- 10 things I learned working for Articulate Marketing
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Bad LanguageThis is a guest post from Andrew, one of my two summer interns this year.
Over the past three weeks, I have had the pleasure of working as a summer intern with Articulate Marketing. The work has been varied and… - iBooks 1.1 doesn’t deliver what Apple promises
Published: June 25, 2010Filed under: iPad
Apple touted iBooks 1.1 as a major upgrade which allows users to sync and view PDFs from their computer to the iPad. While Apple has delivered the ability to sync and view PDFs in iBooks 1.1,…
- 15 Things Every Business Owner Should Know
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Inc.comCash crunches happen from time to time, but if they are chronic at your company, then you may have to re-think the way you do business. Though cash-flow squeezes often seem mystifying, there are only a few expl…
- Is It Legal To Use Social Network Data When Hiring?
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Inc.comMany start-ups use their Social Network contacts to find additional workers. Why not? Someone’s friend of a friend is probably that chef, programmer or administrative assistant you need, and they’re looking…
- We’re psyched to have a new free book for you.
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Jackson Fish MarketHey everyone. Hope you’ve all had a nice week.
The last two notes have rivaled a PhD thesis in terms of length so I’m going to keep it short and sweet for everyone this week. As promised, A-Z at the Earth… - Facebook’s “War Declaration” Was Actually The Building Of A Boat
Published: June 25, 2010Source: All FacebookI thought it would be useful to post one more update regarding Facebook’s supposed “War Declaration” against Google with their Open Graph search functionality. In multiple instances Facebook has downplay…
- What Not to Wear (When Pitching VCs)
Published: June 25, 2010Source: ReadWriteWebEntrepreneurs gearing up for their first meeting with potential investors are sure to have a million different things on their mind that are stressing them out. Is the pitch the right length? Is it filled with…
- Major League Baseball’s awesome iPhone app now supports background audio (live radio broadcasts) for iPhone 4 and iOS…
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Silicon Alley InsiderMajor League Baseball’s awesome iPhone app now supports background audio (live radio broadcasts) for iPhone 4 and iOS 4.Join the conversation about this story »
- Digital PR Tip Sheet: Twitter for PR
Published: June 25, 2010Twitter can be used for many things. It’s being referred to as more of a news platform than a social network. Ogilvy 360 has a very good slidedeck about Twitter strategies that lays out…
- How I Make Money Blogging: Income Split for May 2010
Published: June 25, 2010Source: ProBlogger Blog TipsLast month I produced a video in which I walked readers through the split of my income over the month of April to show what different income streams brought in different percentages of my income.
In the video I… - 5 Free Ways To Find Local Concerts on Your Smartphone
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Mashable!Chad Burgess is the Marketing Manager at SeatGeek, a forecasting and search web application that helps fans save money on sports and concert tickets. You can find more from Chad on the SeatGeek Blog or follow h…
- The Secret To Throwing An Awesome Business Event
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Silicon Alley InsiderOn May 20th, SAI hosted Startup 2010, searching for one startup company worthy of a $100,000 prize and VC funding. The one-day event also featured QAs with leading entrepreneurs and lively debates on the mobil…
- Coca-Cola sees “phenomenal” results from Twitter ads: 86 million impressions, 6% “engagement” rate, versus 0.02% clic…
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Silicon Alley InsiderCoca-Cola sees “phenomenal” results from Twitter ads: 86 million impressions, 6% “engagement” rate, versus 0.02% click-through-rate on normal Internet ads, the FT reports.Join the conversation about this story…
- Know Your Body’s Quick-Cooling Spots [Heat Hacks]
Published: June 25, 2010Source: LifehackerYou’ve probably heard that you can pour water over your wrists or neck to cool off quickly, but we’ve got the lowdown on all the body’s best cooling spots, as…
- Move Over Roomba, Here Comes Mint
Published: June 25, 2010Source: TechnologizerFor quite a few years now, iRobot has all but owned the personal robot sector with its successful line of Roomba cleaning robots. However as the price of manufacture of these types of device comes down and dema…
- Facebook Ads Feature PayPal Payment Option, Local Timezone Scheduling for all Advertisers
Published: June 25, 2010Source: All FacebookToday the partnership between Facebook and PayPal on Facebook Credits and ads has been expanded from a small segment of Facebook advertisers to cover all advertisers on the social network. Now, any advertiser c…
