Monthly Archives: March 2010

Why Email Marketing Isn’t Dead in the Age of Social Media

There’s a lot of online chatter about how social media is taking over the online marketing landscape and how this affects email marketing. We’re going to take a look at what email currently means and how it integrates with social media to become another avenue for acquisition/retention marketing.
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iBeliever

It's an understatement to say there was so much build up prior to Apple's unveiling of the iPad. The net was buzzing with what Apple would introduce. Would it be an iSlate or iTablet or some form of a netbook? When they introduced the iPad and its feature set, most people thought it was just a larger version of the iPod Touch. In a lot of ways it is... Yet will it succeed?
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Creating a Greener Workplace

It’s that time of year again – pubs are stocked up on green food coloring, Shamrock Shakes flow like water, and Leprechaun is checked out of every video rental store. That’s right; it’s St. Patrick’s Day! You wear green, you drink green, and you party green. How about you start working green? In the spirit of St. Patty’s Day, here are a few things you can do in the office to make a difference every day.
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Rapportive & Banner Ads

With convergence of web and TV media, and more savvy online users just over the horizon, the usefulness of pay-per-click has unquestionably diminished... As ads become more obnoxious, some reactionary developers have turned to browser plug-ins to block ads or replace them with artwork or even personal photos. Nothing super innovative has happened in this space, until the UK start-up Rapportive released their Firefox and Chrome plug-in.
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Augmented Reality

Have you heard of Haddad’s Theorem? It was discovered in 1906, it states that 80 percent of your profits as a company are derived from 20 percent of your audience, and it’s named after Munir Haddad, a co-worker of mine. How did one of the guiding principles of economic theory get to be named after a man born 65 years after the principle was discovered? Pull up a chair…
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