May 2011
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April 2011
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NASA's Ares 1 to Be Reborn as the Liberty... →
However, it looks like ATK, the aerospace firm that manufactures solid rocket boosters for NASA, has entered into a joint venture with Astrium, the European firm that builds the Ariane V to build a commercial version of the Ares 1.
March 2011
3 posts
You're Invited! SUN 'n FUN myT MeetUp on Friday
Sun ‘n Fun 2011 started today in Lakeland, Florida. (KLAL)
To help celebrate what many call “Spring Break for Pilots,” we of course, are throwing a party…
You’re invited to join us at the “#SnF11 myT MeetUp” for breakfast on Friday morning. Come help make aviation more social! Join us for a killer breakfast on the Friday of SUN ‘n FUN to...
How Niche Social Networks Could Catch Hold →
Human beings, after all, naturally belong to a variety of networks based on different contexts like shared interests, work, school, geography and the like. So it seems logical that there is room for specialized or niche social networks oriented around those specific groups or activities.
February 2011
3 posts
Blueprint For A Successful Design Blog →
The blogosphere is growing by leaps and bounds, and as the design field also expands many designers are looking to take their business and brand to a blog. The landscape is crowded with so many longing to get their brand established and garner the full advantages that this online presence can offer. However, the blueprint that some are following is not always one that will lead them where they are...
The anatomy of an ideal guest blogger →
Guest blogging is a great way of putting yourself on the map. You do this through thought-leadership, by sharing know-how, and by being active within the community. Guest blogging can do wonders for your reputation if you do it right.
QapTcha →
QapTcha is an easy-to-use, simple and intuitive captcha system. It needs human action instead of to read a hard text and it is a very lightweight jQuery plugin.
January 2011
3 posts
Showcase of Inspiring Search Box Designs →
Having an aesthetic search box on a website is as important as being capable of establishing good content on the website itself. It is true that one could provide categories in order to allow users rummage through content to find what they may be looking for on the site.
Trademarks, Not Patents: The real competitive... →
The contemporary press is flooded with articles and commentaries extolling the phenomenal success of Apple’s iPod. It seems everyone has an opinion as to how design has contributed to the dominance of Apple in this lucrative, emergent market, targeted—if not lusted after—by savvy high tech giants Sony, Samsung, Dell and Microsoft.
It's Time to Stop Collecting Facebook Fans →
Companies have spent millions gathering fans on their Facebook pages and being “liked” all across the web. But what started as a volume play — call it Facebook marketing 1.0 — is shifting. Increasingly, it’s not so much how many people are liking your brand, but who those people are and how many are engaging with you once you’ve got them.
December 2010
12 posts
AOPA Aviation Summit →
Lack of educational quality, customer focus, community, and information sharing are the four key reasons student pilots drop out of flight training. That’s the conclusion of Mark Benson, chairman of world renowned market research firm APCO Insight. Benson made the comments as part of his presentation of the research at the AOPA Flight Training Summit Nov. 10 in Long Beach, Calif.
SocialFlow Tries to Crack Science of Twitter →
SocialFlow’s aim is to determine the best time and content for a tweet or Facebook message. It provides analytics to monitor what’s resonating with online users, and uses that data to refine future posts. Metrics include clicks per tweet, clicks per follower, performance of retweets and mentions and shares—all using an algorithm integrated with Bit.ly’s monthly...
11 trends for 2011 - CNN.com →
This year, anger actually tops my list. There’s plenty to be angry about in 2011; is overdosing on Sarah Palin what makes you full of rage? The economy? Airport frisking?
365 Days, $10 Million, 3 Rounds, 2 Companies, All... →
“I have a short five-slide deck to share that provides a solid framework for understanding our business.”
Sears still a tough sell 5 years after Kmart deal →
This holiday season, Sears and Kmart, which merged in 2005, are pushing a single message: Buy with layaway, buy with coupons, buy now and pay later, buy with loyalty rewards points — but please, just buy.
OgilvyOne Report on The Future of [Social] Selling... →
Brian Fetherstonhaugh, Chairman & CEO OgilvyOne Worldwide, the interactive marketing and consulting arm of the Ogilvy Group, has just published an interesting research report on the future of selling
5 Predictions for Game Mechanics in 2011 →
This year was the first time most people heard the term “Gamification,” the process of using game thinking and game mechanics to solve problems and engage audiences.
5 Resume Mistakes You Can't Make →
If you’re looking for a job and your resume isn’t close to perfect, you’re in trouble. No amount of personality, speaking ability, or interview skills will help you if the first foot you put forward is a bad resume.
7 Tips for Starting a Coworking Space →
No matter what brought you to the conclusion that you’d like to start a coworking space, a good place to start is asking veterans for their advice. We’ve taken the liberty of starting this process for you. Here are seven pointers founders gave us for how to get a coworking space started.
2010: ‘Twas The Year Of Mobile Apps, LBS And A... →
ello, Internet. Industry group MobileFuture took about 2 minutes and 51 seconds to explain that 2010 was “the year mobile connected the world”.
Web Form Design: Modern Solutions and Creative... →
Web form is often the main communication channel between visitors and site owners. Feedback is always important which is why it’s necessary to make sure that web forms are easy to understand and intuitive to use. Nevertheless, even in form design one can afford some healthy portion of creativity.
“Blogging whether it is for your personal passion or for the corporate blog is...”
