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The Collapse of Print Advertising in 1 Graph - Derek Thompson - Business - The Atlantic

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:33:37 -0500

The Collapse of Print Advertising in 1 Graph - Derek Thompson - Business - The Atlantic:

Great Scott!

"Trust is broken. The buyer feels betrayed. Yet B2B companies baffled by the seemingly unwarranted..."

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:31:08 -0400

“Trust is broken. The buyer feels betrayed. Yet B2B companies baffled by the seemingly unwarranted dissatisfaction immediately question what’s wrong with the product or customer service. They should, instead, look at the overall experience the buyer is having.”

- The Gold in Social Customer Service - Forbes

Facebook Messenger Is Coming Soon.

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:13:27 -0400

Facebook Messenger Is Coming Soon.:

Facebook Messenger service/app - a new way to quickly send/receive FM msgs. I wonder what the point is though?

Report: Only 15% of SMB Fans Are Local

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:55:33 -0400

Report: Only 15% of SMB Fans Are Local:

You may have seen this written up last week, when I was gone. But I thought it was worth repeating or posting for those who hadn’t seen it: according to Roost, on average, “only 15 percent of the average local business’ fans are actually in the city where the business is located.”

Nearly 60% of SMBs on Facebook Twitter

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:58:50 -0400

Nearly 60% of SMBs on Facebook Twitter

"The $100bn valuation would reflect a phenomenal pace of growth at Facebook. Goldman invested $450m..."

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:51:13 -0400

“The $100bn valuation would reflect a phenomenal pace of growth at Facebook. Goldman invested $450m (£275m) in the company at the start of this year, in a deal which valued it at $50bn.”

- Facebook ‘preparing for $100bn flotation’ - Telegraph

Sizing The Deals Space: A Trillion Here, A Trillion There

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:25:38 -0400

Sizing The Deals Space: A Trillion Here, A Trillion There:

Good post on Kelsey Blog on how massively big the deals space is and where its going…

Former Groupon Employee Describes High-Pressure Tactics Culture And Merchants “Freaking Out”

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:20:56 -0400

Former Groupon Employee Describes High-Pressure Tactics Culture And Merchants “Freaking Out”:

Why am I not surprised?

How Serious Is Google about Local Sales?

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:58:12 -0400

How Serious Is Google about Local Sales?:

It’ll be interesting to see how a company that prides itself on data-driven decisions and products and super smart engineer types will build out a team of people who by the nature of the sales industry will have to be people-driven and more aligned with high EQ, not IQ….hmm.

Will Congress Push Google To Tweak Its Algorithm To Punish Pirate Sites?

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:44:55 -0400

Will Congress Push Google To Tweak Its Algorithm To Punish Pirate Sites?

The Demand Media of Search Engine Marketing, BoostCTR, Raises $1.6 Million

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:43:47 -0400

The Demand Media of Search Engine Marketing, BoostCTR, Raises $1.6 Million

Yahoo Trying To Unload Del.icio.us, Not Shut It Down

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:30:51 -0500

Yahoo Trying To Unload Del.icio.us, Not Shut It Down

Local Deals Come to Facebook Places

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:15:02 -0400

Local Deals Come to Facebook Places

The death of #Digg is not exaggerated...

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:27:04 -0400

The death of #Digg is not exaggerated...:

Will there be a Kevin Rose #BusinessWeek cover for this? “How this kid lost $60 Million in 2 weeks”?

#Google Refreshes Its #SEO Starter Guide

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:35:57 -0400

#Google Refreshes Its #SEO Starter Guide:

SearchEngineLand: “Back in November 2008, Google published a 22-page PDF guide to SEO. The company has just updated that to provide some new features and content. You can download the new 32-page PDF guide over here.

In particular, Google added a glossary of definitions and terms, additional example images to support the content in the guide, mobile devices optimization techniques and clearer wording for better readability. Google has also translated the SEO starter guide in over 40 languages.”

Is AOL becoming the company that Yahoo has been striving to become for years?

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:58:12 -0400

Is AOL becoming the company that Yahoo has been striving to become for years?:

They’ve purchased a major content provider (techcrunch), are growing a successful local play (patch.com), and are now getting into digitial media/content with purchases of brizzly (twitter client) and 5Min (video portal) - - all signs point to a new age of Aol as a content holding company online - - - or if they play their cards wrong, becoming the first recipient of the phrase ‘they Yahoo’d themselves into bankruptcy’…

Local Merchants, It’s Time To Ditch The Sidewalk Chalkboard For Foursquare Welcome Screens

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:29:48 -0400

Local Merchants, It’s Time To Ditch The Sidewalk Chalkboard For Foursquare Welcome Screens

AJAX Search: Is Google Sweating Bing Or Just Feeling The Need For Speed?

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:32:58 -0400

AJAX Search: Is Google Sweating Bing Or Just Feeling The Need For Speed?:

As Stoppelman sees it, Google is bringing out AJAX Search to combat Microsoft’s Bing search product, which has garnered quite a bit of attention since its launch a few months ago. Some claim that Bing is faster than Google, but an AJAX Google would undoubtedly be faster than Bing.

Maxi-Page: Appointments as Foundation for SMB Marketing Services

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:36:44 -0400

Maxi-Page: Appointments as Foundation for SMB Marketing Services:

I think more broadly, as local begins to evolve into verticalized-local, these sorts of non-performance related add on products for SMB’s will begin to take more share from traditional SEM/lead selivery solutions. Appt. setting, event finders, assisted-search, etc, are all possible by-product industries to the local boom.

Gmail Voice Integration: The Local Angle

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:36:15 -0400

Gmail Voice Integration: The Local Angle:

What’ll be interesting to see is how google will extend this functionality into a value add service for SMB’s – similar to Skype’s recent feature where advertisers can pay for the service of making their phone number a free call for skype-enabled consumers looking at local businesses on search engines. Google is passively building out their local business product offering as tie-ins to all their products it seems?