Monthly Archives: December 2008

Top 10 Free Tools for Monitoring Your Brand’s Reputation

Via Mashable December 24, 2008 – 9:04 am PDT – by Dan Schawbel> Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog. Brand monitoring … Continue reading

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Broadway’s Marketing Turns Interactive

Via the New York Times By GREGORY SCHMIDT Published: December 25, 2008 THE bright lights of Broadway draw millions of people to New York’s theater district every year, but having a celebrity’s name on a marquee does not always guarantee … Continue reading

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The Future Of Social Search (Or Why Google Should Buy Facebook)

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld on December 28, 2008 If you could search your friends’ thoughts, interests, and activities, would that be a better search experience? In many cases, it would be. Searching for restaurants, books, or movies, would … Continue reading

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Twitority Ranks Tweets and Keywords By Authority

Via PR 2.0 By Brian Solis As online conversations continue to gain in prominence and relevance to any customer and market-focused business, it becomes critically important for marketing and service professionals to listen. It’s the listening that serves as the … Continue reading

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Pew survey shows online news overtaking print in the US

Via ARS Technica By John Timmer | Published: December 28, 2008 – 09:10PM CT People who have followed the development of the Internet are probably well aware of the Pew Charitable Trust, which has tracked the growth of the web … Continue reading

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DMFail: Another Reason To Just Not Send Private Messages On Twitter

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on December 28, 2008 If you are the kind of person who can’t help but look when you drive by an accident scene, DMFail is for you. The site, which has been all the … Continue reading

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Baby Blogging: 8 Trendy Tools Compared

Via Mashable December 18, 2008 – 9:15 am PDT – by Jennifer Van Grove 15 Comments When baby needs to blog, and in this day and age it seem almost a life necessity with babies twittering from the cradle, where … Continue reading

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Facebook Is Gaining Ground On Google In Time Spent On The Internet

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld on December 18, 2008 Facebook long ago passed MySpace in global visitors and time spent on the site, but now it appears to be gaining ground on Google. A couple days ago, Facebook released … Continue reading

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Beyond Facebook Gifts: Virtual Currencies 101

Via Mashable December 18, 2008 – 1:48 pm PDT – by Anu Shukla Anu Shukla is the Founder and CEO of Offerpal Media, the leading monetization solution for social applications and online communities. The word on the street is that … Continue reading

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Study: Newspaper Websites Are Still Figuring Out This Whole Conversation Thing

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld on December 18, 2008 Newspapers are still lurching their way around the Web, a new study finds, but at least they are making some progress. The Bivings Group released a study today that quantifies … Continue reading

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