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12.29
Next Year, You Can Stay Home for the Holidays
Spreecast intent on putting the face time back into social networking
Look out YouTube, video sharing just got a lot more social with Spreecast, a new social media platform hoping to combine the magic of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype all into one fun interaction. Jeff Fluhr, the founder of StubHub, created Spreecast as a way for users to share and interact through video. What distinguishes Spreecast from peers YouTube and Skype is that four users can be live on camera simultaneously, streaming their conversation live while hundreds of others can watch, chat, and participate by submitting comments and questions to those on screen. Now that, my friends, is a PARTY!
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09.14
New Contenders: 3 of Our Favorite Social Media Sites
The wild and wonderful world of social media is constantly growing and expanding as more users develop new and unique communities. Every week, it seems that a new site, application, or platform launches and captures the fickle and fleeting attention of the industry. The best ones will make the mainstream audience cut, while everything else will eventually become forgotten relics. What are we excited by? What shiny new social network gizmo has caught our eye? Check out these three social platforms, and see for yourself.
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07.27
Google+: The Long-Term View
Everybody and their mothers are buzzing about Google+, the new social network that some are speculating will eventually conquer Facebook as the dominant online hangout space. Last week we talked about some of Google+’s cool features. But what exactly does this new platform mean for social media marketing?
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07.19
Google+: Future of Social Media or a Failed Wave?
Social media is constantly evolving and Google is once again trying to be at the center of this evolution. Their newest project, Google+, has captured the attention of internet users worldwide. Having recently gone public, it is still in its beta phase, and a limited number of people are able to receive invitations. With buzz building, the important question is will Google+, unlike the failed Wave project, live past its hype? The easiest answer to answer this is by looking at the Google+ interface.
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04.22
Cracking the QR Code
QR (quick response) codes are popping up everywhere: on your subway platform, in your glossy magazine, on your soda bottle. What’s next…in your underwear? Yes, probably! Just because these little devils are breeding, doesn’t mean people know what they are, or more importantly, how to use them.
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03.24
Give It Away, Give It Away, Give It Away Now...
Creating a Facebook page for your business or organization is now a cinch. Making status updates and posting content is getting easier every day. But what can you do to really engage a NEW audience of constituents and customers? We have been experimenting with some new strategies to help clients engage their current base and rally more followers towards action.
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12.03
Who are the Silver Surfers?
If you have seen the recent hit movie “The Social Network," you know that the original Facebook was a network exclusively for college students. In fact, Ivy League college students were the first to join the network that now has over half a billion users. The initial wave of preppy college kids might have once been the majority, but they aren’t the only people who have become Facebook addicts. Today, people from all walks of life are online ranging from junior high-schoolers complaining about homework to an elderly gentleman writing philosophical musings about his long life. Your mom, dad, aunt and yes, even grandma and grandpa are now friending, liking, tweeting and tumbling.
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03.07
Silicon Valley, Meet Delaware Valley
The New York Times ran an article on New York City’s digital startup business landscape. Jenna Wortham dives into a few of the loosely organized start-up groups and calls out new digital leaders, some which I did not know were from NYC: Pingg, Gilte Groupe and TheLadders...
I’m excited to see New York City reclaim its place in the digital world after the dot-com bust, and speculate that this new era of successful ventures will grow as more startups call NYC home. VC’s are already beginning to recognize the potential ...
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01.02
Twitter Profits Are Your Profits
Does Twitter's profitability have any impact on your business or organization? I think so.
Last month, Bloomberg reported that Twitter, Inc. would make a small profit in 2009 after search deals were made with Google and Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Revenues from both deals will total about $25M, which should just about cover Twitter’s $20-25M estimated yearly expenses.
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