- FourSquare Mashup Lets You Find Popular Places
Published: June 25, 2010Source: ProgrammableWebWith a domain like map.pr, you’d think this would be another link shortener. Instead, it uses the Foursquare API to give you a great way to visualize popular places on FourSquare. And, if you’re following t…
- Apple Tries to Break Online Advertising in Order to Save It (Mrinal Desai/AdAge)
Published: June 25, 2010Source: TechmemeMrinal Desai / AdAge:
Apple Tries to Break Online Advertising in Order to Save It — Owning the Product Stack Is a Winning Formula for Apples Devices. Can Iit Apply to Advertising? — Apple recent… - Social Media Increases “Cuddle” Chemical Production in the Brain [STUDY]
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Mashable!Sometimes referred to as the “cuddle” chemical, oxytocin — a hormone produced in the brain — stimulates feelings of trust and security, reduces anxiety levels and may even produce positive sexual side e…
- Apple Carves Out A Special App Store Area For “Awesome iOS 4 Apps”
Published: June 25, 2010Source: TechCrunchBy now, many of you have your new iPhone 4s. And even more of you have an iPhone equipped with the latest iOS 4 software. So you want to find the apps tailored to run on it, right? Well, now Apple has a sectio…
- HOW TO: Evaluate Your Social Media Plan
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Mashable!Meaghan Edelstein has gained national media attention through her blog, I Kicked Cancer’s Ass, which she started to document her battle with end stage cancer. She is an attorney, the founder of the non-profit…
- Pack a Shower Curtain Liner for Clean and Dry Picnicking [Picnic]
Published: June 25, 2010Source: LifehackerEven on a beautiful, sunny day the ground can be surprisingly wet. Pack a shower curtain liner in your basket for a dry time at your picnic, concert in the pa…
- Automattic Buys Up Thing Labs’ Plinky To Help Bloggers Overcome Writer’s Block
Published: June 25, 2010Source: TechCrunchWordPress developer Automattic has acquired Plinky from Thing Labs, the creators of social media application Brizzly. Plinky essentially aims to inspire content creators. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
P… - Gmail Now Lets You View Word Docs in Your Browser
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Mashable!Gmail now supports the ability to view Microsoft Word documents in your browser with a single click. The Google Docs viewer that handles the new duties already provides one-click viewing of PDF, Powerpoint and…
- 5 Cool Non-Profit Uses of Location-Based Tech
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Mashable!Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007.The continuing evolution of location-based social networking has yielded c…
- The iPhone 4 Makes The Flip Camera Obsolete: Our Side-By-Side Video (AAPL, CSCO)
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Silicon Alley InsiderHow does the iPhone’s new HD video camera compare to the Flip Mino HD? Good enough that we don’t think any iPhone 4 owner would ever need to buy a Flip.
The image is better on the Flip, but not so much better t… - Anyone in marketing should read – 7 Ways to Become A Leading-Edge Marketer – http://bit.ly/aYQumg…
Published: June 25, 2010Anyone in marketing should read – 7 Ways to Become A Leading-Edge Marketer – http://bit.ly/aYQumg (via @hubspot)
- Important information to understand – When do exaggerations cross the line – http://bit.ly/cgQLGA…
Published: June 25, 2010Important information to understand – When do exaggerations cross the line – http://bit.ly/cgQLGA (via @knowledgwharton)
- Good post: how to take your blogging to the next level using WordPress 3.0 – http://bit.ly/bNIkVG…
Published: June 25, 2010Good post: how to take your blogging to the next level using WordPress 3.0 – http://bit.ly/bNIkVG (via @makeuseof)
- Smart article – Fusing Content Strategy w/ Design – #UX #Strategy – http://bit.ly/aUz2Gm (via…
Published: June 25, 2010Smart article – Fusing Content Strategy w/ Design – #UX #Strategy – http://bit.ly/aUz2Gm (via @UXMag)
- A must read presentation on brand usefulness – http://bit.ly/bZyIyb (via @reasonapplied)
Published: June 25, 2010A must read presentation on brand usefulness – http://bit.ly/bZyIyb (via @reasonapplied)
- WordPress Looks to Cure Writer’s Block by Acquiring Plinky
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Mashable!Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, has acquired inspiration tool Plinky from Thing Labs, who are also creators of the Brizzly Twitter app. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.Plinky provides a…
- Google Isn’t Just Reading Your Links, It’s Now Running Your Code (Taylor Buley/Velocity)
Published: June 25, 2010Source: TechmemeTaylor Buley / Velocity:
Google Isn’t Just Reading Your Links, It’s Now Running Your Code — Its long been observed that Googles search indexer can read JavaScript code, the lingua franca of dynamic Web a… - Foursquare Expands Offices — Wonder How They’re Paying For It?
