Some interesting statistics for this blog

By Jeff Hilimire | May 22, 2012 |

I’ve been in a bit of a slump lately in terms of blog posts. Not sure why. Things are busy at Engauge, sure, but that’s not really anything new. I guess there are times when you just don’t have a lot to say, so my typical 4-5 posts a week have been 1-2 posts over…

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Another “we are the media” indicator

By Jeff Hilimire | May 15, 2012 |

Yesterday I pointed out a new startup called, Refer.ly, that aims to reward people for referring products and services to their friends. I just saw a commercial for Directv, which has a referral program that is pretty awesome. If you refer someone to Directv, you get $10 off of your bill…every month. Presumably as long as your…

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This is a tiny peek at the future

By Jeff Hilimire | May 14, 2012 |

This is the future. I’ve been waiting for this for five years. We will become the media and Refer.ly is a tiny peek at what that will look like. Here’s a snippet from an article I was interviewed for back in 2010: “Advertisers aren’t really giving incentives to Facebook users — and they should,” Hilimire…

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