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January 5, 2012

Users send less SMS messages during Christmas Eve 2011

With the popularity of iMessage and the tight integration between newer smartphones and twitter/facebook, most of us expected to see a drop in traditional SMS message volumes. Tero Kuittinen from MGI Research wrote an interesting article in Forbes confirming our suspicions. SMS messages sent in Finland through Sonera droped by 2.4 million messages (this year over last) on Christmas eve. Numbers from the Hong Kong carriers also show a 14% drop. This fact becomes very interesting when you consider that up to 20% of carrier revenues currently come from SMS message charges.

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July 26, 2011

Twitter for marketing and Public Relations (PR)

When I first discovered Twitter, I thought it was the stupidest thing in the world. After all, how can you effectively communicate in 140 characters. Would it be worthwhile to follow others? I just did not understand it. Then after playing with it for a while, I finally understood it s value and power. It has started revolutions and has helped companies build direct relationships with their customers. Twitter uses related to Marketing and Public Relations (PR) Executive proof I have worked with dozens of large multinational companies whose CEOs started blogs [to communicate directly with their customers and employees] but gave up after a handful of posts.

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