Widgets: The Marketer's Recession Survival Tool

While the recession-proofness of social media is a case study in the making, the idea that social applications can thrive in tight economic times because they are a cost-effective, precise way for companies to interact with customers and prospective customers, is right on the money - quite literally. Full Story »

Posted by Beth Wellington
Tags Help
Subjects: Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Innovation, Internet
Editorial Help
Posted by: Posted by Beth Wellington - Apr 26, 2008 - 11:02 AM PDT
Edit Lock: This story can be edited

Reviews

Show All | Notes | Comments | Quotes | Links
Beth Wellington
4.0
by Beth Wellington - Oct. 1, 2008

The writer writes not only about his company but the general industry concluding that "The convergence of behavioral intelligence, distributed advertising models, and micro-markets is helping to create a sweet spot for widgets." He is the CEO of Userplane and a Senior Vice President of AOL which acquired userplate in August 2006. His company makes a communications widget that adds chat and other services to sites, as well as provides a large advertising network.

See Full Review » (2 answers)

Comments on this story Help (BETA)

NT Rating | My Rating

Ratings

3.1

Average
from 3 reviews (30% confidence)
Quality
3.0
Facts
3.0
Fairness
3.0
Information
3.0
Sourcing
3.0
Style
3.0
Accuracy
3.0
Balance
3.0
Context
3.0
Popularity
3.4
Recommendation
3.3
Credibility
3.5
# Reviews
1.5
# Views
5.0
# Likes
1.0
# Emails
1.0
More
How our ratings work »
(See these related stories.)

Links Help

No links yet. Please review this story to add some!