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Is it a tech bubble?

April 30, 2012 by Chris Dixon
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Every week a “we are in a tech bubble” article seems to come out in a major newspaper or blog. People who argue we aren’t in a bubble are casually dismissed as promoting their own interests. I’d argue the situation is far more nuanced and that people who engage in this debate should consider this. [read more]

There are two ways to make large datasets useful

April 18, 2012 by Chris Dixon
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’ve spent the majority of my career building technologies that try to do useful things with large datasets. One of the most important lessons I’ve learned is that there are only two ways to make useful products out of large data sets. [read more]

Bright Lights Project: Current TV

April 6, 2012 by Jonathan Salem Baskin
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Keith Olbermann’s public flameout last week shed light on his former employer, and otherwise ignorable cable station called Current TV. His firing got me to poke around a bit on the channel and try to understand why the hell it exists. [read more]

V&S Acquired by Havas: A Pivotal Moment for Crowdsourcing in Advertising

April 5, 2012 by Ross Dawson
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The purchase by Havas of a majority stake in crowdsourced ad agency Victors & Spoils is a sign of a major shift in the advertising industry. [read more]

Badgeville Offers Cloud-Based Gamification Platform and Expertise

April 4, 2012 by Bill Ives
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Badgeville provides the Behavior Platform™ a cloud-based gamification platform that allows organizations to build custom gamification programs for their employees, business partners, and customers. I recently spoke with Kevin Akeroryd, SVP Field Operations of Badgeville, about their offering. [read more]

5 Social Media Foundations for the Busy Entrepreneur

April 2, 2012 by Erin Tillotson
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Save hours of time by using your social media channels wisely. [read more]

The Single Most Important Way to Get More Out of the New Facebook

April 2, 2012 by John Jantsch
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The new cosmetic changes to Facebook are distracting from the original purpose, to interact. [read more]

How (and Why) to Map Your Company’s Digital Landscape: 4 Ways

March 30, 2012 by Tom Pick
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With more than 90% of companies now using social media to find employees and 82% having a Facebook page, there’s no question that business use of social media has become commonplace. But “use” and “success” are two different things. [read more]

IBM Taking a Smarter Look at BI, Big Data and Data Integration

March 28, 2012 by Jeffrey Kaplan
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Last week, I had the opportunity to watch the simulcast of IBM’s unveiling of its latest Smarter Analytics offerings aimed at helping organizations contend with their escalating ‘Big Data’ needs. I was particularly interested in this event because of THINKstrategies’ upcoming Cloud Analytics Summit which will examine this same topic. [read more]

5 Social Media Tools I Use Every Day

March 22, 2012 by Gavin Heaton
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Just when I think that the world of social media has settled down – that I understand the linkages, measurements, approaches and benefits – something new comes along to upset my apple cart. [read more]

INFOGRAPHIC: Every 24 Hours Online You…

March 21, 2012 by Ari Herzog
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In one day, the equivalent of 168 million DVDs worth of information is consumed online. [read more]

CIOs Wanted at the Cloud Innovators Summits

March 21, 2012 by Jeffrey Kaplan
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Recognizing that many CIOs in mid-size and large-scale enterprises are facing severe budgetary constraints, but are increasingly interested in today’s rapidly evolving Cloud analytics and management alternatives, THINKstrategies, the Cloud Computing Showplace and Rising Tide Media are offering complimentary guest passes to our 2012 Cloud Analytics and Cloud Management Summits. [read more]

How to Get More Comments on Your Blog?

March 19, 2012 by Kay Singh
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Comments are very important feature on a blog. Comments promote reader engagement. It helps promote loyalty and establish a community around your blog. It also adds interactivity to your site and contributes to the web page content. This can in-turn provide a boos to your search engine ranking. [read more]

What is a 'Backlink' -- and Why is it Important for SEO?

March 19, 2012 by Kay Singh
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According to Wikipedia Backlinks, also known as inbound links, are incoming links to a website or web page. In basic link terminology, a backlink is any link received by a domain (web page or website) from another external website or domain.The process of obtaining incoming links to your website is called link building or back-linking.... [read more]

Four Ways I Participated @ SXSW

March 16, 2012 by David Armano
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The interactive portion of SXSW is over—and by all accounts this year was the biggest (wettest) and probably the most "mature" of the event as more senior individuals from companies across the globe make their Mecca to Austin to network and learn about the convergence of technology and business. Here's a quick roundup of a few things I... [read more]

Lost the Key to Your B2B Database?

March 14, 2012 by Ardath Albee
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A database is a beautiful thing — especially if it's built from contacts who've opted in rather than purchased lists. But, the problem I see repeatedly is that once a contact goes in, the database doors swing shut like a steel trap, with B2B marketers never exercising their visitation rights. With the rate of change in the business... [read more]

Why Twitter Unfollows Your Friends and What You Can Do About It

March 9, 2012 by Tac Anderson
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If you’ve spent any amount of time on Twitter then you’ve experienced the confusion and frustration of when your friends get randomly unfollowed from your account. How did this happen? [read more]

Building Your Social Media Connections

March 6, 2012 by Michael Cohn
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Social media websites are a phenomenon today. Websites like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Orkut, YouTube and Blogger are some of the most accessed websites on the Internet. It, therefore, becomes important to leverage the widespread popularity of these websites and develop top social media strategies to expand your business. [read more]

Twitter’s Enhanced Profile Pages

March 6, 2012 by Bill Brelsford
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Not to be outdone by Facebook, Twitter profile pages will soon be sporting a new look with their Enhanced Profile Pages. [read more]

Facebook Commerce in Demise?

February 29, 2012 by Jeff Nolan
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No one disputes that using Facebook to amp up commerce activity with promotions, customer advocacy behaviors, and better targeting is effective. What the debate is about is using Facebook as the actual e-commerce platform and on this point I think the critics are making a good argument. [read more]

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