I recently overheard a conversation between a couple of friends. Friend #1: “I’ve been running my own small entertainment business for a few years and I’m having trouble getting out to possible new audiences with just Facebook. I’ve been thinking of finally setting up my own website.” Friend #2: “I don’t think you need a…
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‘Tis The Season for Generosity
This is an entry in our daily Internet Marketing Advent Calendar series. Each day your favorite marketing elves will focus on a new topic to get your internet marketing in order before the start of the new year. Something happened in my brain as a teenager. During the holidays as a child, I was rambunctious,…
Internet Trend Report: Social Media is NOT Going Away Soon
Morgan Stanley has just revealed last month’s Internet Trends Report which has some very intriguing statistics regarding Social Networking sites. Here are some of the highlights from the 72 page document: 6 out of the TOP 10 Most visited sites on the Internet ARE Social Networking sites. YouTube, Facebook, Hi5, Live.com, MySpace and Wikipedia all…
Zappos gets it right: Shoes, Social Media & Customer Service
Last week, I wrote a blog post about Twitter, the fast growing microblogging platform that allows users to blog 140 character ‘tweets’ to their closest friends, followers and yes, even strangers. Twitter, although, originally created to keep up with what your friends are up to, has quickly become an easy way for companies to monitor…