According to a new study by The Nielsen Company, tweens (kids ages 8 to 12) may be leading the U.S. mobile marketing revolution.

The findings state 5 percent of tweens access the Internet over their phone each month.
Forty-one percent of tween mobile Internet users say they do so while commuting or traveling (to school, for example), mobile content such as the Internet is also a social medium for this audience. 26 percent of tween mobile Internet users say they access the web while at a friend’s house and 17 percent say they do so at social events, according to the research.

Revenue’s November/December cover story was about search alternatives. Senior Writer Alex Wharton opened the article with an anecdote about someone cruising around on Digg.com and stumbling upon popular story about “the Slanket” and then purchasing the item.

Alex did a great job of illustrating how people can serendipitously “find” things they want when they weren’t even looking for them. I highly recommend you read the story.

Early Thursday morning The Federal Trade Commission, by a 4-1 vote, said it will not seek to block DoubleClick’s 3.1 billion acquisition of search giant Google.

Several competitors including Microsoft have made claims that the deal raised too many concerns about privacy since the proposed deal was announced more than eight months ago.

We are sending the January/February issue of Revenue off to the printer in just days. But that doesn’t mean we’re on holiday - even though it is the holiday season. Here’s a list of the stories that we have already started working on for the March/April 2008 edition.

I’m very diligent about responding to nearly all readers’ questions – whether they are in my purview or not. I often deal with subscription inquiries, change of address questions, even the occasional “where’s my f*ing issue” demand. I’ll pretty much quickly handle whatever is sent my way – provided I can understand the question.

This is for all the people out there that provide me with endless hours of insight, status updates and humorous comments. You know who you are – Twitterers, bloggers, vloggers, and Facebook status updaters.

While I enjoy feeling a deeper connection to you and in some ways wish that I had the time and the fortitude to participate even more in sharing via all the emerging social media platforms, I definitely feel the need too hold back.

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I’ve been wanting to do more video, but I’ve been working from home for the last two weeks. I decided to bite the bullet and post someting anyway. I figured that since I previously posted a tour of my office at Revenue that I would put one up of the home office (okay kitchen). Enjoy!

I’m very disappointed not to be attending PubCon in Las Vegas this week. Due to a family thing that came up at the last minute, I had to cancel the trip. This was going to be my first PubCon, which everyone had warned me is a blast as well as a great place to network and gather new information.