10+ Tips to get the most out of an Ad Network or Rep

Some of the most liveliest discussions here in the past have occurred around topics related to advertising networks.  Most of us have been an associated with an ad network at some point in time, some of us still are, while others have moved on to an ad rep or direct sales.  When joining an ad [...]

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Black Media, Instead of Mimicking Blogs Why not just Acquire?

As of late we’ve seen so many traditional Black/Urban Media companies either redesign as blogs, create blog properties as part of their holdings, or transform their content channels into blogs.  In nearly every case that I’ve seen this happen not one company has been able to knock it out of the park.  In many cases [...]

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Inside Windows 7 with Cordell Jones (Video)

I had the opportunity to sit down with Windows 7 Program Manager Cordell Jones. Cordell has worked with Microsoft for the past 14 years, with the past 2 years focused on Windows 7. Some of Cordell’s past project include Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft Exchange. Cordell now works on the networking side of Windows 7. Cordell is [...]

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BET.com ditches BET On Blast, Takes note from Hulu

Though the BET On Blast video player was nice when it launched a little over 2 years ago video on the web has certainly moved in another direction.  Specifically if you happen to be a television network.  BET.com recently ditched the BET on Blast player, which many thought was hard to navigate, and leveled the [...]

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How To: Track your Reader’s Response using Google Website Optimizer and Wordpress (Video)

A/B testing, it’s a technique used to track an audience’s response by comparing the success of different text, layouts, images and colors. This technique has been used in direct mail marketing for years, but now major technology companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are using the technique prior to launching major website changes. Even bloggers [...]

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#BeatCancer Breaks Twitter Trends and Sets Guinness World Record

EVERYWHERE, a Social Media Marketing and Content Development firm based in Atlanta, GA set a record October 16-17th for the most widespread social network message in 24 hours. According to Radian6, the official online monitoring company, the phrase #BeatCancer set the record with 209,771 mentions on Twitter, Facebook and blog posts. This translates into an [...]

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Ford adds Gwen Peake to Social Media Division

Ford is already pretty well known for it’s social media strategy, led by Scott Monty, and was ranked the #1 Social Automotive Brand by Virtue.com.  They not only use social media to engage with current customers (and potential customers) for Ford products, they also use it for Customer Service and to combat “haters” when those [...]

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Huffington Post Launches Technology and Innovations Section

Last Monday The Huffington Post announced it would launch a Technology and Innovations section on September 21st. The section will be lead by Jose Antonio Vargas. In the blog post last week titled Technology is Anthropology Vargas goes into detail on how this Technology blog will be a bit different than what we are use to.

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Proposed Cybersecurity Bill Raises Privacy and Executive Abuse of Power Concerns

Currently there is proposed legislation that would give the President power to seize control of private networks during a national cybersecurity threat. Proponents of the legislation believe this bill is necessary to protect: * vital private networks containing personal banking information; * networks of power and water systems; and * private citizens' health records.

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OneRiot Snatches Up $7 Million

OneRiot has just closed their Series C round of $7 million led by Appian Ventures, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, and Spark Capital. You may recall us mentioning this real-time search engine in a recent post about the new Digsby.

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