African American Magazines Need to Look Online for Advertising Future
As 2010 begins, many companies are putting the final touches on where they will allocate their marketing spend for the entire. Specifically which magazines they will choose to advertise in to grow their 2009 revenue levels to a higher level. Many Fortune 500 companies have chosen to decrease advertising within the African American demographic as they choose to focus more on their “core” market. This would be a crucial mistake. With President Obama entering his second year in office, the marketability of African Americans in mainstream media is considerably more permissible within the media world.
Read MoreMLK Day Gets a New Twist, #ihaveadream Trends the Web
Most of us are use to celebrating Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday the same way every year. Typically with a day off of work or school and maybe even listening to his famous I Have A Dream speech. With younger generations being further and further removed from the very real struggles Dr. King fought for [...]
Read MoreThe Business of Buppies
Ever wonder what it takes to start a webisode outside of the creative production? Julian Breece one of the creators of Buppies took some time out of his schedule to give us the “Blueprint”.
Read MoreSocial Networks Respond To Haitian Earthquake; Give Loved Ones Relief
I haven’t watched the network news once since a major earthquake struck the impoverished island of Haiti yesterday afternoon, but thanks to Twitter and Facebook I’m up to speed on the devastation and relief efforts that are already underway. Several major news organizations are using the social networks to get the word out, and taking [...]
Read MoreBlackweb 2.0 speaks with Tristan Walker, VP of Business Development at Foursquare
Tristan Walker is the Vice President of Product Development at Foursquare, the location based social network that incorporates gaming elements while helping the user discover new venues throughout the city the are currently located. On January 7, 2009 Blackweb 2.0 talked with Tristan about all things Foursquare.
Read MoreTop 10 Urban Websites of 2009
We partnered with the people at JumpOff.tv to weed through all the clutter and give you all the top 10 Urban websites of 2009.
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