While doing research and a pilot for a new show that is in development for the network there are some lessons to be learned.

First, if you’re looking to gather information quickly, it’s not going to happen. Understand that there is wisdom in the long haul and being able to pay attention to the details for the entire term is crucial.

While reading The Economist and Harvard Business Review I was thinking about social/new media companies and consultants and their relation/strategy towards rising inflation and market recession. With businesses who deal directly with consumers (B2C), how will inflation and a recession affect their consumers? And businesses who work strictly with business (B2B), how will they address the market when their customers put social/new media on the back burner because funds are not available for non-ancillary projects. Or are they missing the point because social/new media is ancillary to every business?