Nielsen To Fully Acquire BuzzMetrics; Form New Unit With NetRatings

Building on Nielsen BuzzMetrics’ momentum over the past year (the company where I work), the Nielsen Company, our majority owner, just announced it will fully acquire our firm. In addition, we’ll be combining with NetRatings, a leader in Internet audience measurement, to form a new unit providing measurement and analysis of consumer behavior in this space.… Read the rest

Mining Unexpected Breadcrumbs For Subtle Cues of Epidemic Proportions

Quote of the day: “You’re one interesting cat.” That was what Janet Ginsberg of germtales said to me in an email exchange we had on social networks, disaster recovery and infectious outbreaks. I liked the description of me, and Janet agreed to let me share it here.… Read the rest

When Recruiting Becomes A Negative Ad Campaign

Earlier this week I wrote about bad recruiting practices among headhunters in the interactive advertising industry. The king of regurgitation, which I am, this week’s MediaPost column is adapted from that post:

Our hiring crisis is reflective of a service industry flooded with more opportunities, work and dollars that it can possibly manage, and one that can’t say no when it reaches its capacity.

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My Trip To Google Chicago

I just got back from keynoting Google’s Moms Know Tech, a conference held for their CPG clients in Chicago. It was a half-day event with about a hundred marketers and advertising agency folks. I talked about the motivations and behaviors of mommies across social media platforms, highlighting emerging forms of digital expression, most-discussed categories in mom communities, and a drilldown into nutrition issues (one of the most passionate mommy topics).… Read the rest