April 2008
149 posts
End Of Speculation: The Real Twitter Usage Numbers →
March 2008 Total Users: 1+ million Total Active Users: 200,000 per week Total Twitter Messages: 3 million/day
“Do not let Wal-Mart become more than 20 percent of your company’s...”
– HBS Cases: Negotiating with Wal-Mart
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Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect: Info! Pick! Up! →
QR bar codes positioned at the exit of Omotesando station - point your mobile phone camera at the code and be redirected to a mobile website listing the surrounding area. You’d probably think twice…
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“Jaxtr bringt das Web 2.0 zum Sprechen”
– Jaxtr: SMS for Free! (German)
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Insights: Barack Obama has 300K MySpace Friends....
der Standard: Welcher Kandidat hat zurzeit die meisten Unterstützer in Ihrer Web-Community?
Brenner: Ganz klar Barack Obama. Mehr als 300.000 Menschen haben ihn als ihren "Freund" eingetragen. Er ist ein Politiker, der einen Tonfall findet, den die Menschen im Netz schätzen: offen und klar. Aber die Zahlen ändern sich ständig und schnell. Auf MySpace kann man in Echtzeit die Dynamik des Wahlkampfes beobachten, wie einen Börsen-Index.
After using Tumblr semi-regularly now for awhile,...
catbird:
A Poem About The Internet
kfan: Do not stop to think or edit You must be the first who said it.
Ideas: Introduce Yourself!
Hi new RSS subscribers! I was just checking my feedburner stats and the subscriber number for this blog literally doubled in one day. I looked back within my Google Analytics account and saw that my topherchris post was featured on the Radar page of Tumblr (or so I think). Thanks Chris!
Let me know how you found the blog and what you think of it so far/what I should start writing more or less...
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Insights: Caring For Your Personal Brand
I stumbled upon Trisha Okubo’s presentation at this week’s Web 2.0 Expo on slideshare discussing building one’s brand online via blogging. By day she works at eBay developing social ecommerce (I should probably talk to her as I have a few questions in this space) where by night, she runs Omiru.com, a blog dedicated to “real style for real people.”
The presentation is...
Deep March Madness Run Yeilds More Applications →
There definitely appears to be a strong correlation between advancing in the NCAA Tournament and increased traffic to that schoolâs admissions page. One caveat I would add is that the âFlutie…
In my inbox...
caro:
In my inbox: “Douchebagus Maximus added you as a friend on Facebook.”
MobileTechNews - US mobile media and entertainment... →
Revenue from mobile media and entertainment (MME) services in the US will more than double during the next five years, according to the latest research from Analysys, the global advisers on telecoms,…
Top 20 Health Conditions Researched Online - and... →
âPregnancyâ and âcancerâ are at the two most frequently searched health conditions, at 8.8 million and 7.7 million search queries, respectively - and smoking-cessation treatment Chantix…
Remember Podcasting? Listeners Do. - eMarketer →
Although there are a few highly-rated podcasts with more than 100,000 listeners/viewers, most podcasts have far smaller audiences, highly-focused on niche interests.
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Insights: Google Mobile Image Ads and the...
Yesterday, Google announced mobile banner advertisements for their AdSense program. Surprisingly, it didn’t generate that much press considering there’s turmoil within the Twitter-sphere. To this, I ask: “Aren’t you excited?”
Maybe you are, maybe you aren’t or maybe you’re one of those people that think mobile ads and WAP sites don’t affect you...
Watchjayparkinsonmd:
“Every night from the 22 to the 29 of February 2008, the vapour emissions of he Salmisaari power plant in Helsinki will be illuminated to show the current levels of electricity consumption by local residents. A laser ray will trace the cloud during the night time and turn it into a city scale neon sign.” Here’s the link.
