Lee Gomes at the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting article today regarding the usage of Youtube talked Johan Pouwelse, a Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, Anita Elberse, a Harvard Business School professor and Andrew M. Odlyzko, a mathematician who heads the Digital Technology Center at the University of Minnesota. Based on the figure provided of 9305 [...]
Mobile Marketing/Search – Open Thread – Comment Away!
by David Dalka on August 30, 2006 in Change Management, Customer Experience, Mobile Search Marketing
I’m researching mobile marketing and mobile search, a lot, lately. There are articles everywhere you look. The following are opinions I seek: – What do you want to see on your mobile device? – What don’t you want to see on your mobile device (perhaps more important actually)? – What companies are the leaders in [...]
Guy Kawasaki Interview
by David Dalka on August 30, 2006 in Entrepreneurship, General
Thomas Mulready of CoolCleveland.com interviews Guy Kawasaki via podcast as Guy will be visiting Cleveland on September 6th for a speech. Thomas talks to Guy about “Art of the Start”: – evangelist – used more than ever in job sites – Xerox Parc and mouse and graphical user interface – the mass of inertia that [...]
Danny Sullivan to leave SES and SEW
by David Dalka on August 29, 2006 in Branding/Buzz/Viral, Change Management, Customer Experience, General, Reputation
Yes, it’s sad, for now…Danny Sullivan is leaving SES and SEW. The rumors that he is leaving to build the world’s largest design firm of flash web sites are unfounded! Please do a blogroll lesson here and update your blogrolls to daggle.com, many people change primary blogs and the blogrollers don’t follow. For example Robert [...]
Thought for the Day
by David Dalka on August 29, 2006 in General
Sometimes reality can be much stranger than fiction. How true…
Yahoo!, Ebay, Google = Strangeness
by David Dalka on August 29, 2006 in Google (GOOG), Search Engine Marketing, Yahoo! (YHOO)
Am I the only one who is confused by the action to sign an agreement with Google by Ebay less than three months after being acknowledged on stage at the Yahoo! annual shareholders meeting? Is this a result of the recent Yahoo! platform delay? What is really going on here? To refresh your memory, you [...]
Google Maps Local Indexing Time Less Than 2 Weeks
by David Dalka on August 29, 2006 in Google (GOOG)
I posted my information on the day they rolled out the local listing and coupon service. It appeared when I checked today in less than two weeks, since they said it could take up to 4 it exceeded the low expectation set. Two weeks, Google did you reinvent Internet time?
dellbatteryprogram.com = poor customer service
by David Dalka on August 28, 2006 in Change Management, Customer Experience, General, Reputation
Shel Israel says Dell warned customers about the Sony hot battery problem. However, I’ve got to say not good enough here. In fact my Dell laptop does run hot. When I got a recall notice on my car once, they mailed me a letter and notified me directly. What a concept actual communication to the affected customer. Dell [...]
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David Dalka is a digital business strategy professional experienced in realigning organizations to capture customer demand while improving margins. David is a business keynote speaker providing customized business strategy services and corporate executive retreats. David has been cited in the following business publications