Relationship marketing is nothing new to the world of advertisers and marketers. Finding and developing a close tie with the targeted consumer is one of the easiest ways to build long term sales and loyalty. The world of technology, however, has put a different spin on the concept and forced marketers and advertisers to adapt.

Reaching the consumer is no longer just about magazine or television ads. It is about getting the attention of the customer where they are at any given point in the day. Considering that most people are running here and there all day long, this is no simple task. An investor that can find a company that has solved this problem is an investor that may find sold profit.

Montavo Inc., a development stage mobile device applications developer and marketer, works to develop and market wireless mobile devise applications targeted toward advertisers and consumers. The company’s

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Chicago-based news media stalwart Tribune Company today announced it is filing for bankruptcy protection, less than 2 years after billionaire real estate mogul Sam Zell took the company private. Geez...and here we thought Zell had the magic touch based on the fact that he sold Equity Office Partners at the peak of the market a couple years back.The Tribune is "America's largest employee-owned media company," according to the Tribune's website. It owns the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun and Orlando Sentinel newspapers, to name but a few, as well as television stations across the country. The Tribune is also the owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, which is reportedly not being included in the Chapter 11 filing.This news comes on a day when many of the financial institutions involved with the Tribune deal -- such as JP Morgan Chase & Co. (...

A full 7% of the Viacom, Inc. (VIA) workforce -- 850 jobs -- is to be terminated by the media conglomerate. And 500 more media industry workers' jobs will be cut at NBC Universal, the media wing of General Electric Company (GE), amounting to 3% of that company's workforce. This comes at a time of slowing box office sales for some film studio businesses, not to mention a pending Screen Actors Guild (SAG) strike. Who says the entertainment industry is recession-proof? While these hundreds of jobs lost do not match the thousands and tens of thousands being lost in other industries amid the broad U.S. economic downturn, they do illustrate that the economy is worsening for just about all facets of the American workforce -- even those formerly considered "safe" and far removed from the mortgage-led credit crisis that got this downhill ball rolling....

A must read article on Minyanville.com puts the smack down on General Electric (NYSE:GE) shares, and another one from Bloomberg.com isn't going to help shareholders come tomorrow or the foreseeable future.  GE shares get ready to battle the media. Let's face it, when fear is driven into the hearts of investors, no matter how it gets there, word of mouth, CNBC, your baby's momma -- it's fear none the less. When that happens, investors bail, and the selling could jump start now that the media is tearing GE a new one. General Electric (NYSE:GE) appears to be a "cheap stock" when you consider traditional investing measures: P/E now under 10, at 7.67. Shares are of GE are now $16 down 58% in the last year. It's a company we have all grown up with, same ...