This year’s SXSW interactive blew me away. Never has it been busier. I remember many years ago getting free passes THROWN at me in hopes I would attend. There used to be just one panel discussion hidden away in the corner and nobody was really watching it. A few years later I got to attend […]
Not a day has gone by this past week without some blogger talking about Pinterest’s exponential growth. While the growth is impressive, I wouldn’t start ditching other social media networks just yet. While I am an avid user of both Facebook and Twitter, I can safely say that they are not ideal for sharing content. […]
After so long without posting anything I feel like a long time listener, first time caller to my own blog! Well not literally, but I think you get my point. Blogging regularly is a commitment that many people simply do not have the time to do it. I say blog early and often. Here is […]
I just found out about Steve Jobs. Wow. We lost one of the biggest stars of the tech world today. I have had the good fortune of working for Apple, twice. Both of my tours there were amazing. Never before in my life had I been able to access every bit of knowledge I could […]
Whether we like it or not, Facebook is a force for marketers to reckon with. In my experience there has been no benefit to advertising a small, medium or even enterprise level company on Facebook. I have seen far greater returns with LinkedIn advertising. If you are OK with Facebook as a branding exercise rather […]
They call them the terrible twos, does that apply to start-ups? Hope not… Last year we threw an awesome shindig in New York to celebrate our first year as well as the launch of our first web-based application. This year we totally meant to do something, but we were just too busy! Our new app […]
Nobody is happier than me to see a little competition in the social media space! In a short amount of time Google+ has more than 10 million new users. Some speculate there will be 20 million Google+ users by this weekend. Some people seem to think that there could be a mass exodus from Facebook […]
Years ago I remember excitedly starting a MySpace page. I was no stranger to online communities, back in high school I would get on bulletin boards with my Dad’s 28.8 cardinal modem, then AOL chat rooms, etc. MySpace felt like gratification, because finally there was a cool place for me to interact with friends who […]
When I say website sales I do not mean e-commerce. I am not excluding e-commerce, but for purposes of this post ‘selling through a corporate website’ means that said website generates sales leads. A good corporate website is an extension of a storefront, it can and should generate leads.
Having just attended the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference in New York I have some thoughts to share. There were way more good things than bad at TC Disrupt NYC. I go to dozens of conferences every year, but this one was significantly more substantive than SXSW, SES and Ad:tech combined. I will start with the positives.