By Adam Fraser
Another year in the fast moving world of social media and digital marketing is coming to a close.
The pace of change is relentless. The social platforms are constantly changing and the media landscape continues to fragment and self disrupt at pace.
Blogging and podcasting weekly is challenging from a consistency and delivery point of view, but in this environment the topics to discuss are never in short supply.
A few blog posts and podcasts for you to review over the holiday season if you want to ponder the broader trends we have seen in 2016….
We saw Maccas in the USA dump their ad agency of decades and introduce a new incentive driven (and zero margin) business model for the incoming agency partner. Facebook continued to smash their results out the park, Twitter went sideways and LinkedIn got hoovered up by Microsoft. CMO spend on tech is now approaching that of the CIO, and podcasting continues to go from strength to strength. Vine is being sold off by Twitter and Blab and Google Hangouts shut down.
Podcast wise, I had so many great guests on it is hard to select a few highlights, but for variety if you missed any of these, you may want to check out global guests such as Robert Rose talking the state of advertising, Joe Pulizzi talking conferences and Scott Monty talking influencer marketing. Close to home, ex head of digital at Telstra Gerd Schenkel talked digital transformation, Clive Dickens talked the media landscape and Oliver Weidlich talking mobile user experience.
Finally I wanted to thank you for your interest in the EchoJunction blog and podcast. I hope you find it valuable and look forward to continue brining you both in 2017. Your attention and support is never taken for granted.
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