I don’t mind ads on social sites, as long as they’re not spammy in nature. I think the less obtrusive the better. Many would rather have none at all, but this is the real world we live in. I am conflicted as a social media participant and business owner.(I don’t advertise on social sites.) I try to empathize with consumers and treat them the way I’d like to be treated. I can understand how a person can get pissed off at the prospect of a company trying to sell them something when they’re on a social site. I’ve come to find two…
On Tuesday, National Geographic announced that it will be expanding its business into video games in an effort to reach its younger audience. The magazine hopes to have at four games released by next year.
This news comes at such a morbid time in the world of print media. National Geographic seems to be making moves to reach out to its younger readers. Instead of just watching things deteriorate, the picturesque magazine is putting forth some innovative effort. Who knows what the developers have in store, but I can imagine game plots ranging in anything from escaping the Amazon to leading a…
Yelp.com and CitySearch.com are competing to be the go-to search site for everything local.
While both sites offer virually the same concept, they each have different features, some of which might help you to make up your mind about which service works better for your needs.
Yelp.com says real people, real reviews drive their site. It works better for larger, metropolitan areas. I searched my local area, and there are some reviews on the site, but many of them are random and there are only a handful of restaurant reviews for my area.
Yelp offers the option of receiving weekly emails detailing what…
Sony is tempting the users of their Playstation Network with a virtual world.
Home is a series of virtual spaces and places. It’s different from Second Life in that you choose which space you want to visit, and then teleport there, instead of walking or flying like in Second Life.
The PlayStation Network, which currently has about 13 million PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable registered users, is integral to Home. The PSN is the network that users access to play each other in online matches, download games or videos to the hard drives of their consoles, and records a player’s success in…
Check out this video response on YouTube for a great review of how social media and the Internet played a role in an ad and then a web site being taken down on a Sunday by a major corporation.
If anyone ever needed Motrin for some pain right now, it’s Motrin, thanks to their “baby sling” ad!
This morning, I logged into my Twitter account, only to be bombarded with tweets about a Motrin ad. I was really confused, so I started reading the links and following the trail.
Apparently, the makers of Motrin posted an ad, it’s currently on the front page of the site, talking about how babywearing is in fashion, right now, even though it’s a pain in the back. The text of the ad reads as follows.
Wearing your baby seems to be in fashion.
I mean in theory it’s a great idea.
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And who knows what else they’ve come up with. Wear your baby on your side, your…
Here is a good way to speak up and tell President-elect Obama what matters most to you and for your digital life.
Barack Obama is going to appoint the nation’s first CTO. What are the top priorities?
It’s a simple concept. Each user gets 10 votes to hand out to whichever plans ideas matter the most to them. Users are allowed to use up to 3 of their votes on any one issue, and once you run out, you wait for the idea to get deleted or resolved, or you rearrange your votes.
This could change the face of social media, and this is…
Several years ago, a husband and wife team decided to try something new. She was a blogger and knitter, and he was a code monkey (his term, not mine). They realized there was a need for a way for knitters and crocheters to connect, but realized it would be a huge undertaking.
In May of 2006, they opened Ravelry up for beta testing. In essence, you emailed jess and hoped that you would get an invite. It took several months for some of the testers to get their invites, but once they did, it was worth it. Right now, new requests are handled within…
I’m one of the newest members of Chrysler’s Customer Advisory Board. Hopefully, that actually will mean something in the near future, even if Chrysler gets bought by GM.
A while back I stumbled upon (literally, not StumbleUpon) the fact that Chrysler wanted to interact more with consumers to garner feedback on their products and their decisions. Chrysler Listens is the concept and if you’re interested you can visit the Web site and offer your opinions.
You also can submit your name and hope to be one of the 2,000 “insiders” who get to be on the Customer Advisory Board.
It’s a great concept and…
MySpace is still trying to find a way to make itself even more profitable. It’s one of the most successful social media platforms available, but they are still not as profitable as they could be.
Following on the heels of Facebook, and even Apple, with the iPhone App store, they are looking for a way to insert virtual gifting and pay-to-use applications. Facebook has an inner site gift economy, though they have not yet opened up the virtual gifting to developers.
The race is on to see which site develops and releases their own pay to play model. The real concern with…
