Companies focus on CMS implementation - new report
Econsultancy's CMS Survey Report (just published in association with Squiz) highlights that firms are typically focusing their budgets on implementing CMS rather than licensing, with 45% of organisations planning to spend more on CMS implementation over the next year compared to 26% who will spend more on licences.
Study: iPhones and mobile commerce do not mix
The Apple iPhone doesn’t make it into the top 20 most popular phones for buying things via the mobile internet, according to a study by Bango.
The research was based on worldwide mobile internet traffic that passed through the Bango network in February.
All in all, the habits of around 1.1m unique visitors were tracked. One in four made a purchase of digital content and services, such as videos, music, games, ringtones and subscriptions, which forms the framework of the study.
4 out of 5 UK tech companies aren’t using Twitter. So what’s the excuse?
Last week, research showed that SME’s were quickly taking up Twitter and adapting its many uses to suit their businesses. However, worrying research from 
ntl:Telewest Business has been released today that reveals more than 80% of the UK’s top 100 tech companies don’t appear to be using it for business communication purposes.
The research report comes from a study of the FTSE techMARK 100 and found that workers from eight of the top ten companies are not embracing Twitter, despite the recent surge in interest across the media, commercial organisations and the general public.
Mobile site review: LoveFilm
DVD rental company LoveFilm launched a mobile version of its website earlier this month, allowing users to browse through titles, read news and reviews, and view trailers.
The site is not fully transactional yet, though this is something that is planned for the future, but it does provide an opportunity to promote the LoveFilm service to mobile users, as well as providing advertising space.
The Web Week in Review
Perhaps I'm simply tiring of the economic news (or becoming immune to it). Increasingly, I find myself being drawn more and more to random news stories unrelated to the flurry of bad news that seems to come on the economic front.
Tis the season to be jolly, right? Here's this week's hodgepodge of news and it's not all bad.
A financial services firm turns to the web to lure young customers
As I read the December 8 issue of BusinessWeek on my 20+ hour journey home last week from the United States, I came across an interesting article that discussed a new youth-oriented banking product called 'Virtual Wallet' that was launched by PNC Financial Services (PNC).
comScore - ecommerce shrinks first 23 days of November, will Black Friday, Cyber Monday save the day?
It looks like the woes that had already befalled brick-and-mortar retail may have finally befallen online retailers. According to comScore, e-commerce sales in the first 23 days of November declined 4% from the same period last year.
Is 2009 the year of the mobile internet?
It seems that for the past decade, we've all been told that the mobile internet is going to be "big" and will eventually eclipse the "desktop-oriented" internet that most of us are still most familiar with.
The information overload threat and opportunity
According to a study recently released by Yahoo, UK internet users are suffering from information overload.
As reported by the Association of Online Publishers UK, the study, which is entitled "Return on Attention," found that 70% of users "admitted to spending hours sifting through unwanted or irrelevant information."
Universities failing internet-minded students
Kudos to Bigmouthmedia for its campaign to raise awareness of digital marketing among students and graduates, who are apparently unaware that it is a career option.
The internet industry at large is very much a career option, and it’s a shame that universities and colleges aren’t doing more to promote ‘digital’ as a serious alternative for marketing and business-orientated students, as well as the tech-minded (who are better catered for).
Social media: the best and worst of 2009
Email marketing: six steps to improving customer engagement in 2010
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Graham Charlton
Strategy & Planning
