1st2c CGM case-study: Nintendo Wii and The Emergence of Social Commerce

Online commercial platforms such as ebay.com and amazon.com were popular commerce channels for holiday shoppers this Christmas. While the majority of consumers used these online commercial websites a new channel of online consumer commerce began to gain traction.
CGM and Consumer-to-Consumer Commerce

Online forums/message boards were used by consumers to buy and sale items during this Christmas [...]

Consumer Generated Media Is Influencing Advertisement Creative

Consumer generated media is influencing advertisement creative. In the video attached below AOL used three famous viral video characters to promote their news section; news.aol.com. The “don’t taze me bro” student, the crying “leave her alone” Britney fan, and Ms. Teen South Carolina star in this video. All three of these characters became famous by [...]

1st2c CGM Report: Northern Rock – Social Media Becomes People’s Crisis Management Mechanism

No doubt September 13, 2007 will earn itself a moniker. Perhaps it’ll be remembered as the ‘terrifying Thursday’ that saw hundreds of consumers queuing at Northern Rock branches, desperate to withdraw their savings, as Britain’s 5th largest mortgage lender found itself in a liquidity crises. Those six days, in which people queued for hours to [...]