Add to: | blinklist | del.cio.us | digg | yahoo! | furl | rawsugar | shadows | netvouz The latest news about Dell’s exploding laptop saga is not good – there is a front page piece in the NY Times today about their battery recall and the whole scenario is providing fuel for the "I
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Singelringen Promotes "Single Power" As a Way of L ...
Everywhere you turn online there is another site that introduces new ways to find that special someone. From personality profiles on eHarmony to focusing on finding "recreational" friends on sites like AdultFriendFinder.com – there seems to be some online service for everyone. Public perception of online dating, too, has changed from assuming it was just
Continue reading »5 Rules of Social Media Optimization (SMO)
This is the original post that started the Social Media Optimization revolution and has been cited by thousands of blogs and media sources around the world. For a more updated view, read the 5 New Rules Of Social Media Optimization published by Rohit exactly 4 years after this post on 08/10/10. First Time Here? Read
Continue reading »NBC Markets 2 New TV Pilots on Netflix
Add to: | blinklist | del.cio.us | digg | yahoo! | furl | rawsugar | shadows | netvouz As TV marketers start to get ready for the new fall season of TV shows, the challenge of introducing new shows is the same as it ever was. Marketing a television show is steadily taking more and
Continue reading »Snakes on a Plane Viral Campaign Misses the Multicultural Ma ...
I came across an interesting viral campaign for the upcoming movie "Snakes on a Plane" where users can go online and enter names to have a personalized viral message sent to someone spoken by Samuel L. Jackson. I have seen this viral talking idea before, such as with the "7 days left" campaign for The
Continue reading »5 Case Studies in Reinventing Book Marketing
Add to: | blinklist | del.cio.us | digg | yahoo! | furl | rawsugar | shadows | netvouz A quick look at any marketing industry publication over the last few weeks will yield more than a few examples of how authors and publishers are getting smarter about marketing. As more and more outlets compete for
Continue reading »Ritz Camera Puts Carmen Electra Behind the Lens
In a promotion for charity announced yesterday and noted on the Cancer Blog, Ritz Camera will partner with Carmen Electra to promote two new printing services, standard square print sizes of 5" and 6", and the ability to also get large prints in 1 hour (previously unavailable). Aside from the interesting partnership with Head for
Continue reading »Eons.com Offers a New Online Community for Boomers 50+
Several weeks ago, I had the chance to speak with Jeff Taylor (founder of Monster.com) about Eons.com, his latest venture launching today. The site is targeted to the increasingly influential group of boomers aged 50+ who are now either contemplating retirement or engaged in "active retirement." Aside from the new advertising opportunities the site offers,
Continue reading »Understanding the Mom Blogger Revolution
Add to: | blinklist | del.cio.us | digg | yahoo! These days everyone is talking about blogs going "mainstream" with marketers using them, authors creating them, and even celebrities using blogs to share their thoughts about anything and everything. Yet a quiet revolution that has been slowly taking shape online is the rise of mom
Continue reading »Amazon Uses "Plogs" to Connect Authors to Readers
Apparently, the blog format is not just for those who want to write their own content. In an interesting extension of their AmazonConnect program, Amazon offers the ability for any registered user of the site to create a personalized weblog (plog) that will bring in posts from their favourite authors into a blog format. Sure,
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