That meant there were three strategies available to media companies looking to survive on the Internet. First, cater to Google. This meant a heavy emphasis on both speed and SEO, and an investment in anticipating and creating content to answer consumer questions. Or you could cater to Facebook, which meant a heavy emphasis on click-bait and human i... See more

Amazon’s retail business may actually be disadvantaged long term by Covid due to more intense long term competition as thousands of SMBs have taken advantage of services from Wix, Shopify, etc. to go online, category leading retailers are investing online like never before and brands are investing in their DTC strategies — all at the same time that... See more

Death of retail was the headline of the last decade. Will a prolonged coronavirus outbreak lead to the death of other types of spaces, too — Office spaces? Public space? Entertainment venues?

Never in human history have two of the ten largest companies on planet earth (Facebook and Google) been advertising businesses. Many of the other largest companies in the world, including Amazon, are increasing their advertising offerings. And why not: the world’s most valuable resource is harder to find than ever before, so of course more people w... See more