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October 2009

What The Wall Street Journal Has, Few Will Match

October 30, 2009 · Comments

Mediaweek magazine puts together a “Digital Hot List” each year of the websites or companies they see as having the potential to wow the web world. Their list never seems to be much of a surprise, especially when you consider Google, Facebook and Twitter are sort of default entries, but there’s always one or two on it that raise an eyebrow.

This year it’s the Wall Street Journal’s website, WSJ.com, in at No. 8. Yep! The website property of a traditional media outlet is on Mediaweek’s Digital Hot List. And no, it’s not a joke.

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Shave My Goatee For Male Cancer Research

October 29, 2009

A funny thing happened on Twitter last night. David Armano and I got into a (light hearted and fun) discussion about the two of us being sexy bitches. (I know … silly, but bear with me here.)
Somehow the notion of me shaving my goatee to raise money for a good cause came up. So, I’ve [...]

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Postrank Expands Engagement Measurement

October 28, 2009

Disclosure: Postrank is a sponsor of Social Media Explorer which pays to advertise in the right hand side bar space. I have written extensively about them before they became a sponsor and will continue to do so because they offer a service relevant to you. Their advertising here does not effect my editorial comments or [...]

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A Moment In Social Media History: 7th Son

October 27, 2009

If you’ve ever had doubts about the power of the groundswell or social media, allow me the opportunity to introduce you to J.C. Hutchins. In 2006, the Louisville native (only one of the many reasons I dig the guy) was dutifully submitting his sci-fi trilogy novels called 7th Son to book publishers. No one would [...]

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Fitton On OneForty, Purchase Rumors & More

October 26, 2009

Laura Fitton, perhaps better known as Pistachio on Twitter and the proprietor of OneForty.com, an application store for Twitter, and I shared a car ride recently. I took advantage of the opportunity to talk to her about her new company, it’s eggs-in-one-basket model and the recent TechCrunch rumors that Twitter was buying the start-up. Always [...]

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Understanding Natural Language Processing For Social Media Monitoring

October 23, 2009

In our explorations of social media monitoring firms, one differentiating factor between services is often the ability to parse out sentiment and tone of online conversations found about your brand. This task is performed by sophisticated computer functionality called natural language processing (NLP). It’s not the sexiest topic in the world, but it’s a very [...]

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Prioritizing Your Networks

October 21, 2009

Five days in Las Vegas with my Internet friends always forces me into a fit of introspection about where I’m going, how fast and who with. Blog World & New Media Expo brings together a good number of my online contacts. We talk, learn, laugh and enjoy each other’s company for a few days, talk [...]

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Filter Tweets By Location With MyTPSReport.com

October 20, 2009

Disclosure: The Humana Innovation Center is a client and I’ve been involved with this project. I trust you know I wouldn’t share it here if it weren’t relevant.
Yesterday, my friends at the Humana Innovation Center opened MyTPSReport.com to public beta. The tool (TPS stands for Tweet Positioning System) offers you the ability to filter Twitter [...]

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A 100-Percent Guarantee For Social Media Success

October 19, 2009

Several really wonderful people approached me at Blog World & New Media Expo over the weekend to tell me they appreciated this blog, my Tweets and the ideas I share with them around the Internet. Those types of conversations never get old. To each of you who had one with me, the thanks are all [...]

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An Ad Agency Getting It Right

October 16, 2009

A stroke of good fortune recently let me to swing by the Boston offices of Mullen, one of the nation’s most successful and, frankly, interesting advertising agencies. The firm works with great brands like Panera Bread, Ask.com, Stanley, CSX Transportation and the Boston Bruins, among others. It also has developed quite a reputation as a [...]

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What To Watch For At Blog World Expo

October 15, 2009

Richard Jalichandra of Technorati. Image via CrunchBase

Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra will deliver his annual State of the Blogosphere address tomorrow morning at Blog World & New Media Expo in Las Vegas. The speech is essentially the blog search engine’s public opportunity to unveil results from a fairly far-reaching survey they conduct with bloggers each year. [...]

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