Category Archives: Social Media

Influencer Marketing: It Works

Posted on August 25, 2015 | Leave a comment

The good people at eMarketer just published an analysis of influencer marketing campaigns, and they concluded something a lot of people have learned first-hand: influencer marketing works.

According

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Why We Invested in Shots

Posted on May 29, 2015 | 1 comment

As you may have heard, the mobile app Shots has been on fire. It has over 5 million active users (and growing fast), just launched 3-second video, and

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My Column Is Heading to CNET!

Posted on February 21, 2012 | 13 comments

Dear friends, colleagues and supporters,

I’m thrilled to announce that I’m joining CNET and CBS Interactive as a contributing columnist and commentator!

Ever since

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Posted in Announcements, Business, Entrepreneurship, Media, My musings, Projects, Social Media, Tech

Today Is D-Day for Facebook, and Nobody Can Stop Talking About It

Posted on February 1, 2012 | 1 comment

Facebook will reportedly file for IPO later today, and it has the entire tech world buzzing. It will be the only thing people will talk about when Facebook finally files its papers with the SEC.

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Posted in Business, Social Media

SOPA-related Tweets: 2.4 Million and Counting

Posted on January 18, 2012 | 3 comments

Damn. I wonder if that’s the

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Instagram vs. Path vs. Color: The Battle for the Future of Mobile Social Networking

Posted on January 12, 2012 | 8 comments

Instagram, Path and Color are three high-profile apps taking three different approaches to mobile social networking. Can all three co-exist?

You may think that these three apps have totally different

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Posted in Social Media, Tech

Google Search Gets Personal; Should Facebook Be Scared?

Posted on January 10, 2012 | 8 comments

Google has launched three new features that personalize its search engine in a radical way. It’s the biggest change to Google’s search engine since Google Instant.

Google has fused Google

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Posted in My musings, Social Media, Tech

Six Months of Google+: Where Does Google’s Social Network Stand?

Posted on December 30, 2011 | 9 comments

It’s hard to believe that it’s been six months since the launch of Google+, the search giant’s social network and so-called Facebook/Twitter competitor.

Six months ago, there

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Seismic Shifts Have Radically Altered the Tech News and Blogging World

Posted on December 14, 2011 | 31 comments

The landscape of the tech news and blogging world has been radically altered in the last year, and it just got another big jolt by the news that ReadWriteWeb has been acquired by SAY Media.

First

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Posted in Business, Media, Social Media

Here Comes the Facebook IPO, Right On Schedule

Posted on November 29, 2011 | 8 comments

The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook’s IPO will drop between April and June of 2012. The company could potentially raise $10 billion with a valuation north of $100 billion,

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Posted in Business, Social Media