Haiti had another aftershock, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, that resulted in no immediate damage. But this poor country is still in need of so much support. The Red Cross has raised more than $25 million with its text message campaign I wrote about on Jan. 13, 10. I just received a text from Rogers Wireless for those in Canada: you can text HELP to donate $5.00 and Rogers will pass through 100% of the proceeds. This is not the focus of today’s post, but we here at SHARE do want to SHARE our blog to support the people of HAITI. Thanks for all your help!

There was much talk at the end of 2008 of the Barak Obama Presidential Campaign and how he used social media to build a movement for change. It has been a marketing study for many. The power that was leveraged by sweeping a country one person at a time and using individuals as community organizers to build what became a global movement was cutting edge.
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In light of my action packed day I am going to  keep my portion of this post very short. I came across some very interesting stats this morning that talk about the growth of interactive advertising. I am ALWAYS in support of integration with offline, online and in-store for all of you who will come back to me to question social media’s importance. BUT I do feel that these stats indicate that no one is in a position to ignore the power of engaging their customers online. This information comes from Online Daily Media, posted by Joe Mandese and released Wednesday by WWP—the largest buyer of media in the world. I  am now reading all of my newspapers online. National Post, Globe and Mail, the NYT and Washington Post, and WSJ. Along with my twitter feeds from the likes of CNN, BBC and so many more, I can get all my news feeds quickly in real time. That, and I can control how and when I receive the information.
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