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Streaming March Madness (CBSSports.com)
It should come as no surprise that I found the technology behind this years college basketball tournament more interesting than the games themselves – despite this fact I did win in my CBSsports.com bracket! (much to the chagrin of fellow players who all knew I am not a huge college basketball fan) I was recently [...]
Continue reading...CNN NewsPulse and the future of content
28. October 2009
CNN relaunched this week with a complete redesign. Along with having some smart advertising introduce the new layout, integrated well with the IAB standard units, they highlighted another section at the top of their navigation: CNN NewsPulse This dashboard approach combines a few items you have probably seen elsewhere on content sites. You have probably [...]
Continue reading...Free and paid services I use
12. August 2009
As a follow up to the WordPress plugins post and my 10 tools for web traffic research I wanted to share some services that I use, and pay for. Disclaimer: where possible I use affiliate links Hostgator – This is where I host Marketing.fm and refer anyone looking for great shared hosting. GetDropBox – the [...]
Continue reading...Copy and Paste is the best Social Media Tool
22. April 2009
I believe that copy and paste is the best Social Media (or cut and paste) tool that is available today. The simple act of a few key strokes can generate more views\actions\clicks that just about any other method or distribution strategy. (I knew someone had come to this realization before me and with a quick [...]
Continue reading...Relevancy in advertising (not cookies or behavior)
25. March 2009
Image via CrunchBase Most people think that a cookie is a delicious treat – not a file on your computer that tracks where you have been, what you are doing, and other attributes about you. Behavior is what you do – not something quantified in a profile. That is why with the recent announcement by [...]
Continue reading...Internet Explorer 8 and the History of the Web
23. March 2009
Internet Explorer 8 officially launched recently and Bradley and Montgomery (BaM), the innovative independent agency behind Microsoft’s Mojave Experiment, released a humorous video created to promote the launch of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8. From the release: Ben Carlson, Chief Strategy Officer of BaM, explains the thinking behind the campaign, “Almost everything you’ve experienced on the [...]
Continue reading...Google Latitude
5. February 2009
Google rolled out a very interesting feature this week called Google Latitude that allows you to see where your friends are in real time within Google Maps. This is a feature that has been deployed many times in the past, but always platform specific (see SonyEricsson T68i and the new Nokia social network) and never [...]
Continue reading...Online Advertising – Boon or Bust?
4. October 2008
What is going to happen to online advertising in 2009? It is a question on many peoples minds as many business prepare for an unprecedented time in the economy. Some are predicting a nuclear winter for online advertising while others are hoping things will continue to grow. There is no doubt that online advertising provides [...]
Continue reading...Passion + Web 2.0 Expo
17. September 2008
I spent the day at the Web 2.0 Expo expecting yet another conference. What I ended up with at the end of the day were a number of conversations that centered around passion. Passion for what you do everyday, your ideas, and overall being happy. Perhaps this meme was sealed by one of the Web [...]
Continue reading...Comcast to Acquire Plaxo
20. May 2008
It was announced today that Plaxo will be acquired by Comcast – or at least they have entered into an agreement for this to happen. An important piece of the announcement that grabbed my attention: Plaxo and Comcast have been working together for the past year on a number of initiatives. Plaxo is providing the [...]
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