Blogroll – 18 Jan 2008

Music, magazines and almost all industries now are entering to the digital world, but how does this affect the way of doing business (inventories, shipping, promotion)? What changes do they have to perform and what practices stay?

Who leads the Social Media Programs in the Enterprise: IT or Business?
by Jeremiah
Web Strategy
"To preface this post, be very clear that the participants are the owners of the community. I write this in context of who within an organization is spearheading and leading the community business program. This post is really aimed at those in the corporations who are leading the social media program from within and have to wrestle with confused management, doubtful colleagues, and the majority who want to keep status quo." More...

Music Lessons from the Edge
by Rick Spence
Canadian Entrepreneur
"Because of its high profile (and the way it marched, unprepared and eyes tightly closed, ahead of most of us into the digital future), the music business is a fascinating case study for the evolution of business in the Web age. Marketing guru Seth Godin had a fascinating blogpost recently entitled Music Lessons: Things you can learn from the music business as it falls apart." More...

Out ya go! Wal-Mart drops 1,000 titles from its newsstand inventory
by D.B. Scott
Canadian Magazines
"Wal-Mart stores are having a huge purge of magazine titles. Long one of the biggest newsstand operators (generating more than 20 per cent of all retail magazine sales in the U.S.), the 4,000-strong string of stores is cutting 1,000 titles, according to a story in the New York Post by the usually reliable Keith Kelly." More...

Higher Shipping Costs Could Affect Canadian CE
by Christine Persaud
Marketnews Gadget Talk
"Popular courier services in Canada, including FedEx, UPS, and DHL, have reportedly increased net average shipping rates for express services by 4.9 per cent, says ShipGooder, Inc. Sure, this might not sound like a big deal on the surface, but it could wreak havoc when it comes to the retail community." More...

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