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JULY 15, 2011

Most web publishers measure where their traffic is coming from using an analytics package such as Google Analytics, Omniture or Core Metrics. These were good packages in the pre social media world at helping figure out who was driving your traffic. to track all of my social media sharing behavior.

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

Last year’s passé terms that even entrepreneurs cringe at (and the best are embarrassed to lead with) are social network, social media and social games. I guess “social&# is just soooo last year. And Siebel on your desktop is not the same as Salesforce.com on the web. My view.

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APRIL 28, 2010

They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. There are three “megatrends” as he puts it – real time data, the social web and flash marketing. I first heard about the company from Dave McClure and have tracked it on the sidelines a bit since then. Read more: TechCrunch.

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AUGUST 2, 2009

The currency of the real-time web is, for now, your Twitter address. If you’re not capturing the names of people who are talking about you on the real-time web you’re missing out on CRM opportunities (direct marketing, customer support, 2-way conversations, monitoring future conversations).

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APRIL 17, 2010

Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. They build web solutions for venues and give them to the venues for free in exchange for keeping their ticket service fees. It is no wonder web content players with large audiences are all inking deals with them now.

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MAY 4, 2010

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. Klout measures influence on topics across the social web to find the people the world listens to; assigns a Klout score to Twitter members. AppDynamics.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Social Networking in Web 1.0: The Present Era.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Search will remain big but stream is an increasing method of discovering information and therefore driving web traffic. But more broadly I believe that you’ll see a lot more tools for helping marketers more effectively run, monitor and manage social media campaigns. Early evidence is good.

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APRIL 10, 2010

First, I believe that Seesmic has an excellent product – especially the web version of their product and that having another senior and experienced exec like Loic Le Meur would be great for Twitter. Tags: Social Media Tech Market Analysis. Short answer: quality is more important than quantity).

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MAY 22, 2019

Initially that means a creative, collaborative toolset for visual communications, allowing users to develop really compelling slides, print materials or social media posts that are more visually compelling and easier-to-build for those who aren’t naturally gifted as visual story tellers. What are some examples? Yeah, this sucks.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion. In Los Angeles you have large industries in garment industry, defense, games (both physical like Mattel and virtual like Activision) and music. And of course you have Hollywood.

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JULY 19, 2011

I’m starting to spend my time evaluating companies that can help brands simultaneously build within the fortress but also maintain social value in the open web. The topic of social media came up and one dial-in caller lamented the fact that all Silicon Valley was producing was silly social media companies.

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

I’m not a connected-all-the-time social media user anyways so it wasn’t immediately obvious to me how profoundly positive this would be but I’ll explain why it’s been such a positive experience. Yes, I can check the mobile web versions (that are actually quite good) if I truly feel the need. This has been game changing.

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

John laid into a well-honed thesis on why the social web needed a “Page Rank” equivalent for people. It is company 500px who has a beautiful product and a burgeoning community on the iPad and web. 23:00 Discussion of California’s social media privacy laws. 500px is in Toronto.

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JULY 10, 2011

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly Referral Network – Twitter started as a way to integrate web messaging with text messaging. as an example of why I shouldn’t be investing in the Twitter ecosystem any longer.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Who are you on the web? It’s almost like the web equivalent of Facebook Connect. On the web each website wants you to log in to their website using a proprietary user name and password. Here’s three important things to know about Twitter’s future that are more nuanced than “what am I eating for lunch?”

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Much of web video search is bad at finding “the good stuff&# including YouTube itself. Social media meets digital content – I think the social media story is more obvious in many ways. Social media buzz can boost or bury content. Trying searching for something on Hulu.

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