CarDomain Draws $3 Million In Funding
Have you ever seen a guy reach into his pocket, draw out a twenty-dollar bill, and celebrate “finding” this money? Well, CarDomain.com pulled a similar move today, but on a rather grander scale – $3 million came out of founder Alex Algard’s pockets.
iPhone and Your Online Marketing Campaigns
Yes, yes, I know. If you hear the word “iPhone” again, you’re going to puke. Whether you are an Apple hater or an Apple lover, one thing is clear – iPhone will have an impact on the way people use the Internet on the go. So even if you are not a gadget freak, you should at least be interested in how the release of iPhone will impact your online advertising campaigns.
So how might the iPhone affect your online marketing efforts? In a few ways:
User Experience In Montreal
Excuse this rant, but Users should count more since products and services are created for their users. If more users ranted about their dissatisfactions, perhaps the message would begin to get through.
Social Networks Feed Photo Sharing
I’ve put exactly one picture on MySpace; my Facebook profile contains a whopping five or so. Yet a new Hitwise report proves that this is not the norm, and that traffic from social networks gives an extreme boost to a lot of photo-sharing sites.
6 In 10: Choosing Your Battles
If you have been watching the Nielson Ratings lately, you know that even whenadvertising on one of the top three shows for market share: even Deal or No Deal, Dateline NBC, or America’s Got Talent (the top three) only reach about 12,000,000 viewers each.
Widgets A Hit With Kids
Widgets are all the rage lately, as evidenced by the avalanche at Facebook once the social networking site opened up to developers. Advertisers, too, are figuring out that if you want to get to the younger crowds, widgets are the way to go.
Google Docs To Get More Reference Sources
Piece o’ news number one: Google intends to make Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as Merriam-Webster’s dictionary and thesaurus, available in Google Docs. Piece o’ news number two: if you don’t feel like waiting on the Mountain View-based company, you can access those same resources right now.
Social Networks and Online Retail
Social networks and online communities have little impact on online retail sales according to a report from JupiterResearch, "Us Retail Consumer survey, 2007."
iLike Thrives Through Facebook
In olden times, the pope would often crown a new king. These days, that duty sometimes falls to Facebook – iLike’s recent success has been attributed almost entirely to that one site.
Search Is Where Your Campaign Starts
Setting up an online campaign can be complicated, and it’s hard to know where to begin. Lately, social marketing and blog marketing have been the buzz words, but if you’re just getting started, just like in anything, really, you should start with the basics. And the basics of an online campaign involves a tightly targeted search campaign.