September 2009
29 posts
Microsoft goes after social media monitoring with... →
Keeping track of your online reputation is getting to serious business. Just this week, Seth Godin’s Squidoo launched a service that will let brands filter their online reputation (for a…
The Collaboration Imperative →
This is the Version 2.0 era. We have seen the rise of Web 2.0 technologies; companies are using Enterprise 2.0 tools; and in the aftermath of the recent financial crisis, the world’s leaders are…
Specialists v. integrators part II. →
You’re probably quite familiar with Gartner’s hype cycle (above) which describes the stages of hype, disillusionment, and then actual productivity that many new innovations go through….
Graffiti Designs + Styles: Tagging, Bombing,... →
When you walk by graffiti in the street, do you take the time to study it? Do you look at its composition to determine the intention of the person behind the spray paint can? If you do,…
Fluent: The Razorfish Social Influence Marketing... →
Razorfish Social Influence Marketing Report
Social Business →
Stowe Boyd wrote today about his discomfort with the phrase Enterprise 2.0 and his preference for “social business” as a way of describing the changes we are seeing currently. While I understand…
Flickr Galleries: Collect and Share the... →
Flickr gives you a ton of great ways to organize your own photos, but what about the images from other photographers that you like? Thanks to today’s launch of the Galleries feature…
Mint.com makes a mint, being acquired for $170m →
More M&A: publicly-traded software company Intuit is acquiring personal finance upstart Mint.com for $170m. Mint.com, which launched at TechCrunch40 in 2007 and had raised nearly $32m from…
Groupon's Four Keys to Customer Interaction →
There is an interesting experiment happening on the web. The e-coupon site Groupon.com offers one deal a day in sixteen cities across the USA. They just added three new cities — Miami,…
5 Ways Banks Are Using Social Media →
Lon S. Cohen is a writer and Director of Communications at @ALSofGNY. He is @obilon on Twitter.
Many banks have started using social websites to help them with everything from…
The challenges for FMCG brands in social media... →
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FMCG brands are often some of the most innovative in their use of digital and social media but this great presentation from Helge…
Insane Prisoner Inventions: 24 DIY Prison Tools... →
Being locked up is no picnic, to be sure, and people in prison have to learn to do without the small comforts of life on the outside. But, thanks to books and movies about prison life, it’s…
Google - Internet Stats →
SEOmoz | 17 Ways Search Engines Judge the Value of... →
Against “earned media” →
An addendum to my last post “How advertising distorts marketing“, if it wasn’t clear, is that advertising is not a bad thing per se, it should be seen as one tool among many for…
Ratings & reviews are the new advertising →
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In a world of perfect information, why should anyone trust adverts?
If you can uncover the experiences of real buyers before you make a purchase,…
15 (More!) Creative Bookcases & Book Storage... →
Books may seem ever more anachronistic as electronics and the Internet continue to supplant their traditional roles, yet there will always be a place for books in our lives – and in our…
9 Ways To Convince The CEO To Use Social Media and... →
The FASTForward Blog » Is it time for Social Media... →
10 New Sites for Socially Responsible Shopping →
Articles by McKinsey Quarterly: Online Business... →
NoseRub - The home of decentralized, social... →
HOW TO: Use Twitter’s Advanced Search Features →
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Facebook Widgets: Embed Your Facebook Content... →
Facebook recently released two rather robust widgets: the Fan Box and the Live Stream Box, both of which allow Facebook features to be embedded on other websites.
Today, Facebook…
Dachis Group Expands Internationally With... →
It’s been five months since I joined colleagues Peter Kim, Jeff Dachis, Kate Niederhoffer, and Jevon MacDonald in a new venture that we believe will alter the way business gets done. In this time,…
Copenhagenize.com - The Copenhagen Bike Culture... →
HOW TO: Do Good on Twitter →
This series is supported by Toyota Prius and presented by harmonytweets, a Twitter-based platform for filtering conversations around design, sustainability, eco technology and…