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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Russian Firm Digital Sky Technologies (DST) and Yuri Milner Bet on Online Social Media Revolution

Russian Firm Bets on Online Revolution - WSJ.com

William Lyons at the Wall Stree Journal online quotes Yuri Milner:
""The next decade will be transformational for the Internet," he says. "The last 10 years have been all about search; companies such as Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. have benefited from this.

"But the next major trend is social. In the next three years, everything on the Internet will be becoming social, there will not be a site that will not be social, which will allow advertising to become much more targeted.""

Friday, February 5, 2010

5 Real Challenges For Non-Profit Texting Campaigns

5 Real Challenges For Non-Profit Texting Campaigns
"“The big challenge for non-profits is that they don’t get the donor info from the cell companies — the non-profit just gets a check from their text donation provider 30 to 90 days after folks make the donations,” said Lucy Bernholtz, principal author of the Disrupting Philanthropy: Technology and the Future Social Sector report. “This is problematic; as knowing who the donors are and being able to keep in touch with them is as important as the donation. Ironically, many donors will love text donations because they keep the donor’s information anonymous.”"

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