Social Media: The Teenage Years

Social media years are a little like dog years. The signs are out that Social Media has settled into its teenage years. As with teenagers in general there are several teenage stereotypes. The overconfident rebel leader The party seeker and connector The Geek The...

Open Source, More Than A Bunch of Software

Our quest to define, own and control  ideas limits our ability to progress. This is the war cry of open source enthusiasts.  Our capitalist indoctrination and the command and control structure within our institutions have a hard time accommodating this. It is not so...

Broadcasting your Social Media?

Author: Alasdair Munn tcg: The Communication Group One-way or broadcast/display advertising and messaging has to rely on creating brand perceptions and reinforcing ideals. Campaigns are built around maximising the power and reach of the message against a set amount of...

It is still Marketing

Author : Alasdair Munn tcg: The Communication Group For the past few months I have been writing about a vision of social media where social networks are not the only playing fields and where social media’s place within the marketing mix does not exist entirely within...