by • August 10, 2010
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In web history, 2010 will be seen as an inflection point. It is the year that we moved from an information based web to a social web. Facebook traffic caught up to that of Google. Users are now spending around 25% of their online time…
by • July 1, 2010
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There is lots of buzz about Facebook attrition, privacy concerns and dying socnets. Those of us familiar former LiveJournal and Friendster users aren’t really surprised. Once mom and dad show up to the party, it’s time for the cool kids to find another one. But…
by • June 2, 2010
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Unfortunate social media marketing trend alert. This ClickZ story discusses medical software and services firm Medseek’s decision to employ a fictitious “persona” profile on Facebook, designed to interact with other Facebook users on behalf their brand. “Sarah Baker” is a new mother to twin boys….
by • April 22, 2010
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Our team just returned from Facebook’s “f8″ conference in San Francisco and we’re pleased to provide the following recap, including what we expect to see in the future from Facebook: Key conference takeaways: Facebook recently surpassed Google in weekly traffic making it the most trafficked…
by • March 25, 2010
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Despite being pursued by a pack of starved and rabid wild dogs, our tireless blogger Gonzo was able to crash Day 3 of SXSW and bring back these illicit insights: 2009 Iran Election: Women’s Revolution or Twitter Revolution? The panel was moderated by Shireen Mitchell…
by • February 10, 2010
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Google recently announced the launch of Google Buzz, a service that allows users to post status updates, photos, videos and other content in the hopes of creating a hub of digital conversation. Sound familiar? Google Buzz is direct competition to social networks and microblogs such…
by • January 5, 2010
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Location-based services Those who know me have seen me geek out in the past year over location-based services, but LBSs are nothing new. Brightkite has been around since 2007; Loopt, 2005. And Dodgeball, the now-defunct brainchild of Dennis Crowley that Google bought and replaced with…
by • July 14, 2009
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I’ve been hearing more and more about companies that spend money on microsites, but don’t necessarily feel a need to market their microsite through the various social media channels that are available. Simply stated, this blog post will address their concerns. That’s a vacuum chamber….
by • July 1, 2009
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At your company, there’s a good chance the folks in the C-suite are reading articles in Inc. or Fortune or BusinessWeek about social media. As a result, you may be feeling some pressure to start getting social. Where you do start? You may begin by…
by • June 16, 2009
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We don’t know what to call the events occurring in Iran — an election? a coup? a revolution? an uprising? It’s being called The Twitter Revolution and some are saying the formula is: Tiananmen + Twitter = Tehran. Whatever you want to call it, it’s…