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In The New Content Economy, Consumers Want Access Not Ownership

Fred Davis is a senior partner at the entertainment law firm Davis Shapiro Lewit and Hayes Throughout this country, throughout the world, in conference room after conference room and boardroom after boardroom, executives of content companies are analyzing data that shows the dwindling numbers associated with owning content. For the recent generation, this has been mostly reflected in CD and DVD sales. More recently, iTunes downloads have been added to the analysis. http://paidcontent.org/2009/11/18/419-in-the-new-content-economy-consumers-want-access-not-ownership/
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Content Marketing Strategy: 5 Tips - Online Marketing Blog

It’s difficult to find much value in content with no strategy behind it. Without a content strategy plan, your intended audience is unlikely to find your copy, let alone read it. During the MIMA Summit last week, the importance of a content marketing strategy was the topic of a session presented by Rachel Lovinger of Razorfish. For this week’s 5 Tips post, I’ve translated some of Rachel’s valuable points into actionable steps for creating an effective content marketing strategy. 1. Discover
One of the great trends were seeing at ITSMA is increased automation of the lead process. It's great because the software acts as a battering ram for alignment between marketing and sales. But this trend has an unintended side effect: it exposes our content development processes (or lack thereof). http://socialmediatoday.com/SMC/130776

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The Content Wild Child: Your New PR Nightmare - Scatter/Gather:

http://scattergather.razorfish.com/708/2009/10/06/the-content-wild-child-your-new-pr-nightmare/ The Breakdown: Our own Rachel Lovinger gave a presentation at the MIMA Summit about what can happen when you don’t have a clearly defined content strategy. She showed several examples of common problems, and talked about content best practices that could have helped avoid these problems. The Summit will be posting video of all the presentations soon (including great keynote talks by Jackie Huba and Seth Godin), but for now, explore Rachel’s slides above.
Google is developing a micropayment platform that will be “available to both Google and non-Google properties within the next year,” according to a document the company submitted to the Newspaper Association of America. The system, an extension of Google Checkout , would be a new and unexpected option for the news industry as it considers how to charge for content online. The revelation comes in an eight-page response to the NAA’s request for paid-content proposals, which it extended to several major technology companies and startups. It’s surprising, given the newspaper industry’s tenuous relationship with Google, that the company was involved at all. In the document, which you can download here , Google outlines its “vision of a premium content ecosystem” that includes subscriptions across multiple news sites, syndication on third-party sites, accessibility to search, and various payment options, including small fees for access to individual pieces of content (known as micropayments).

Google developing a micropayment platform and pitching newspaper

http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/google-developing-a-micropayment-platform-and-pitching-newspapers-open-need-not-mean-free/
http://www.burstmedia.com/research/research.asp The National Association of Home Builders’ Q4 2011 Remodeling Market Index rose by more than five points from its Q3 2011 level—marking its highest point in five years. That’s good news for a host of marketers who rely on “weekend warriors” to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty while tackling a do-it-yourself (DIY) home improvement project. To get a better understanding of the DIY consumer, in February 2012 Burst Media surveyed 2,029 U.S. online adults aged 18 or older to learn about their upcoming DIY plans and the reasons for undertaking home improvement projects on their own.

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