His summation is: There's a polarizing effect in the digital media and marketing sectors: firms with good business models, strong products and great people are weathering the storm, but those without are seeing sustained revenue falls as customers shift.Recession is accelerating structural change, forcing brands to find new ways to connect with customers and improve their supply chains and value chains. This is across retail, media and marketing services and is unlocking new disruptive business models. Many thanks to Danny Meadows-Klue at Digital Stategy Consulting for his regular news round-up, which I've selected from here.

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Two-third of marketers in the UK don’t understand social media , according to a survey from McCann Erickson Bristol . The survey found that almost two-thirds of marketers in the survey felt that they didn’t understand enough about social media to use it effectively in marketing. Over the last year we have we have noticed a real change in the market not only in the UK, but across Europe. Image via Wikipedia Despite this, 86% thought that social media was here to stay.

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The statistics, from MarketingSherpa , look at the barriers that organisations cite as having stopped them from adopting social media marketing techniques in their firm. Of the 1,886 firms interviewed who had not embraced social media as a marketing tool, 46% cited a lack of knowledgeable staff as being a significant reason for this. The second most popular response was an inability to measure ROI , A new report out this week suggests that the biggest hindrance in the adoption of social media is a lack of knowledge. That these two reasons are cited by firms are not a surprise