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Are you a media snacker or do you have a media snacker on your Holiday List? This list of 10 Online Holiday Gift Subscriptions might help.
The always brilliant Jeremiah Owyang introduced the media snacker meme last month by asking the question, "Do You Respect Media Snackers? Tell Me Why."
His use of the words "media snackers" was accompanied by a 90 second video from Media Snackers, a site focused upon how young people consume media: in small bites of time and place shifted information and entertainment. Jeremiah made two additional points that I would agree with. He didn’t think that media snacking was limited by age and that in order to reach the media snackers one had to respect their need for speed.
Wired Magazine provided a veritable buffet of snacking lists, even providing a list of why we like lists that ties it all around again. Jeremiah says he respects snackers by providing digests , using Twitter , and writing analysts reports that provide the right information in a concise manner. Whether I am snacking or having a sit down dinner, Jeremiah definitely serves some of the highest quality fare available. After meeting him in person at the Forrester Consumer Forum, I would also add that he is also ever the charming host.
Many others served up some bits and bites on the topic:
Kami Huyse measured her contribution (she used the word "fun" in relation to measuring the meme….the sign of a devoted media snackin’ culinary warrior).
Shel Holtz who declares his respect for snackers through his use of Twitter, Jaiku, Jot, and widgets on his blog.
Chris Brogran gave himself a "C" for respect.
Deborah Schultz coins the term snackbytes, tasty morsels of thought that go down easy; like those awesome looking cupcakes.
Beth Kantor casts another vote for Twitter as the media snackers utensil of choice and makes a great point of not letting snacking become mindless consumption of empty calories.
So, with all due respect for media snackers, here is my top 10 online subscription (not in any particular order) list that will let you both do your Holiday shopping in online bites, give the perfect give to your friends and family wherever they are at the moment, and even add a few courses to your own media diet:
1. Starbucks Automatic Reorder: spend a few minutes estimating the frequency and amount of coffee you need, place your order and then don’t waste another moment of media consumption time with an unscheduled coffee run.
2. Marketing Profs Premium: You can be a basic member of Marketing Profs for free. With a Premium membership ($49.95 per year) you get online access to even more great content. With Premium Plus ($249 per year) you add unlimited access to online seminars from "some of the greatest minds in marketing." Also, add the Marketing Profs Blog, The Daily Fix to your aggregator!
3. Audible : No time to sit down and read a good book? Join audible, download and listen on line. There are a variety of subscription options, per month and per year explained here. IPod compatible of course.
4. Black Friday: This is the {unofficial} official guide to online deals that will be offered on that busiest shopping day of the year, the day after Thanksgiving, aka Black Friday. Its usefulness can best be documented perhaps by the fact that Wal-Mart has tried to shut it down. Bookmark it and you are good to go. For the definitive guide to "hacking the holidays" a subscription to….
5. Wired Magazine makes a great gift. You can read Wired online, subscribe with RSS, or customize a search feed by adding your desired search term after the ‘query=’ variable. For example, an RSS feed for the topic ‘Holiday’ would be http://www.wired.com/search/rss?query=holiday.
6. Flickr: Give the gift of Flickr Pro for $24.95 per YEAR for unlimited storage, uploads, and just about everything you need to be connected through photos 24/7. I encountered a problem in giving a gift subscription a few months ago which was my fault….when I emailed them about it with a question they were a little slow in responding, apologized, and then gave me a free gift code to keep or give away. They rock! And if you upgrade "today" you get 10 free
