I had a chance to be on a panel at Internet Summit '09 with several interesting folks, among them Rick Klau, the Business Product Manager for Blogger at Google....
When I read the first few chapters of Bob Gilbreath's "The Next Evolution of Marketing: Connect with your customers by marketing with meaning," I could relate with every word. After all, a lot of the advice aligns perfectly with the basics of what we do...
A couple of days ago, Steven Baker of Business Week published "Beware Social Media Snake Oil," warning that "hordes of marketing 'experts' are promoting the value of wikis, social networks, and blogs."...
If you don't like the new Facebook news feed, where the top ranked news is shown first, and you have to click over to see your live feed, here's how to change it back....
Back in July, I predicted that Facebook would eventually kill Twitter. The argument I was making was that Facebook was taking steps to make itself capable of doing everything Twitter does, plus much, much more. When you add in the fact that their user base...
The race to be the social network seems like it's been over for at least 6 months. Facebook has trumped MySpace, and MySpace is busy (finally) trying to refocus both their business model and what they offer users and brands.
Beyond the race for number 1,...
Periodically, I try to lay out my predictions on the future of social media, particularly as it relates to social media marketing. Half-way through calendar year 2009 seems like a good time to talk about the latest, particularly as two recent moves by major web...
Happy birthday to us!
We launched this blog on July 2, 2007 as the first public face of our new company. One visitor showed up. Not sure how s/he found us. Two years and a couple hundred thousand visitors later, we're having a lot of fun.
We've...
Starting today, our client Windows is rolling out a new program as a way to debut their new Windows MySpace profile. In a nutshell, Windows is subsidizing your downloading of over 1,000 songs from a selection of bands featured on ReverbNation.com.
It's an interesting marketing...