn, future developments on the site, and more...

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Posted 11 September 2009 10:14am by Graham Charlton with 1 comment

Q&A: Duncan Riley on the evolution of blogging

Duncan Riley on bloggingDuncan Riley is founder and editor of The Inquisitr, a popular blog that has grown to around 3m page impressions in little more than a year. He also founded The Blog Herald back in 2002, and was a co-founder of the b5media blog network. He has also written for Techcrunch. 

As such he knows a thing or two about blogging and I thought I'd catch up with him to find out how he thinks the blogosphere has evolved in the past few years, and where things might be heading in the future.

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Posted 09 September 2009 14:02pm by Chris Lake with 2 comments

Q&A: Leon Bailey-Green on online fashion

Leon Bailey-GreenLeon Bailey-Green works as a consultant to the online fashion industry advising retailers on marketing, partnership and business strategy.

He was also behind the Online Fashion 100, which lists the influencers in the industry, and is launching his agency later this year.

I've been talking to Leon about the latest trends in the online fashion sector...

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Posted 08 September 2009 11:01am by Graham Charlton with 2 comments

Q&A: Dan Wagner of Venda on e-commerce

Dan Wagner is founder and chairman of Venda, a full service e-commerce platform, which has several big name clients in the US and UK, and recently won the contract to provide Tesco's next e-commerce site.

I've been talking to Dan, who also owns Brightstation and the newly formed Aigua Media, about Venda...

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Posted 02 September 2009 11:04am by Graham Charlton with 3 comments

Q&A: Affiliate Window CEO Kevin Brown

Digital Window, parent company of Affiliate Window, sold a majority stake in the business to Axel Springer and PubliGroupe, which already owns another affiliate network, Zanox.

We've been talking to Affiliate Window CEO Kevin Brown, who will continue in his current role, about the deal, and current trends in the sector...

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Posted 27 August 2009 13:18pm by Graham Charlton with 0 comments

Q&A: Unilever's Noam Buchalter on crowdsourcing Peperami ads

As reported yesterday on this blog, Unilever has decided to crowdsource the next Peperami TV ads via Idea Bounty, with a prize of $10,000 up for grabs.

I've been talking to Noam Buchalter, Marketing Manager for Unilever's Marmite, Bovril, Pot Noodle, and Peperami brands. about the reasons behind the decision to crowdsource the new Peperami ads, and the effect this will have on agencies. 

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Posted 26 August 2009 11:32am by Graham Charlton with 1 comment

Q&A: Rex Hammock, Founder & CEO of Hammock Inc.

There's a lot of talk about the future of magazines, and print media in general, because there's a lot to talk about. When it comes to discussing what the future holds, Rex Hammock is one of the guys you want to speak to.

He's a veteran "magazine guy" who co-founded the Custom Publishing Council, served as a director of the American Business Media trade association and is today the CEO of custom media firm Hammock Inc. His recent guest column in Publishing Executive entitled "9 Things I've Learned About Magazines by Blogging" piqued my interest so I decided to ask Rex about the state of the magazine industry, what the internet means to print publishers today, the pay walls that are coming up and what blogging might look like a decade from now.

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Posted 24 August 2009 12:04pm by Patricio Robles with 0 comments

Q&A: Robin Brattel of Inapub.co.uk

Inapub.co.uk is a website that allow users to search and find out what is happening in their local pub, while landlords can publicise upcoming events.

The website was originally launched in 2007 by Robin Brattal, and has recently undergone a redesign. I've been talking to Robin about the site and the challenges of getting the project off the ground.

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Posted 12 August 2009 12:06pm by Graham Charlton with 0 comments