The InflectionPoint 2008 Conference
I just returned from the InflectionPont 2008 Conference down in San Diego. What’s InflectionPoint?
Money for Content
The WSJ let the "our content will be free" story spread for months to generate public relations related coverage and to misdirect competitors before announcing that they are going to keep their subscription service: Mr. Murdoch made his latest comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in answering a question.
PR Practitioners and Social Media
Over the next few months, I’m leading a couple of half-day workshops for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) as part of their CIPR Masterclass training programme. The first of these takes place on February 26 at the CIPR’s headquarters in central London.
Scoble Chats with Facebook’s Zuckerberg
Yesterday morning I woke up early. Was sitting in the hotel lobby at 7 a.m. trying to check email when someone tapped me on the shoulder. It was Mark Zuckerberg, founder/CEO of Facebook, which now has 68 million active users (people who’ve signed on in the past 30 days).
Modern Search Engine Optimization
In the course of judging the SEMMYs, one of the great posts I read was The SEO Playbook – Welcome to the Rabbit Hole Alice by Stuntdubl (aka Todd Malicoat). It’s a great post because it helps outline how SEO is expanding in it’s scope.
Confirming Existence By Twittering
René Descartes felt that the proof of his existence was that he thought from time to time.
AdWords Aimed at MySpace Users
This is an exciting development . Google is testing a new feature to allow you to target ads to specific demographics on MySpace and other web sites. So it your web site sells NY Yankee tickets and your main demographic is men aged 30-45. Your ads can show up just on profiles of men who are in that age group.
New York Times Serves Content By SMS
If SMS is enough for some cellphone owners, the New York Times has news and op-ed content available for their texting pleasure.
SeeqPod Finds Warner Lawsuit
The Electronic Frontier Foundation called the Warner Music Group lawsuit against SeeqPod “an attack by the entertainment industry on the DMCA safe harbors that protect hosting services and search engines.”
A Very Brady Social Network
Greg Brady — you know, from the Brady Bunch — isn’t really Greg Brady, though Barry Williams, the actor who played the iconic character, doesn’t mind if you call him that. In fact, the character serves as an excellent brand vehicle by which Williams can reinvent himself online via a new social network for fans called The Greg Brady Project.