http://www.vidainnovation.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:15:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Vida has been working in the Social space for at least 8 years, and Paul Johnston for even longer. Social interaction on the web has dramatically changed recently because of so called Social Networks. Social Networks aren't new They are just better engineered websites that allow for a user's personality to come ... http://www.vidainnovation.com/2008/10/30/social-stuff-iphone-android-facebook-myspace-opensocial/ Agencies are going to have to increasingly focus their attention on hiring really fabulously experienced senior, client facing people who can think as business people as well as account handling. Clients now really understand digital ... as a component of the marketing mix, they understand digital as a business delivery environment. What they need ... http://www.vidainnovation.com/2008/10/29/how-digital-agencies-need-to-change/ Many companies are developing relationships with outsourcing companies.  Corporates are managing development by bringing in Business Analysts and producing highly detailed requirements to Indian development houses, and small businesses are hiring staff from online exchanges, such as Elance or Odesk. We've experienced both scenarios within our business, and also acted as ... http://www.vidainnovation.com/2008/10/22/outsourcing-development-outside-uk-pros-and-cons/ Just came across this post: And The Top Mobile Social Networks Are... which outlines how many mobile social networks are really impacting the mobile internet space. It seems that users are wanting to use mobiles to interact on their normal social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace, instead of wanting something mobile specific. ... http://www.vidainnovation.com/2008/10/07/mobile-social-networks-not-impacting-facebook-and-myspace/ For years, we've been helping companies work out how to engage with their customers better through various mediums on the web.  This has then morphed into what has become known as Social Media. Social Media is a term encompassing all the different ways that it is possible to interact with something/someone ... http://www.vidainnovation.com/2008/07/18/social-media-case-studies-and-idea/ After years of spending very little time on our own website and working hard for clients, we have finally redesigned our website. The old style of website wasn't doing it for us or our customers, so we've chosen a more dynamic way to interact with our customers and audience. We will ... http://www.vidainnovation.com/2008/07/16/becoming-a-more-web-20-company/