Top 10 Wigets, Apps or APIs

What’s a widget? It’s a snippet of code that can be placed on any web page which, when executed (e.g., clicked-on, rolled-over, etc.), performs a function. That function may be simple, local like change color. Or, it may be complex, engaging services (APIs or Application Programming Interfaces) from around the network. As services for these [...]

Top 10 Adver-Sites

Whether they are websites for individual products or whole companies, some stand above the rest in their ability to attract and retain eyeballs. What makes these sites effective? 1. Targeting: The marketer has a clearly defined target segment, 2. Ali

On Strategy and Google

I am not an expert strategist, but I’ve picked up a few tidbits over time. In school I learned that strategy leaves a trail – You can divine a company’s strategy by the products it launches, partnerships it forms, and companies it acquires. When I mo

Top 10 Facebook Feature Wishlist

After using Facebook, attending a developer conference and speaking to advertisers, I’ve built a Facebook roadmap. Not an application, widget or API wishlist, it’s a wishlist for Facebook platform functionality. To be sure, Facebook has initiatives f

Select Stories, 10-Nov

Mashups Directory – ProgrammableWeb So, there are now over 1,013 published widgets (web APIs). In fact, if you compared Programmable Web’s list with Wigipedia’s, you’d probably get 1,200+. But, in terms of getting an idea of how to use them, re

You’ve Been Mac’d, Positioning Your Competition

In the genre of negative ads, the idea is first to distill your competition to a single product attribute and then fix that attribute to an immovable scale. Advertisers may do this by setting up a straw man or by naming their competitor’s product dir

Select Stories, 5-Nov

The Economy, Online Markets & Web 2.0 – Mary Meeker Great analysis. Takes user from macro-economic trends (which aren't good) through technology diffusion trends (including mobile penetration) to online trends

Select Stories, 1-Nov

Here Come The Twitter Ads – StopTwitterSpam.com An insightful, thorough treatment of new ad formats (some would say spam) emerging on the Twitter platform. Deals in detail w/ one form from Magpie in which up to 20% of Tweets from a subscribing aut

Applications on LinkedIn, Niiice

On October 28th, 2008 LinkedIn took a big step forward by announcing the launch of “Applications on LinkedIn” (or InApps) and officially joining MySpace, Facebook, Google and Apple’s iPhone in the “platform” business. However, unlike other open platf

Select Stories, 29-Oct

Right Music For Your Viral Ad – SharpNine Tom Belton of SharpNine Music overviews considerations for use of music in your next YouTube viral advertising video. While some concepts are familiar ground for TV and radio advertisers, many of the poin

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