Madison Avenue still has to find its way to social media, and it will not happen soon

Last week, CNET’s Caroline McCarthy wrote about eMarketer’s data about ad spending on social media sites.

According to eMarketer, the share of social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, was only 5.5% of the total digital ad spending in 2009. That’s slightly more than in 2008, and it’s indeed a bit surprising when listening to both the intentions from marketers and from the social networks themselves.

Especially if you look at how the Facebook’s and MySpace’s of this world try to convince advertisers to spend on their networks. Is it a coincidence that recently Facebook announced it will take care of its own advertising business? 

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eMarketer: “Facebook is the go-to destination for marketers”

End December, eMarketer published some data showing that social network spending is shifting and adding “Facebook is the go-to destination for marketers”.

Some data and thoughts.

In 2009, social media took off to new heights, with an increase in spending budgets, a unique system of marketing implemented using social networking sites, and a rise in the usage by consumers on the social web.

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