This post originally published July 19, 2008. Since we’re talking the Future of Local Journalism tonight, I thought to re-run it.
In June 2008, Associated Press released a study on the news consumption habits of young adults and found some interesting results — most notably that consumers are experiencing “news fatigue” from saturation of headlines [...]
One measure of your brand’s popularity and capacity for word-of-mouth virality is the number of mentions on Twitter.
Tweetvolume lets you easily see how your brand stacks up to the competition in the Twittersphere.
Here’s an example: (click to enlarge image)
Zillow leads the Web 2.0 brat pack. But notice how Roost is right behind them, ahead of [...]
I’ve finally decided to take the plunge back into the cyberspace pool.
With my partner, Anthony Barba, a native New Yorker now living in Berlin iliketotallyloveit.com, we are launching a new real estate/business news website we hope will replace your dependency on your feedreader.
Unfortunately, we are depending on a computer to execute our idea– marrying mainstream [...]
More… don’t stop….yes, Yes, YES! You know what I’m talking about, right?— the feeling you get seeing more followers on Twitter, more subscribers to your blog and more members to your Facebook group. Ahhh. (I need a cigarette)
But wait a minute Johnny– is this social media stroking enlarging your business or just your …. ego? [...]
OLX is a global online classifieds website with more features than Craigslist, while remaining completely FREE, even for jobs and rental listings. But chances are you never heard of OLX.com because its popularity lies mainly outside of the United States in places like Spain, India, Portugal, Mexico, South America, China, and the Philippines. (I know [...]
Tatango lets you keep in contact with your group via text message, voice mail, even social networks like Facebook, MySpace or Twitter. Basic plan is FREE.
Some cool features:
send messages to as many group members as you like FREE
send a group message from your computer or phone to all members at once
group members see a history [...]
James Ready brewery, whose stated manifesto is to provide premium beer at an affordable price ($1), decided to involve the community in its latest advertising campaign. Claiming they couldn’t afford entire billboards, they asked readers to upload images which they would use to create “shared billboards” on the website.
Here are some examples (notice the thank [...]
