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My Media Heroes
I’d like to share who some of my heroes and inspirations in the publishing business (bloggers, media moguls, and Internet marketers) have been and are: Nick Denton: President and founder of Gawker Media, an online publishing group which puts out titles such as Gawker, Gizmodo and Lifehacker. Nick has been involved in internet media since…
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Microblogging Social Networks
Twitter is the golden rule of microblogging services, the social network that all other microblogging platforms are compared to. Find out what the other four most popular microblogging services are.
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What Happened to CollegeClub.com?
Why did CollegeClub.com fail and others succeed? CollegeClub.com was registered on April 4, 1996 and by 2000 had around 3 million registered users. I was one of those users who used it to find friends at other colleges online. On August 22, 2000, CollegeClub.com announced bankruptcy and said it would be acquired by Student Advantage,…
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10 Ways Twitter Will Change American Small Business Forever
Ultra-Local Marketing – direct communication between business owners and their local markets allows for business large and small to add a personal touch and an heir of transparency to give them a human edge in an increasingly no-touch technology world awash with noise. Networking Old-World Advertising – the still-successful outdoor advertising and television commercials are…
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Marketing Research for New Business Ideas Using Twitter
I’m going to use Twitter as a marketing tool. I’m going to search for “wish there was a way to” “i would pay for” “i want but” and see what I come up with for possible products or services for a business. “wish there was a way to” twitter feature: stop following people for certain…
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How to Delete a Digg Submission
The short answer is, you can’t. According to Digg.com: We are able to edit submission titles, categories & descriptions. Contact us from the email address associated with your username and include the Digg.com URL of the submission as well as the changes you’d like to make. However, as stated in the section 6 of the…