Wall Street, Trending, and the Consumer: Interesting!

By Philip Tiongson
This will surely give people like me to communicate more effectively. I wonder: Can this be something worth implementing in the advertising world? In terms of inventory management and valuation?

For someone who is quite inclined towards what he believes to be 'evidence-based and fact-based decision-making in marketing and communications programs', this article really piqued my interest.

I have yet to fully explore the different technologies mentioned in this blog - but the conclusion is very apt:

Charts offer a great way of understanding information. In our (short) Attention (span) Economy, charts offer a shortcut to understanding large volumes of data. Mastering the art of understanding charts can save you both money and time. So it seems that the services that we covered in this post are really onto something. By offering people insights into historical prices and trends, they empower people to make more informative decisions about their purchases. Lets hope to see more of these in the near future.

The only thing I will disagree add on: The symptoms brought on by the Attention Economy has long been a characteristic of some of our ADHD-afflicted clients. This will surely give people like me to communicate more effectively.

I wonder: Can this be something worth implementing in the advertising world? In terms of inventory management and valuation?