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As the flood waters of change roll into the mid-west from the coasts – the effects are also rolling in. We’ve been hearing the “rumblings” of niche and local advertising opportunities increasing as web analytics and target marketing become more sophisticated – and here is one really good example. The lightning bolt I logged into [...]
This is a very in depth post on how mikeindustires.com was able to grab a domain at expiration time: I recently found myself in the position of wanting to register a domain which was owned by someone else. The domain was set to expire in a week, and I figured there was a decent chance [...]
We ran across this tool for real time analytics about a week ago called “chartbeat” – which is just plain cool. I learned of it while enjoying the podcast “This Week in Startups” by Jason Calacanis and crew. #twist This offers a real time (within seconds) look at the visitors to our site. Some of [...]
I’m not sure I should share this link…but I guess since they already shared it at ProBlogger, I can too. While SEO is something that is well worth while focusing upon right from the start of your blog – I’ve found that it becomes particularly important once your blog is at least a few months [...]
Image by xiaming via Flickr This is from a Mashable post entitled “10 Musts for Marketing to Women on Facebook“, but it just as relevant outside of facebook too. Here are my top 3: 1. Quality Counts Tom’s Comments: This is top #1 no matter what. People was and need quality, and as I have [...]
For a while now I have been ranting within the company I work for that we throw away too much data – with particular emphasis on throwing away the data we have about our customers. As I listened to the TWIST #38 (This Week In Start Ups with Jason Calacanis) Jason absolutely nailed this point to the wall. He [...]
Image via Wikipedia I first want to say – Pepsi’s idea to skip the super bowl and work the social angle is fantastic. So this decision by Coke to follow is too little to late for me. Check it out at socialtimes: Coca Cola is planning to run a social media campaign on Facebook during [...]
This is brilliant. Just like many of the video game makers ahve been doing for a while. This patent, which was originally filed on July 7, 2008, describes a new system for promoting ads in online mapping applications. In this patent, Google describes // <![CDATA[// how it plans to identify buildings, posters, signs and billboards [...]
Image via Wikipedia When I first read this – I did at least one double take. Say what – like when was the last time Pepsi told the Super Bowl – “we’ll pass, but thanks” “will bypass the big game for the first time in 23 years” PBT Consulting Well – will this be a [...]
Along with keeping the day-to-day rolling in webdev this week, my task is to test out a couple of web classified apps. We’re looking to test drive two methods – one called geodesic and then drop a couple of WordPress themes too. The hard part will be figuring out how much is “enough” to get [...]