Published: June 25, 2010Source: TechCrunchFoursquare is “growing like a weed,” co-founder Dennis Crowley tells us. So fast, in fact, that they’ve had to expand their office space. Foursquare will soon take over the upstairs floor of the office th…
- A Professional Perspective On Apple's Retina Display
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Slashdot: AppleReader BWJones, who is a retinal scientist, sends in this detailed analysis of the iPhone 4′s “retinal display,” which includes photomicrographs of the display pixels of earlier generations of iPhone as well as…
- Ihnatko on iPhone 4: ‘Less of an update and more of a rebirth’
Published: June 25, 2010Source: MacDailyNewsThere’s nothing subtle about the iPhone 4…
- Enabling and Disabling FaceTime
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Daring FireballWhen I first started using my iPhone 4 yesterday in its default factory-fresh state, FaceTime worked just fine. But then after restoring from a backup of my old iPhone 3GS, FaceTime was no longer available. No…
- Here's someone you can FaceTime with
Published: June 25, 2010Source: iPhone, Therefore, iBlogLooks like Apple realized quickly that the limited scope of FaceTime means that not everyone can test it out on their new iPhone 4.Enter 1-888-FACETIME. Apple created the phone number so you can call and chat w…
- Apple Creates ‘Awesome iOS 4 Apps’ Gallery in App Store
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Daring FireballAnother reason that it pays for developers to adopt new APIs quickly — do a good job and Apple may lend a promotional hand.
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- Safari 4 for Windows
Published: June 25, 2010This guide will help you familiarize yourself with the look and feel of Safari 4, as well as a few customizations that help you personalize your browsing experience.
- Safari Extensions resources
Published: June 25, 2010Source: MacFixItWith Apple’s new support for Safari Extensions, people will now be able to install small widgets to enhance their Safari experience, very much like Dashboard can bring tools, games, and other enhancements to th…
- 80’s Tech Company Stay Successful with PR and Marketing
Published: June 25, 2010Source: StartupNation BlogWith all the ups and downs of the economy, I’ve tracked down a technology company that has remained successful since 1983. To find out the success secrets of Apricorn, www.apricorn.com, I spoke to Michelle Fi…
- Oprah Magazine: Ditch the Job Hunt and Go Solo
Published: June 25, 2010Source: The Wealthy FreelancerWell… that’s it people. I think it’s pretty much case closed now.
Economists, academics, thought leaders, bestselling authors… it seems just about everyone has weighed in on the topic… - Study: 43% of Online Americans Addicted to Social Networking
Published: June 25, 2010Source: The Steve Rubel StreamExperian Simmons is out with a new package of stats that document the incredible growth of social networking in the US. (Experian is an Edelman client.) Here are some of the notable highlights… First, some…
- Empowered Customers Need Empowered Employees Need Empowered IT
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Groundswell[Originally published on Ted Schadler’s Blog for Information Knowledge Management Professionals.]
by Ted Schadler
Groundswell technology comes to consumers first. At home, we get social, mobile, video, and… - More people grabbing directions via mobile phones
Published: June 25, 2010Source: CNET News.comComScore says some 33.5 million people tapped into their phones to get maps and directions during the three months ended April, a 44 percent jump from last year.
- Metrics: Corporate Web Working Effectiveness by the Numbers
Published: June 25, 2010Source: GigaOMAs a community manager, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about metrics. I measure activity across the community to watch our progress in various areas that are important to the health of the community. Re…
- iPhone 4 or EVO 4G: which one should you get?
Published: June 25, 2010Source: EngadgetHoo boy. This is a tough one, isn’t it? In our years at Engadget, we’ve rarely seen such deafening debate and adulation for a pair of devices. In one corner we have the iPhone 4, coming off a few relatively ea…
- Marketers Need to Think Venn, Not Silos
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Strategic Public RelationsThis research from Get Response tracks with my own experience: “A distinct minority of small-to-mid-sized-business (SMB) marketers use social media links or icons in their promotional emails.” And I�…
- What is Your B2B Company About?
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Social Media B2BEvery day you meet people in real life and on the web and you tell them what your B2B company does. I recently heard a study that Americans are more likely than people from other countries to define themselves…
- Getting In: B-School Blog
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- Social Media Adoption: Higher Education Beating Business
Published: June 25, 2010While we might think of universities and the academic world as a conservative space they’re streets ahead of business when it comes to social media adoption.
