Nate Crowder Marketing & Social Media Analytics @GoGECapital, Husband, Son, Father-to-Be, Outdoor Enthusiast, Christian, Mathematician, and Geek

9Jun/120

Is Social Media Killing Our Species? [Video]

Andrew Keen, the author of the formerly sensational “Cult of Amateur — How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture” has come out with his next book, “Digital Vertigo.”  Andrew’s latest concern is that individuals can’t help but lose their “inner self” when overusing social media.  Every sentiment that a human has these days must be validated externally, and this can be disruptive to a human’s personal creative and maturation processes.  He argues that social media has us skipping our own personal analyses for Crowdsourced ones off of Facebook.  He discusses this and more in a video interview with CNet’s Dan Farber... - Is Social Media Killing Our Species? [Video]

7Jun/120

Facebook Will Disappear by 2020, Says Analyst

Facebook‘s sliding stock price has at least one hedge fund manager predicting a dismal decade ahead for the social network.

“In five to eight years they are going to disappear in the way that Yahoo has disappeared,” Ironfire Capital founder Eric Jackson told the CNBC show Squawk on the Street on Monday... - Facebook Will Disappear by 2020, Says Analyst

4May/120

What if you had to choose: TV or Social Media? [Infographic]

What if you had to choose: TV or social media?

Television is still king... so much a part of people's lives that more than half (58%) would forego social networks if staying online meant they could no longer watch television... - What if you had to choose: TV or Social Media?

4May/120

How Consumers Will One Day Pay to Avoid Tasteless Ads for Liposuction

A colleague of mine recounted a recent family escape to the mountains, complaining that a massive white billboard suddenly hijacked the Norman Rockwell scene of emerald trees and endless fields. Seconds later, her 10-year-old daughter curiously screeched out, "MOM, what's a 'lip-po'?"... - How Consumers Will One Day Pay to Avoid Tasteless Ads for Liposuction

30Apr/120

Google’s Mobile PlayBook: ‘The Busy Executive’s Guide To Winning With Mobile’


If your organization needs help figuring out what to do in mobile, Google wants to help you out in the form of a “playbook” for the industry.

Called The Mobile PlayBook: The Busy Executive’s Guide to Winning with Mobile, Google’s guide offers tips on how your company can better take advantage of mobile. The book — which is actually a mobile website — starts by asking five “crucial mobile questions” it says every business executive should be asking today:

1. How does mobile change our value proposition?
2. How does mobile impact our digital destinations?
3. How is our organization adapting to mobile?
4. How should our marketing adapt to mobile?
5. How can we connect with our tablet audience?

Google’s Mobile PlayBook: ‘The Busy Executive’s Guide To Winning With Mobile’

30Apr/120

World’s First Asteroid Mining Company will Blast Off in 2013

It’s for real: Planetary Resources, the world’s newest and most audacious space company, is set to start prospecting near-Earth asteroids by the end of 2013.

The asteroid-mining startup, backed by billionaires such as Google’s Larry Page, Eric Schmidt and famed director James Cameron, held its launch event Tuesday at the Museum of Flight in Seattle... - World’s First Asteroid Mining Company will Blast Off in 2013

29Apr/120

Millennials Worry How Connectivity Will Impact Our Future [INFOGRAPHIC]

For all the technology we have, it doesn’t seem to be bringing us much happiness, at least according to a recent survey by Euro RSCG Worldwide, an integrated marketing communications agency... - Millennials Worry How Connectivity Will Impact Our Future [INFOGRAPHIC]

28Apr/120

Is the Digital World Killing Creativity? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Sure, you can use that smartphone to create an emotionally stirring Instagram of the waffles you had for brunch in mere seconds. But that same device can also serve as a ball and chain for the working world: emails constantly arrive, even during off hours; LinkedIn requests buzz after networking events; and has that important new contact followed you on Twitter yet? - Is the Digital World Killing Creativity? [INFOGRAPHIC]
23Apr/120

7 Social Media Predictions That Went Woefully Wrong

It’s not that we fanatical early adopters didn’t try to make “Quick Response” codes happen. We wore them on T-shirts. Prettied them up with color. Added them to our business cards. They were going to be the next hip thing, right? At SXSW, QR codes popped up everywhere — on flyers, stickers, postcards, business cards, and swag galore. Every uber-cool party we attended was decorated with massive QR-Coded signs. But oh oops. When we couldn’t get the pixelated squares to work, we figured the technology would soon improve... - 7 Social Media Predictions That Went Woefully Wrong

21Apr/120

The Future of Facebook Advertising

The Facebook advertising rates have gone up 41% since last year. That is an amazing rise in price when you consider that in the same time period Facebook has started showing more ads per page. With the increased quantity of ads the prices should have actually decreased, but in a great turn of events for Facebook the prices managed to increase... - The Future of Facebook Advertising