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Nate Elliott

Nate Elliott
Vice President, Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

Emerging Trends, Europe, Global

Research Focus

As a vice president and principal analyst serving Interactive Marketing Professionals, Nate Elliott helps companies develop interactive marketing strategies for global and emerging markets, with a special focus on branding channels such as social media and online video advertising. His clients come from nearly every industry — including consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, and financial services — and from all over the world.

Previous Work Experience

Nate is an industry pioneer who's been helping marketers create interactive strategies since 1995. He worked at DoubleClick from 1997 until 2001, managing the DoubleClick Studio advertising design team and serving as the company's senior manager for rich media products. In 2001, Nate founded the US IAB's Rich Media Task Force and set the first industry standards for rich media and video ads. He's also worked for Macromedia (now Adobe) developing rich media products and standards, and has been with Forrester since 2003. Nate has lived and worked in London, New York, Berlin, and Vancouver.

Nate has spoken at hundreds of events around the world, including the Web 2.0 Expo and ad:tech; he writes columns for publications such as Mashable, Forbes, and Adweek; and he regularly offers comment to leading media outlets such as the BBC, The Economist, and The New York Times.

Education

Nate studied computer-mediated communication and interactive multimedia design at Cornell University.

Latest Research

Planned Research

Interactive Marketing In China March 2012
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Social Media Marketing in China April 2012
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Interactive Brand Ecosystem 2012 May 2012
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How To Make Social Media Marketing Work May 2012
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Global IM Organizational Best Practices July 2012
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Recent Media Citations
The Times (UK), "You Might Not 'Like' Facebook So Much After Reading This," Jan. 13, 2012
BtoB, "It's Time To Make Facebook Marketing Work," Dec. 7, 2011
The Times (UK), "Oh, For A Way Of Turning Tweets Into ££££s," Dec. 5, 2011
New Media Age (UK), "Facebook Hasn't Made Brands A Priority, Claims Forrester," Nov. 30, 2011
The Times (UK), "Big Brother's Shadow Over Social Network Shake-Up," Nov. 15, 2011