internet posts, articles, and infographics

Making The Web Smarter

July 29, 2009 by Fred Wilson with 380 views

Our “six words to live by on the Internet” are open, global, mobile, social, playful, and intelligent. It has been suggested that we add instant and I think that we may want to do that. But since we put this list together as a firm, I don’t want to be adding to it unilaterally without input from my colleagues. So I’ll stick for the... [read more]

The Internet, Your Presentation of Self and Success

June 23, 2009 by Bud Bilanich with 145 views

Positive personal impact is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success. If you want to create positive personal impact, you need to do three things. (1) Develop and nurture your unique personal brand. (2) Be impeccable in your presentation of... [read more]

There's "something called the Internet"

June 16, 2009 by seth levine with 128 views

There's a clip that's been making the rounds in the last week of a Tom Brokaw spot from the mid-90's on "the Internet." I love the quick clip with Eric Schmidt (then of Sun) and the casual walk around with Bill Gates. I also really like the pitch for the IBM notebook that's "4 pounds". The amazing thing to consider is not how quaint... [read more]

#12: Here's a thought...

June 6, 2009 by BrianRoger with 195 views

An occasional series in which a review of recent posts on MyVenturePad reveals the following nuggets:What are you waiting for?We live in extraordinary times. The Internet changed the game and social media brought the game to a whole new level. There has never been so many tools available at our fingertips. Geography is no longer a... [read more]

Is Your Business Listed in Local Search Results?

March 23, 2009 by Debra Murphy with 354 views

If not, you are missing a huge opportunity! Most small business owners market their products and services to a specific geographic market and they most likely use a mix of local advertising, direct marketing, coupons and word of mouth marketing. Depending on your type of business, you may also use door hangers, flyers and site... [read more]

Is Search the Anti-Brand?

March 4, 2009 by Jonathan Salem Ba... with 130 views

I wrote an entire chapter in my book, Branding Only Works on Cattle, about how the ubiquity of information available to consumers via Internet search (access, richness, and authenticity) search, would destroy the fundamental, command-and-control presumptions of branding.Thanks to a tip from a fellow dim bulber, today, now I'm thinking... [read more]

Internet Marketing and SMB’s Are Just Getting Acquainted

February 24, 2009 by Frank Reed with 132 views

I write daily for Andy Beal’s Marketing Pilgrim blog which is all about the Internet marketing industry and the applications of its various components. It covers the fast pace of innovation on the Internet. It examines the changes that are taking place in the search engines. There is now a significant shift to watching the impact of... [read more]