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Keep an eye on pac-man going to gobble up more of the market. This is waaaay cool! TB2 Team
Watch this video on CNET TV: Google has updated its popular Maps app for Android with added features, such as incorporating Zagat reviews, which puts the app in competition with Yelp and Foursquare. CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Seth Rosenblatt have the Inside Scoop on the improved Google Maps app.
How is your brand/agency reacting to this high metabolism marketing era?
Acting fast is no longer a choice. The big question for brands is how to get in the right position to act.
Stay relevant to stay alive...
Brands are no longer OK with having a middle man.
A marketing plan is not the same as a digital plan...
When done right, a social media plan for marketing, recruiting, or customer service is a beautiful thing.
www.marketingtrenches.com
Interesting article connecting Causes with Social Media...
Causemedia Group’s Chris Noble discusses the positive impact of social media in the cause marketing world (above video), and the past year's developments, since retweeting and liking became seen as significant social actions. Brands and consumers are increasingly sophisticated ways to connect causes...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2011-07-24-schools-social-media_n.htm?csp=34news
Growing number of educators feel it's crucial for making kids digitally literate.
Social Media: In-House or Outsourced | Social Media Today
Social media is hot, and sometimes it can feel like an arms race across businesses of all sizes to start using social media.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/152683-5/future_tech.html#9
Memristor circuits lead to ultrasmall PCs. Intel and AMD unleash massively multicore CPUs. Samsung TVs respond to your every gesture. These and other developing technologies will fundamentally change the way you think about--and use--technology.
Social Networking is very important!!
Every day the need for social networking is more important! Life is so busy in the technical discussion that we have most of our social commitment of our daily
How do we prepare for a new way of thinking? As our world shifts from biofuels to more disruptive energy-based technologies, how will these technologies impact your lifestyle, and the business choices you make?
Tata and MIT scientist Daniel Nocera have teamed up to further explore an incredible technology that creates energy out of water.
http://mashable.com/2011/03/16/earth-hour-social-media-push/
How did one environmentally-minded non-profit inspire millions of people to shut off their lights and start thinking about the planet? We take a look at Earth Hour 2011.
Have you ever thought about planning an online marketing campaign around the weather? You should... sunny days help drive festival attendance with online activities whereas rainy days drive online activities for major purchases like cars & homes. Learn more at:
http://www.4psmarketing.com/blog/online-marketing-weather/
Online marketing techniques like SEO,PPC & Social Media helps in directing & converting potential traffic in a competitive online business environment
Branding are quite important for British people, sometimes even more important the the product itself!
Where is the future of our company? Your brand is all about improving your future performance, so what category must you dominate moving forward? This may involve some degree of abstraction and finding common ground.
Do you need more social connections to help you graduate? Is this more of a help or hindrance? At least the Gates Foundation thinks so and is putting its money where its mouth is...let's hope this is win for the students!
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http://mashable.com/2010/12/22/predictions-social-good/#
The coming year will see more developments as technologists, activists and online communicators work together to try to address issues related to social good campaigns.
This year, we have seen more tools from science fiction shows become reality. One obvious example is the iPad. Care to see what is in the pipeline in research? How about technology that reacts to your physical emotional state - your facial expressions and body language.
For years now, researchers have been exploring ways to create devices that understand the nonverbal cues that we take for granted in human-human inte
When executing your 2011 marketing plan, small businesses should obviously heavily lean to online/mobile, but don't forget offers (coupons, discounts, etc.). People are looking for deals!
Where to invest, what to test and which deserve a rest
Glad to see FB founder and others are pledging to give away half their wealth to nonprofits. What a windfall this will be for the next generation!
NEW YORK — Another 17 of America's richest people, including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, junk bond pioneer Michael Milken and AOL co-founder Steve Case, have pledged to give away most of their wealth.
Foursquare is taking on FB Causes by partnering with one of the largest Cause Marketing Brands (RED) for World AIDS Day. This technology can provide a whole new meaning for "supporting the cause"...
Today is World AIDS day, and to show support, location service Foursquare has partnered with (RED) to create awareness for the cause.
Are you working on your 2011 Small Business Marketing Plan yet? It's time. Three components to include next year are: offline & online integration, mobile device/local search and social media advertising. We're ready to help you with any or all of your marketing needs!
Here is an interesting business model...Use 100% of the money donated to your charity for programs. Check out how charity:water is changing the game via social media.
This weekend I had the great pleasure of seeing a presentation by charity:water founder, Scott Harrison. His mission is compelling. The desperate need to get clean drinking water to a billion people around the world is urgent and potentially life saving on a massive scale. A staggering 5000 children
http://www.prweb.com/releases/exacttarget/digitalchalk/prweb4767914.htm
DigitalChalk is selected for the ExactTarget Academy, a comprehensive certification program for Interactive Marketers.
Check out "The Million", a new an innovative corporate social responsibility program aimed at increasing student achievement...the more you read and study, the more minutes you can earn. So far rewarding students for more reading is showing signs of improving grades and test scores.
When TracFone, the fifth largest wireless company in the U.S. and the first among prepaid carriers, hired advertising shop Droga5, it didn’t come looking for a standard ad campaign. So Droga envisioned the brand as one with the potential to eliminate a plague in American public schools: the achiev
Apple has done it again! I love it!
Inspired by iPad, the new MacBook Air features all-flash storage, full Multi-Touch support, a long-lasting battery, and a high-resolution display.
Take a look at a different way of marketing on a shoe-string budget. Most companies do not get over a million hits in their campaigns - much less nearly 2 million in 5 days. This is an example of the Groundswell.
Last week, a band you've probably never heard of sang a likely unfamiliar tune, as part of an impromptu concert on a New York City
Now you can never underestimate the power consumers have over your brand. The Gap made a change to their logo, the consumers didn't like it, and now they are changing back. This speaks volumes on the value of consumers!
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gap is back to blue.The casualwear chain will keep its decades-old white-on-navy blue logo after all. The move comes just one
If you are in the Atlanta area, you don't want to miss out on the biggest annual event for women (men are invited also). Atlanta Women's Foundation's Annual Luncheon, "Numbers Too Big to Ignore". Featured speaker is Malaak Compton Rock, humanitarian and wife of comedian, Chris Rock. Compton-Rock walks the talk as she has founded six different non-profit organizations in addition to her work with UNICEF. This event should not be missed! Click on the link below and get your tickets...see you there!
Are used to the corporate executives as the gatekeepers for what they think will sell to the public? Well think again...crowdsourcing companies are cutting out the corporate execs and letting you decide on what you want to buy/support for a change. Never fear...the tide is shifting. Get ready to control (or let the public control) your own destiny!
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Thoughts to ponder... why the social web is like falling in love... http://smallbiztrends.com/2010/09/why-the-social-web-is-like-falling-in-love.html
“I don’t have enough time!” Those five words are uttered over and over by small business owners, entrepreneurs (and, believe it or not, big, scary
Ok...so this is not one of our traditional posts, but it is extremely relevant nonetheless. As parents, let's be glad that the private and public sector are joining together to elevate the need to increase our country's ranking in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Let's start with the youngest generation and see if we can change the way the way we think about STEM curriculum and careers. After all, if we can develop Facebook, Google and eBay, we can certainly be #1 again! Let's CHANGE THE EQUATION!
Change the Equation
Do you think social media is reducing email consumption? Think again. A.C. Nielsen did a study to prove just that , and found out otherwise... Check it out at: http://www.proactivereport.com/c/research/social-media-is-affecting-our-communication-patterns-online/
A new survey from Nielsen set out to show that as people use social media they use email less - and surprise! it came out completely the other way around.
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