– http://www.jeffbullas.com/2010/12/02/90-tips-to-make-your-blog-rock/
November 2010
10 posts
Interview With Matt Galligan: What Does SimpleGeo... →
At the center of the geo-locational explosion, SimpleGeo provides infrastructure tools (like a Software Developer Kit) to developers who want to add location services to their apps. Potential clients run the gamut from a huge corporation that wants to integrate “some fancy check-in thing” to homegrown apps that want their app to do something simple like providing data on the weather.
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Myth #20: If it works for Amazon, it will work for...
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Although Amazon has features that are both excellent and well-proven, they won’t necessarily work on any e-commerce website. Let’s take their customer reviews for example. Target.com bought Amazon’s customer review software. Jared Spool demonstrates that, despite using the same exact software and interface, Target.com doesn’t receive any reviews at all: in the first month after Harry...
WatchTesting for #AOPA10
… still needs some tweaks, but we’re close!
LinkedIn Brings Products, Recommendations And More... →
n addition to adding more functionality to user profile pages, professional social network LinkedIn has been beefing up its Company Profiles on the network, allowing businesses to add a follow option, and include a news feed and career information. The idea behind these features is to encourage companies to add more data to their profiles, which can be useful for professionals looking for job...
Leveling Up Your Staff: Zynga's Mark Pincus on... →
Mark Pincus was chased out of some of the best companies in America. Now he’s trying to build a better one.
October 2010
9 posts
Twitter Co-Founders Offer 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs →
While no big Twitter secrets were revealed, attendees did hear quite an exciting and insightful conversation that touched upon the issues behind creating a global information hub and world-wide phenomenon.
6 Ways to Revive a Dead Social Media Channel →
We’ve all visited a social media channel for a company or organization we like, and all we get is the sound of crickets. There’s nobody there except friends, fans and followers who are either posting into a vacuum or who have stopped paying attention but haven’t yet unsubscribed.
Three Reasons Why Your Social Strategy Is Failing →
My business partner looked over my work, gently smiled and then asked me, “You’ve got Facebook and Twitter logos on here, what good will that do?”
Twitter Crushing Facebook's Click-Through Rate →
What is the most effective way for marketers to spread their message online? Facebook? Twitter? Company blogs? Email?
TC Teardown: 13 Ways To Get To $10 Million In... →
Startups that create media around shared experiences or common interests typically make money from ads and sponsorships, and less frequently, premium services. As a new media company, a social network like MyYearbook (junior high school students) or Dogster (pet lovers), cares about how many unique visitors a month they are attracting, how many ad impressions they are able to display, how much of...
Nick Denton, Gawker Media, and journalism’s future →
Nick Denton ran the company out of his apartment, in SoHo. “He said, ‘If you run it out of your house, then no one expects anything,’
What we can learn from procrastination →
There’s something comforting about this story: even Nobel-winning economists procrastinate!
“Evan Williams says Twitter is open enough to be interoperable with decentralized...”
– Evan Williams on Decentralized Social Networks
Why Wesabe Lost to Mint →
September 2010
11 posts
Hire a Designer or Developer →
Hiring designers or developers can be one of the most difficult things for non-technical business people to do. In many cases, it may be necessary, of course, to hire someone to create your website, build custom systems, or design your sales collateral — all the more necessary if you aren’t a designer or developers yourself.
15 Excellent Corporate Blogs to Learn From →
Creating and maintaining a corporate blog, or a blog of any sort for that matter, isn’t always the easiest of tasks and doesn’t come naturally to most people. There are a lot of considerations to take into account — theme, topics, audience, content, design, writers, multimedia, promotion, writing style, comment policies, and so on. Above and beyond all of that, you also need to consider the blog’s...
13 steps to a successful blog launch →
Starting a blog right can make all the difference in its long-term success Thousands of blogs launch every day. With all the tools available—and the ease with which you can access and manipulate them—it’s easier than ever to get a blog up-and-running. But, we also know that a sizable percentage of blogs fail before their first birthday. Starting a blog isn’t all that tough. But, starting a blog...
5 Winning Social Media Campaigns to Learn From →
Companies are starting to broaden what they consider online advertising, and are opting to run some amazing social media campaigns. Rather than slapping a banner ad on a site, social media campaigns take full advantage of the web’s unique properties like interactivity, community-building, and the ability to specialize local offers.
The Rise of Apps Culture →
Some 35% of U.S. adults have software applications or “apps” on their phones, yet only 24% of adults use those apps. Many adults who have apps on their phones, particularly older adults, do not use them, and 11% of cell owners are not sure if their phone is equipped with apps.
"BRAND BUTLERS" →
It has never been more important to turn your brand into a service. Jaded, time-poor, pragmatic consumers yearn for service and care, while the mobile online revolution (it’s finally, truly here!) makes it possible to offer uber-relevant services to consumers anywhere, anytime. Basically, if you’re going to embrace one big consumer trend this year, please let it be BRAND...
Workers of the World, Innovate →
Video game publisher Electronic Arts (ERTS) wanted to do a better job predicting which games would succeed to more effectively allocate marketing dollars. So it surveyed employees using software from San Francisco-based Crowdcast. Forecasts based on that polling turned out to be more accurate than the company’s own projections
Visual Website Optimizer: Another Way To Run A/B... →
A/B testing, which entails running multiple versions of a site at once and tracking which one performs best with users, is a key part of launching a new version of any website.