Archive for May 2010
Shaping the future of digital
Today I spoke at the Integrated Marketing Summit conference in Minneapolis. Kudos to Shawn for putting on such a great event. In my session I talked about trends that I believe are shaping the future of digital marketing and the Internet at large. Facebook First I talked about Facebook. How can you not start with…
Read MoreWhy use TripIt?
Travel is something that still isn’t a seamless process when it comes to how people typically book and schedule trips and how they tell their social networks where they’ll be. For example, I use iCal to keep track of all my travel, yet when I travel places I will use Gowalla, Foursquare or MyTown (yes,…
Read MoreDebate: Social gaming is moving into the real world – is this a good thing?
Zynga and 7-11 have partnered for a fascinating new campaign. You can read more about it here, but the gist is: The Buy, Earn, Play promotion will allow fans of the game to purchase items in participating 7-Eleven stores, containing a code for a free item. Some of the items you can purchase include Slurpees, ice…
Read MoreA little Friday hilarity thanks to Gates and Jobs
A friend of mine passed me these so apologies to the original source, happy to link to it if someone lets me know where they came from, but they cracked me up so I thought I’d share.
Read MoreAnalyizing my blog traffic
I’m taking a page out of @fredwilson’s book (avc.com) and analyzing my blog traffic (via Google Analytics) to see what’s changed from last year to this year. It’s a great exercise that I think anyone with a blog should look at. In 2009, the traffic stats break down like this: — Direct traffic / RSS:…
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