Posts tagged with 'innovation'
In this three part article, we've been looking at alternative approaches to formulating e-commerce strategy. Congratulations to you if you've read this far!
In previous articles we've looked at Goodwill & Utility, so in this article we look at the final approach, Innovation.
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by Matthew Curry
21 January 2010 11:58am
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So, it’s roughly the start of a New Year, and with any luck, you’ll have a new budget ready to spend on your ecommerce site. But where to start?
Now, as long as you haven’t already spent it on renewing your software contracts, or on rule-book-throwing vanity projects for your board, then you're probably trying to figure out what expenditure in e-commerce will get you the most bang for your buck.
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by Matthew Curry
19 January 2010 18:02pm
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After weeks of judging, occasional arguments, far too much coffee and – thankfully - lots of internal support, we are now in a position to reveal the winners of our 2009 Innovation Awards.
The judges felt that the standard of the 400 or so entries was remarkably high, and that the winners represent innovation, which can be defined in pure technology or creative terms, but also in context to an organisation or sector. The judging panel included Econsultancy’s in-house internet fiends and a bunch of third party experts.
Our hearty congratulations to all the winners, and also to the shortlisted runners up, and particularly to the ‘highly commended’ runners up named below. Kudos, glory and acclaim to all who triumphed.
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by Chris Lake
09 December 2009 16:26pm
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So after reading through a whopping 400+ entries - the equivalent of about four novels of text - we have decided upon a shortlist for our Innovation Awards.
All entries were judged during the first phase by Econsultancy's internal staff (myself, CEO Ashley Friedlein, Research Director Linus Gregoriadis, and analyst Jake Hird). The next phase of judging will take place over the next week. For this we're inviting our esteemed panel of judges to cast their eyes over the shortlisted entries.
The judges work at firms such as Honda, The Guardian, lastminute.com, Orange, Mindshare, Channel 4, Google, Isobar, PHD Media, Unilever and Poke. On top of that we have various internet ninjas primed for action, including Avinash Kaushik, Jeremiah Owyang, Sidharth Rao and Dr. Dave Chaffey.
There have been some really fantastic things going on in digital in
the past year or so, and we believe that the shortlist represents real innovation in our industry. Well done to all who have been shortlisted, and
commiserations to the others who just missed out (some by the very tiniest sliver).
We'll announce the winners on 9 December - next Wednesday.
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by Chris Lake
02 December 2009 16:36pm
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Social media growth continued to accelerate this year, with more brands integrating social channels into their marketing campaigns. There are some amazing examples of truly innovative, forward-thinking brands that have effectively used social media to connect with their customers, build engagement and create buzz.
However, with just as many companies jumping on the proverbial bandwagon (in an arguably over-hyped space), it’s clear that some brands still “just do not get it".
Here we look back at some of the best (and worst) examples of social media in 2009.
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by Aliya Zaidi
23 October 2009 11:45am
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When earnings season comes around, everyone sort of expects Google to deliver. But Yahoo? It has been a while but Yahoo managed to follow Google and delivered investors a solid third quarter yesterday. Profits surged by 244% and the company's stock rose by 5% in after-hours trading as a result.
According to Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, "we had a solid third quarter that signals our major businesses have stabilized". She pointed to the new Yahoo homepage, the company's big ad campaign and global expansion as signs that the company is on the right path.
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by Patricio Robles
21 October 2009 11:43am
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If TechCrunch's Sarah Lacy is to be believed, Silicon Valley has lost
its way. There was once a golden era of innovation in which every
startup sought to change the world (and make billions of dollars in the
process).
So to get Silicon Valley back on track, Lacy is sending a message to
startups: "you're supposed to be changing the world, remember?"
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by Patricio Robles
18 September 2009 11:37am
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Microsoft has surprised many with its latest attempt at cracking the search engine market. While its 'decision engine' Bing is no threat to Google, it's starting to look like Yahoo had better hope its deal to outsource its search business to Microsoft passes regulatory scrutiny.
According to Nielsen, total searches at Bing hit 1.1bn in the month of August, a 22% jump from July. That gave Microsoft a 10.7% market share amongst search engines for the month. With 1.7bn searches in August and a 16% market share, Yahoo is starting to become a visible target on Bing's horizon.
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by Patricio Robles
17 September 2009 11:02am
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Marko 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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by Graham Charlton
15 September 2009 09:53am
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Yelp's has cunningly added augmented reality functionality as a hidden feature in its existing iPhone app, for iPhone 3Gs users.
The Easter egg can be unearthed by simply shaking the app a few times (actually, to the amusement of my colleagues, I shook my phone for about five minutes before it decided to work). It's only available for the newer version of the iPhone because it needs to use the compass.
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by Chris Lake
08 September 2009 17:46pm
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