How To Prepare for a New York Apartment Search
randyhaddock:
corycavin: While trolling some links I came across this New York Times article about what to prepare when you’re looking for an apartment in NYC: Pay stubs if already working. Tax returns for at least two years. Recent bank statements. Proof of other income, like revenue from stocks, securities, real estate or trust funds. Contact information for previous landlords. ...
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Research Recap » Blog Archive » US Venture Capital... →
These investors sank $6.8 billion into U.S. companies across 603 deals in the first quarter, according to data released today from Ernst & Young and VentureSource, a division of Dow Jones & Co.,…
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Insights: Why Academics Pack the Right Punch in...
A lot of folk who are involved in technology, marketing, public relations, etc read many of the same trade publications and blogs; it’s what many call an “echo chamber.” I have a reading routine every morning that entails Techmeme, Facebook, Google Reader and eventually MS Outlook. Techmeme provides all the buzz in the tech-sphere, Facebook offers catch-up and connection on my...
“Despite the massive size and projected growth of the user-generated content...”
– Ads and User-Generated Content - eMarketer
SEOmoz | Behavioral Advertising is Great but... →
Devolution of FB SocialAds
Top YouTube Searches: Hip-Hop and Sex →
That last search term is recession proof.
“Every space has its own etiquette but few as fascinating, and as fascinatingly...”
– Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect: Monday Morning Commute
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Serious question
ewanto:
topherchris: Does LinkedIn actually have the capacity to improve one’s career, or is it really just MySpace for Old People Who Feel Left Out of the Whole Social Interweb Thing? I think so yes, as long as you use it to improve your career and not as a Myspace for old people hang-out
I tend to disagree. I see LI as just another cog in the wheel to where I need to enter in my data....
The secret to making money online - (37signals) →
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Ideas: Why Not Cut To The Widgety Chase?
Dollar, dollar bills y’all…this time for Widgets in a piece by BusinessWeek, “A Widget’s Worth.”
Monetization strategies for some of the companies listed include, but are not limited to:
Direct Advertising (on hosted site or within widget)
Transcational Fees
…that’s it?!
What ever happend to ecommerce? Social ecommerce? You know, there’s a...
Why Gatorade Is Losing Its Zip - Advertising Age -... →
However, industry watchers note that Gatorade’s message hasn’t been consistent, and several said there were few advertising messages in the first quarter around the brand’s core functional…
Inside Facebook » Identified Hits brings Social... →
Hitwise Intelligence - Heather Dougherty - US:... →
One interesting trend that I have noticed is that search engines and social networks are now accounting for an equal share of referred traffic.
Interview: Mike Eaton, Head Of Content, Vodafone... →
Mobile TV is a bit like the mobile internet. You need a hook to get people to try the service in the first place and football does that.
Penguins Sell Tickets via Cellphone Alerts -... →
Social Networking Advertising - It Will Be Even... →
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Insights: Controlled Influence From The Pentagon
I normally don’t involve myself with politics and all the fanfare that is associated with the topic (especially after living in Washington, DC for four years), but after reading The New York Time’s eye-opening piece, “Behind Military Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand,” I couldn’t help but take a second look and offer my POV on the idea of the “message...
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Data Post: Content Still Needs To Be Relevant
Do you disregard email marketing? I tend to do so as I opt-in into numerous amounts of email offers but apparently the majority of US Internet users don’t.
New data hosted on eMarketer suggests that half of US adults had made an online purchase as a result of permission-based marketing AND that email was second only to customer reviews for influencing purchasing decisions.
However, of...
Can User-Generated Content Generate Revenue? -... →
In the US, eMarketer projects that the number of user-generated content creators will rise from 77 million in 2007 to 108 million in 2012. - Seems kind of low, don’t you think?
AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010 - CNET... →
Speaking at a Westminster eForum on Web 2.0 this week in London, Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative affairs for AT&T, warned that the current systems that constitute the Internet will not be…
“Now, if domestic paid click revenue was flat while CPC was up 3%, we can...”
– Reconciling comScore’s and Google’s Paid Click Data (comScore Voices)
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