Ben McConnell highlights the contrasting online fortunes of YouTube and the New York Times.
The Times underwent a minor redesign added videos to its front page and created a list of “most blogged” stories. Traffic declined.
YouTube added channels that made it possible for anyone to program the site’s content, a sort of favorites list of videos. Traffic surged three-fold.
As Ben points out, letting your readers co-create is the way ahead.
I linked to this paper on wicked problems the other day and Chris Corrigan commented “there’s a lot in that paper eh?”. Which is true.
I’m experimenting with marketing less and listening more
Welcome to the Ourhouse Weblog. Blogging is something I’ve become increasingly interested in. Earlier this month I set up the Beyond Branding Blog which is
The competitive streak in me means I need to keep with Tony Goodson’s blog. The struggles of learning to speak “Movable Type” and thoughts on the nature of blogging.
Earlier today I was writing about passion brands and the power of community. I got a small but interesting example of this principle in action when I visited Ton Zijltra’s blog to find that he’s opened a separate blog on his planned abandonment of Microsoft.
Passion brands bring people together based on common interests and excitements. I’m particularly interested in ones created from the bottom up, as opposed to driven by producers concerned mainly with profit.
Just back from another extraordinary gathering at Medinge where the community that has produced Beyond Branding meets each summer. I was planning to keep this
Thanks to Matt Tucker at Smith Associates for telling me about What Brand Are You. It strikes me that lots of companies waste money on
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking – and worrying – about collaboration. I think the ability to collaborate effectively is becoming ever more essential
Interesting research from Stanford suggests that exciting brands get more trusted after making mistakes and putting them right whilst more “sincere” brands start with more trust but lose it more easily. Perhaps the sensible interpretation is that second-guessing customers can be a waste of time!
Tom Atlee looks at whether changes depends on individual commitment or effective systems. It’s both of course: Whether we assume that “it all starts with the individual” or “the individual
Chris Corrigan quotes from this piece on Facilitating Dialogue. There are few facilitation skills more important that the ability to keep quiet… A good facilitator creates a vacuum of leadership
James and I are running an Open Sauce Surgery on the morning of May 9th in London. This is for no more than five participants to learn about how to
Michael Skoler from Minnesota Public Radio offers this label for what they are doing to embrace the expertise of their listeners: They know more than we do. Here’s a snippet
