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My job is to dissect new and moving parts into ways that business decision makers can understand, I hope to do just that: Web Strategy Summary Twitter is finally monetizing. Working with social media marketing vendor Federated Media, Microsoft has sponsored an aggregation tool that … Continue readingSponsored Aggregation: Impacts to Twitter, Federated Media, Microsoft, and the Community
I sometimes find that imagery helps to convey messages better than words. If you like it, you can pass it around, embed it, or download it from the Slideshare site and use in your own decks. Love to hear your feedback on both the message … Continue readingSocial Media Marketing Storyboard #1: Fish Where The Fish Are
Twitter has multiple business models to choose from I get asked over and over: “How do you think Twitter will monetize? What’s their business model?” While it’s clear they’re already experimenting with ‘house’ ads, ads that promote features of their service, I’m not sure that’s … Continue readingThe Future of Twitter: Social CRM
Surprisingly, some of the most important resources from a VC isn’t the financial funding. When I meet with startups I find it helpful to find out who their investor is, secondly, it’s important to watch how VCs are funding, as it impacts what type of … Continue readingBeyond the Money: Some VCs Provide Startups With A Competitive Edge
I’ve seen quite a few parody videos of social networks, but this one takes the blue ribbon. Apparently, Supernews will be a regular show, starting tonight, I’ll tune in. If you liked this, please ‘twote’ it to everyone you know.
I’m respecting your limited time by publishing this weekly digest on the Social Networking space, which I cover as an industry analyst. By creating this digest (I started this over a year ago) it really helps me to stay on top of the space I … Continue readingWeekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: March 18, 2009
Yesterday, I wrote a blog post about Mzinga. Although I had the best intentions, I posted without complete enough information, which was a mistake on my part. I apologize to Mzinga for any problems this has caused for them. As soon as I get the … Continue readingA Public Apology to Mzinga
There’s been a series of announcements this last two weeks, many which are happening here at SXSW, yet it’s important to look at what these changes mean as a collective, here’s my take: While working on my report the future of the social web, I … Continue readingThe Social, Mobile Web: An Entourage In Your Pocket
Mzinga is one of the companies that I closely watch, in fact, they were in my recent Wave, which was started last summer, and performed well. I’ve been hearing from multiple sources in a variety of folks that Mzinga is undergoing some changes. With the … Continue readingExpect Changes at Mzinga
I’m sitting across the street from the SXSW convention center, yesterday the organizer Hugh Forrest told me that attendees to the Interactive portion (a great deal with a focus on social) was up aprox 20% (just an approximation). I’ve seen many social media strategists (see … Continue readingReport: Social Media Marketing Up During Recession