Ninety-five percent of colleges… - Seven Myths About Grilling a Steak [Grilling]
Published: June 25, 2010Source: LifehackerCooking instructor and author of Planet Barbecue Steven Raichlen knows a thing or two about grilling a steak, and today he’s debunking a few grilling myths tha…
- The Staffing Industry Still Needs To Learn About Social
Published: June 25, 2010Source: The Future BuzzDonna Farrugia, Executive Director at The Creative Group (a staffing agency) wrote a post over at iMedia Connection this week on finding social media talent. Some of what she wrote makes sense, however there…
- Improve Your Writing Overnight With “The Rule of 24″ – Guaranteed
Published: June 25, 2010Source: CopybloggerFew things in life are guaranteed. This is especially true if you are a writer.
But this one rule — The Rule of 24 — is guaranteed. Iron clad.
Doesn’t matter who you are, what you write, how you write,… - An electromagnetic theory of language
Published: June 25, 2010Source: JohnsonEVERY morning as I reach for breakfast I am cruelly mocked by my fridge. “You are an enormous nude strawberry,” it tells me, in Spanish. “Your delicious food is in the fire with a cow.”When we moved to…
- Obama’s use of the phrase ‘the red phone’ is the ultimate metaphor to illustrate what I mean when I say, ‘Twitter is too big to fail.’
Published: June 24, 2010Source: Rex Hammock's RexBlog.comRecently, I wrote that it is time to consider the notion that Twitter (the service, not the company) has become “too big to fail.”
Here’s a quote from that post:
“Twitter has become the electricity pow… - Tip Of The Day: A Phone Call Offers A Better Branding Opp Than A Super Bowl Ad
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Silicon Alley InsiderHere’s our business tip of the day, from Tony Hsieh of Zappos:
We believe the telephone is one of the best branding devices out there.
We have the customer’s undivided attention for 5-10 minutes—compare th… - Ras: Meet Daisy Buchanan
Published: June 25, 2010Source: 3:17 a.m.Recently a slide show/article with the irresistible title “Ten Best Wrestlemania Entrances” by the nicely named Jamal Dincuff caught my eye. Jamal is onto something. Entrances, first meetings, and introduct…
- Q&A: Steve Hood on the new FordOnline website
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Posts from the Econsultancy blogFordOnline is a website that allows users to browse online and purchase vehicles via email or telephone. I reviewed the site earlier this week.
I’ve been asking FordOnline MD Steve Hood about the new website… - Fragments of Terboyo: The Mighty One.
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Limor's Storytelling AgoraFragments of Terboyo: The Mighty One..
This story was translated for me to read by Arif, the owner of corat coret blog which usually writes in Bahasa Indonesia. The differences between languages teaches me abou… - Facebook and Twitter users spend 1.5x more online than the average Internet user
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Brian SolisIf you want to get a glimpse of the economic future, focus on the emerging trends driven by those defining the evolution of the social Web.
Social media is not only democratizing influence and upsetting the tr… - Top Ten Signs You're Drinking your Own Kool-Aid When Pitching Bloggers
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Conversation AgentI haven’t done a top ten list in a while, and this one was inspired. You know, when you get pitches because you have a blog, you start developing a sense about who pitches you. Some are using the content as…
- What's included?
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Seth's BlogThis is the pricing question of our time.First, from the buyer’s point of view: when I buy this car/boiler/phone, how much are the services that come with it going to cost me every month, forever? We stand at t…
- How Custom Events Will Save Us All
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Ajaxian » Front PageI am a big fan of both Andrew Dupont, and custom events.
In his presentation he goes through some very nice use cases. Some are cross cutting (e.g. the fact that you can unit test, or debug, or … so much eas… - What content are you sitting on?
Published: June 25, 2010I was going through my archives the other day, sifting out stuff that I didn’t need to hold onto any more, and found some pretty amazing content collecting dust. I have hours and hours of video, text, and all…
- How to Downgrade Your iPhone 3G[S] from iOS 4 to iOS 3.1.3 [How To]
Published: June 24, 2010Source: LifehackerA lot of iPhone 3G owners—myself included—have discovered that upgrading to iOS 4 has slowed their devices to a crawl. If you decide the new features and s…
- How Twitter Annotations Could Bring the Real-Time and Semantic Web Together
Published: June 24, 2010Source: ReadWriteWebJust because the new iPhone arrived in stores today doesn’t mean the rest of the technology world shut down. In fact, today in San Francisco the 2010 Semantic Technology Conference continued its week-long serie…
- FaceTime: Video Calls Finally Become Cool
Published: June 24, 2010Source: Mashable!At WWDC, Apple formally announced FaceTime, its take on video calling and a feature that really highlights to dual-cameras on the iPhone 4. The big surprise with FaceTime is that it only works over Wi-Fi (for n…
- Writing For Facebook? Use Nouns and Verbs
Published: June 24, 2010Source: Dan ZarrellaMany decades ago William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White told us to:
Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and adverbs. The adjective hasn’t been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate… - Why Do We Tell Stories?
