Samsung spent all that money to get a front page ad on Facebook and… … that’s the piece of trash they’re driving all those clicks to? We’ve got a lot of work to do, people.
You don’t often find yourself breaking bread with 3 published authors. But tonight, at the invitation of Ramit Sethi and Michael Fishman I did just that. I was well out of my league sharing time with those two plus: Derek Halpern — he writes Social Triggers and is an extremely sharp guy. It’s immediately apparent [...]
From a recent TechCrunch article: Headline: Index Leads $4 billion Valuation Round In Dropbox First sentence: Dropbox is finally moving to close that massive valuation venture round we’ve been talking about all summer. Emphasis mine. Notice how the headline implies the deal is done, yet the first sentence reveals the real truth. It’s almost done. [...]
Dave and I spent the last few nights on the deck meandering through a conversation on a Pandora-Facebook integration that might drive serious user growth for Pandora and revenue growth for both. Imagine being able to like and share not only songs on Pandora, but also stations with one click. Digging that Grateful Dead rendition [...]
Why does Lebron James have a donate button on his (obviously sponsored by Bing) site? Seems out of place. Update: Guess it’s for the Boys and Girls Club. That’s cool. Wish it was more than just a link to PayPal checkout, though. Many emotional drivers that could be tapping, but aren’t.
Even if you’re a small business, there’s some great insight to be gained from Marla Erwin, Interactive Art Director for Whole Foods Market. Marla was instrumental in creating Whole Foods’ acclaimed social media program and the results have been phenomenal! For example, in the first year, Twitter.com/Wholefoods gained a million Twitter followers. It has now [...]
Confession: I spent a summer as a carpet cleaner. Twice. The 2nd go-round was quite different, however, in that we had GPS to guide us through the various suburbs surrounding Madison. As I thought back on this earlier today, I realized that even though we had GPS, the anxiety of finding and arriving at the [...]
It’s true, maybe you only need a couple of days to do something great. Right now is the best time to test that for yourself.
Interesting that acai berry was the fastest rising food and drink search term. I guess that would explain the load of ads all over the internet pitching weight loss (without workouts!). A lot of people made a lot of money via this berry. Wonder what the next one will be.
VCs Say The Biggest Opportunities In Mobile Are Not Sexy Apps [mocoNews.net] You wouldn’t guess it by looking at where VC’s plunk their money, but consumer cash doesn’t necessarily flow towards sex appeal… when it comes to web apps. Peruse any conversation with web2.0 fan boys and you notice it focuses around design, elegance, and [...]