Think advertising is dead ? Did you hear, Facebook is doing an IPO ? And, they just announced they're pulling in ONE BILLION DOLLARS a year, most of it from ADVERTISING ? Apparently, they're doing something right that others just aren't getting quite so right as they are ?
Facebook Files for IPO; Reveals $1 Billion in 2011 Profit, Advertising Is 83% of Facebook's Revenue
There clearly are new opportunities that will exist, too, as the tech advances. And, just as clearly, a lot of the future opportunities that have been envisioned, for years already, once we all have fully web-enabled smartphones with 3-D projection video, have thus far largely failed to materialize in workable form... or in a form consumers accept as a tool that is a benefit, a seamless addition, rather than an vile intrusion. But, that doesn't mean you shouldn't be trying right now, looking to catch (or create) the "next Facebook" ?
So, that's the topic... converging our way to "the next big thing" since blogvertising... didn't quite get us there? Read on, and converge into the cloud of companies addressing needs in hardware, cloud services, mobile search, advertising, location-based services and the growing ubiquity of the Internet of Things. List of stocks is last:
Convergence News Links:
Wall Street Daily
Convergence Concept Links:
YouTube Video(4:46) The "convergence" of advertising to Mobile Marketing and Text Message Advertising.
Convergence - The Present Tsunami Hitting Advertising (Augustine Fou, ClickZ, May 25, 2011)
The Convergence of Advertising and E-commerce (Tim O'Reilly)
Advertising, Media and the Convergence Model (AEJMC Hot Topics, July 7, 2010)
The Bizarre and Uncomfortable Future of Advertising & Public Relations Convergence (pr-squared.com)
Gigaom.com
Convergence Tech Concepts, News and Links: Software, Hardware, Apps/ Webware (under construction)
Digital Signage Weekly
Mobile Payment Concept Defined (Wikipedia)
Mobile Payments Today
Mobile Payments World
Advertising News and Links:
Nielsenwire
AdvertisingAge
ADWEEK
Advertising Industry Newswire
Yahoo Industry News
Hit ? Or, miss ?
Red Couch Interactive
GoConvergence
Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing
Convergence, circa 2004
Advertising Trends: Digital Convergence
Ad Refinery
Marketing and Advertising Convergence (circa 2008)
Is That Even Legal ?: under construction
List of Stocks:
Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI)
Nokia (NYSE: NOK)
NXP Semiconductors (Nasdaq: NXPI)
Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC)
Sourcefire (Nasdaq: FIRE)
Monster Offers (OTCBB: MONT)
Convenience TV (OTCBB: CRPZ)
Church & Crawford (Other OTC: CCWF)
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