Archive for January, 2007
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007H/T to Mashable for this post!
Here are commercials that some web 2.0 companies (Meebo, Technorati, RockYou, Meez, Multiply, and Plaxo) created in spirit of Superbowl creativity — enjoy!
Web 2.0 - What’s the Next Wave?
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007Entering the internet time period that people will call Web 3.0 is inevitable, but the specifics of what web 3.0 is or will include is up for debate. There have been a number of articles written about Web 3.0 since Tim O’Reilly’s web 2.0 article in 2005- see here, here, and here. BUT instead of […]
The Darfur Wall at www.darfurwall.org
Monday, January 29th, 2007Part of what inspires me to blog is bringing attention to issues not being given enough attention by the mainstream media or the government. With the rise of social media, everyone has a voice and can impact lives with only a little money or time (or both). I highly encourage you to place a quick […]
Seattle Networking Wednesday January 31st
Sunday, January 28th, 2007Update: This event has been moved to Thursday, February 1st
My friend, Tim Reha (now working on a start up in the new media space - New Media Synergy), is putting on a networking event at his Pioneer Square loft tomorrow Wednesday night from 6-9 pm if you’re interested. Cost is $25 that includes refreshments. I’ll […]
YouTuber Users to Receive Ad Revenue
Saturday, January 27th, 2007This is certainly big news - YouTube is going to start giving contributors a cut of the revenue that YouTube makes off advertisements shown during their videos. The goal is to encourage creativity. Since most people (and companies) simply follow the leader, I’m guessing we’ll see an influx of sites implementing this model in their […]
Link Love
Thursday, January 25th, 2007No, I’m not going to talk about how to link to others tonight — instead, I’ll just do it:
The 2007 World Economic Forum is under way in Switzerland — you can actually watch webcasts of most of the speakers here. The Economist has an interesting podcast on the subject of CEO’s and other leaders starting […]
Venture Philanthropy
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007There was an absolutely fantastic article in the LA Times that my best friend e-mailed me today, titled “Network Philanthropy: The men behind EBay are leading a high-tech revolution that is turning charitable giving on its head” (registration required). I really encourage you to read it — very good inspiration if you are […]
A CEO Apologizes Publicly. Is PR Changing?
Saturday, January 20th, 2007Man, I was shocked to see the CEO Jonathan Schwartz of a Fortune 500 company (Sun) publicly apologize to the blogosphere without being asked. In response to this blog post by Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg that critizes the Sun Startup Essentials program, Jonathan wrote this on his own blog:
…yes, I saw the entry written by […]
ShyCast - The Next Big Thing in Marketing?
Thursday, January 18th, 2007I started this post last night, so I guess it’s not “new” anymore — ShyCast was featured on TechCrunch yesterday (man, I’m resorting TechCrunch news), but I thought this was an interesting company with some potential. ShyCast is another social networking site that helps marketers to reach new audiences (hopefully). It aims to generate revenue […]
Picking Your Titles
Monday, January 15th, 2007Choosing relevant and beneficial blog entry titles should be a high priority for any blogger who hopes to entice both their RSS subscribers and blog search users to click through to their blog. Afterall, readers only have so much time to read blog entries in a given day. What is going to differentiate your post […]
Business Lesson: Use Concrete Examples
Monday, January 15th, 2007The following is question number 11 of Guy Kawasaki’s “The Stickiness Aptitude Test (SAT) and Ten Questions with Chip and Dan Heath” post that I was just reading. I thought I’d highlight it because it totally mirrors a lesson I learned this past week.
Question: What’s your advice to a product champion stuck in a […]
Guy Kawasaki on Marketing Voices
Sunday, January 14th, 2007Guy Kawasaki is Jennifer Jones’ latest interviewee for Podtech’s Marketing Voices. Guy dives into social media and talks a bit about the book he is presently writing, tentatively titled “How to Change the World” (how many of you noticed that he changed the name of his blog to reflect this title?). I guess it’s […]
Seahawks Season Comes to an End
Sunday, January 14th, 2007It’s disappointing that the Seahawks season ended in overtime on a 50 yd field goal. We didn’t take advantage of some of the opportunities that we given to us — and it cost us. Our decimated secondary definitely hurt us a little bit, though Pete Hunter did grab an interception. Rex Grossman made fantastic throws […]
The Importance of People to VC Investing
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007Fred Wilson has done it again — another fantastic article. This one titled “Founders and Management” (fairly long) and posted on the Union Square Ventures blog — it details what Union Square Ventures looks for in management teams that they invest in. I would summarize further, but I don’t want to give you a reason […]
Advertising: Reaching Today’s Young Consumer
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007I won’t dive in too deep to this issue tonight — but getting yet another direct mailing from a magazine wanting me to subscribe is driving me nuts. Today the direct mailing was from Conde Nast Portfolio (a new magazine). Yesterday it was Smart Money. Ever since I signed up for Fortune, Business 2.0, and […]
MyBlogLog Officially Sells to Yahoo!
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007Well, it’s official. Both TechCrunch & Mashable reported the news today — MyBlogLog has sold to Yahoo! (this time for real) and will be part of the Developers Network. You may remember that the deal was rumored back in November, but never got finalized. I was just chatting with Eric, one of the co-founders, on […]
TechCrunch’s Web 2.0 Community
Sunday, January 7th, 2007I don’t know how many of you read TechCrunch regularly, but TC added forums to their site on Thursday. It’s a cool addition to their growing network and I think they are well on thier way to creating a nice little web 2.0 community — interesting to developers, marketing gurus, CEO’s, and program managers alike. […]
Hawks Beat the Cowboys in a Nail-Biter
Saturday, January 6th, 2007Wow…what an incredible game. The Seahawks squeeked by with a 21-20 win over the Cowboys. Just when I thought the Seahawks were screwed, with 1:19 to go, the Cowboys botched the snap of a field goal that would have given them the lead. Romo didn’t quite make it to the 1st down marker with his […]
Social Media Meets Politics
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007I believe social media will hit politics head on for the 2008 election. Given this, what John Edwards is doing is INCREDIBLY smart — he’s a 1st mover for social media in politics by allowing the public (through Robert Scoble) to get to know him as a person. This is unheard of in politics. Take […]
Social Media Videos
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007I watched two interesting videos on the WebProNews Video Blog today dealing with social media:
The 1st video was titled “Pioneering the Participatory Web” that includes insights from NetConcepts President and Founder, Stephan Spencer, and TopRank’s Lee Odden.
The 2nd was “Capitalize on Social Media,” which talks with Marketing Pilgrim’s Andy Beal & Converseon CEO, Robert Key.
One […]
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