Digital Media Solutions

source: Guardian Tuesday 14 Aug 07

Apparently a Minihompy is a mobile homepage (profile) on a social network!

In Korea they have been doing this since 1999 and more than 90% of all Koreans in their 20’s already have a minihompy, why are we so slow in these technologies here in the UK and the US to catch up?

Juniper Research expect revenue from User Generated Content (UGC) to jump from $571 million this year to $5.74 billion in 2012

I wonder if there is such an interest from the mobile providers in Business/Social Networks? I am an active member of Ecademy and Ecademy says about itself “Ecademy is a Social Network for Business People” so does that make Ecademy a Social Network? I’ve always thought of Ecademy as a Business/Social network rather than a Social/Business network with the emphasis being on the first word. Am I looking at Ecademy the wrong way, it is certainly very useful to me in Business and I do get a lot of social interaction on here too but would I be a member without my underlying business reasons? I need to think about that some more!

Is there an opportunity here for Ecademy to take a leap of faith with a mobile service provider to act as a ‘guiding light’ to the larger social networks and thereby helping its own credibility and security?

I think there is. If so who should it be with? I would think Vodafone would be the best fit.

Having worked in the mobile industry and now in the business of Digital Media strategy I find this all very interesting and would welcome your thoughts.

Regards,

Chris

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