Or should I say, the power of asking questions with a browser and then having users provide their own answers (content). From TechCrunch: WordPress developer Automattic has acquired Plinky from Thing Labs, the creators of social media application Brizzly. Plinky essentially aims to inspire content creators. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Plinky’s technology prompts you with an intriguing question or challenge and (like a question, or a challenge) and you have to answer. Depending on the prompt, your answer could contain photos, maps, playlists and more. You can then share your Plinky answers on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and others. For example, a sample question prompted from Plinky is “What’s your favorite summer memory?” WordPress has already added Plinky as a feature of its blogging platform to help writers get their creative juices flowing. Thing Labs, which was founded by a former Googler who worked on WordPress rival Blogger, actually started as “Plinky” and then changed its name last summer after shifting focus to developing Brizzly. The Power of Questions What other forms of online content could be generated by the Question and Answer format employed by Plinky?
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Facebook may indeed be the perfect channel for transmitting “word of mouth marketing”. The only problem with word of mouth marketing from a marketers perspective is that you can’t legally buy it without disclosing you bought it and word of mouth as a rule can’t be replicated or scaled. So while Facebook may be the perfect environment for the incubation and distribution of word of mouth, marketers who rely solely on Facebook users to create and distribute positive word of mouth in their behalf may have find themselves without a marketing job.
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Via TVBR.com Optimedia US has unveiled findings from Content Power Ratings 3.0, its third annual report that ranks network and cable programs across TV, web and mobile platforms. A proprietary media metrics system, Content Power Ratings goes beyond traditional audience ratings to measure a show’s true commercial value and footprint. It factors in total cross-platform audience size, advocacy and involvement—providing the industry’s only TV ranking system across three screens. New to the study this year are two additional streams: Facebook fan count and Nielsen BuzzMetrics, both of which quantify unique aspects of digital activity: the number of “friends” TV shows have on Facebook, and the sentiment of conversations on blogs and chatrooms related to those shows. How Optimedia US creates its Content Power Rankings: Using data culled from the agency’s own primary research, as well as from Nielsen Media Research’s NTI database, Nielsen Online Video Census, Nielsen Mobile, comScore’s Media Metrix, Facebook, Nielsen’s BuzzMetrics, E-Poll’s FastTrack™ Television, Google Trends, and Dow Jones Factiva, Optimedia’s Content Power Ratings value programs using three key criteria: 1. Audience Delivery – including average audience impressions across TV, Web and Mobile platforms 2. Involvement – overall awareness of and loyalty to program; including index of Google search volume and effort made to watch the show 3. Advocacy – overall levels of conversation and PR activity– including press mentions, recommendations and general “buzz,” in addition to personal recommendations Content Power Rankings If only the shows with high content power rankings could further capitalize on the equity their products hold beyond their primary television distribution channel.
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Content Power Ratings
I posted the following question regarding Facebook’s plans to profit from its users privacy on Google Moderator. Facebook's Plans To Profit From Its Users Privacy What do you think – How should Facebook users respond to Facebook’s plans to profit from its users private web viewing activities?
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