Published: June 24, 2010Source: World's Strongest LibrarianDuring a recent visit to my parent’s house in Denver, I opened a chest that contained a whole bunch of my elementary school work, a lot of little league trophies, and some drawings of pigs we…
- Podcast: Online Curation and the Psychology of Sharing
Published: June 24, 2010Source: louisgray.comWith so much data being created online from so many different sources, human curators are becoming increasingly important – separating high quality content from low quality content, and becoming trusted sources…
- 10 iPhone Apps for a Better Night’s Sleep
Published: June 24, 2010Source: Mashable!General health practitioners recommend that adults get at least seven hours of sleep each night for optimal functioning of mind, body and spirit. Countless studies have proven the direct links between sleep qua…
- How Did Apple Miss the iPhone 4’s Reception Issue? Maybe It Didn’t
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Mashable!The iPhone 4 launch day has been dominated by two storylines: unprecedented demand for Apple’s newest smartphone and critical issues that even Steve Jobs has addressed.While the yellow discoloration has been…
- Advertising Alternatives for Your Blog
Published: June 25, 2010Source: chrisbrogan.comMaybe you’ve got a Google Adsense account and have some of their ads smattered around your posts (I use it at the bottom of all RSS subscriptions to this blog). Maybe you’ve started looking for direct adve…
- Product Guru Eckart Walther Goes Free Agent As EIR At Accel Partners
Published: June 25, 2010Source: TechCrunchOne thing Silicon Valley doesn’t have enough of are solid product visionaries. The problem is the really good ones tend of start their own companies. Or whoever they work for locks them up so tight that no on…
- Guest Post: Five Ways to Use Authority for the Benefit of Your Team
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Michael Hyatt’s BlogGerry True serves as Minister of Communication Arts at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, where Max Lucado is the Minister of Preaching. He has also served as a Student Minister, Men’s Minister and Minis…
- Google Chrome Now Comes With Flash Built In
Published: June 25, 2010Source: TechCrunchLast March, Adobe and Google jointly announced that Flash Player would soon come built in to the latter’s Chrome browser, eliminating the need for users to download, install and update it separately.
On Thur… - Palantir: The Next Billion-Dollar Company Raises $90 Million
Published: June 25, 2010Source: TechCrunchWhen Alex Karp needed funding for a young start up named Palantir in 2005, dozens of investors said “No.”
He was trying to sell them on the idea of a high-… - Ebay's mobile success proves the value of quick, smart moves in new spaces
Published: June 24, 2010Source: Posts from the Econsultancy blogMany companies are excited about the revenue possibilities in mobile these days. But auctions powerhouse Ebay has adapted quickly to new mobile devices and features, increasing its bottom line while experimenti…
- The Media Disruption Within
Published: June 25, 2010Source: Six Pixels of Separation – Marketing and Communications Insights – By Mitch Joel at Twist ImageOne media channel always accuses another media channel when either popularity or advertising within the channel begins to wane. Before pointing fingers at others, it may be better to look at what is happening w…
- The New Model That Could Reinvent Social Media Endorsements
Published: June 24, 2010Source: Influential MarketingThere is a company called Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT) that is profiled in last month’s issue of Wired magazine which is worth a look for anyone who is interested in how advertising and endorsements in…
- Nielsen Buries The Lead
Published: June 24, 2010Source: The Ad Contrarian
- Why I think you should always include a picture in a blog post
Published: June 24, 2010Source: Internet Marketing Tips & HelpOK, I know all the marketing speak about a picture being worth a thousand words and a picture breaking up the text to make it more readable. I’ve listened to the experts tell me which side of…
- If You Only Do *Two Things in Social Media
Published: June 24, 2010As noted earlier, “Social Media Monitoring” is the ONE THING every company ought to be doing in Social Media.
What’s the next biggest priority?
Setting a Social Media Policy.
When I first set out to write… - Jobs on iPhone 4 antenna: “avoid holding it in this way”
Published: June 24, 2010Source: Ars TechnicaEarlier we reported on the widely experienced phenomenon of the iPhone 4 dropping 3G signal when gripped in the left hand. The problem is caused when the skin bridges the left and bottom ant…
- Salesforce.com Sues Microsoft Over Cloud Software (Update1)
Published: June 24, 2010Source: BusinessWeek.com — TechnologySalesforce.com Inc. filed a patent- infringement lawsuit today against Microsoft Corp., escalating a fight between the two companies over the growing market for cloud-computing software.



















