16 hours ago

louisgray-com Yesterday, as most tech outlets noted, Google previewed their much-awaited Chrome Operating System - and in parallel released the code for the operating system to the open source community. By the end of the day, sites like Gdgt had compiled virtual machine capable installs of the early alpha system, and geeks, including me (Read More)

3 days ago

The Future Buzz Something strange has happened.  It’s more than just your marketing being dated, although that happened too.  There is a deeper shift that has occurred and few have caught up with it.It’s that marketing itself was disrupted.  We need something else.  And what’s next is going to look more sociology-driven than something take (Read More)

3 days ago

louisgray-com As more and more people are turning to social networks to share their information, practically all of us are connecting to an ever-increasing number of people, and for the most part, we are updating more frequently, and sharing content from different sources in multiple places. The resulting increase in velocity, often term (Read More)

5 days ago

louisgray-com Following on to the post last month on leveraging social networks to build Web traffic, courtesy of YourBusinessChannel, filmed while in the UK with Ecademy, three more short videos have surfaced from our extended interview on the impact that social media tracking and activity can have for companies big and small on the Web (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

Broadcasting Brain I’ve read hundreds (or thousands) of blog posts and articles about blogging.  One of the really timeless ones that I still come back to is a list of ten tips from Jorn Barger that were featured in Wired Magazine.  Barger is generally credited for having coined the term blog, an abbreviation of the term weblog.His tips are d (Read More)

5 days ago

Conversation Agent One of the reason why public relations firms are ill equipped to deal with bloggers and new media is that they were built to deal with traditional or mainstream media. Many agencies are still stuck in pushy mode. Don't be so quick to deny it, I get dozens of poorly targeted press releases a day - and from big name agencies (Read More)

5 days ago

Submitted by Robdiana from blog: A few weeks ago, I wrote about the possibility of Google going evil. At that time, I was talking mostly about the fact that Google has free or cheap applications in many different areas. However, I did not really talk about standards they were developing. One commenter, Ed Richardson, mentioned this as a reason why [...]. (Read More)

7 days ago

newsletter archive   November 13, 2009 issue Forward this newsletter  |   Subscribe  |   View online 5 things a brand needs from its online media By Julia Casale-AmorimWhile reaching the right audience is fundamental to a brand's success, the environments in which you do so c (Read More)

7 days ago

wired-top-stories Hit bands like the Eagles will soon start to get their copyrights back from their labels due to a clause in a bill passed in the 1970s. Will even these die-hards ditch major labels?. (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

Paul Dunay's shared items in Google Reader From the perspective of some, it seems like Vegas was late to participate in social media (according to the PubCon panel description).However, the prominent brands on the strip have stepped up to the plate and are actively engaged in social web participation.  They’re leveraging digital platforms for a variety of purposes – (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

Submitted by Robdiana from Google Reader: When I started using Twitter 2 years ago, outside of the site itself, Twhirl and Twitterrific were two of the top Twitter clients available. Twhirl even went as far as incorporating other platforms like FriendFeed and Seesmic Video, making it one of the most popular desktop clients for managing the latest social networ (Read More)

Nov 13, 2009

Online Marketing Blog Online retail websites face a unique set of obstacles when it comes to improving sales through better search engine visibility.  Repetitive product descriptions, a lack of content and frequent churn of products can all be hurdles to overcome. But with these specific tips for retail search engine optimization, online retaile (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

Submitted by Avi from Google Reader: Sandra Hanchard and I presented a webinar titled ‘The Rise and Rise of the Social network’ earlier this week, and due to time constraints we could not answer all the questions posed to us, so the following are our responses. We are interested in your comments on any or all of the questions to add a variety of perspective an (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

The Brand Box Yesterday, we looked at some examples of social media job descriptions that were missing the mark in one way or another.But in and among the reams of mediocre, there were a few glimmers of promise. Let’s cover some of those, and start looking to the future for how we can talk with organizations looking to hire folks in this (Read More)

Nov 13, 2009

Search Engine Land If you think social media provides value now, just wait.From a developer’s standpoint, Twitter is an exciting application because of the freedom provided through their API. A rogue hacker can download one of the many Twitter libraries, connect to the API, query for the top trending topics at that time, take and put the tren (Read More)

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