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CONVERSIONATION MAY 28, 2011  Second Screen Engagement: the Social Dimension of the TV Experience This week I moderated IAB Belgium’s annual Think Digital congress. knew a few of the speakers, but it’s always interesting to rediscover what they say and many presentations were absolutely worthwhile. That’s the little plug, thank you very much. Now to the point. Someone I didn’t meet before was Kevin Slavin , Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Starling. The person does. Kevin Slavin. | LOUIS GRAY MAY 28, 2011  Youtify Turns YouTube Into Your Music Video Jukebox YouTube is much more than a repository for amateur videos and bloopers. The video giant is the second largest search engine for the Web, a practically endless treasure trove for TV clips of all types, and unsurprisingly, heaven for music video promoters and fans. cool site called Youtify ( YouTube + Spotify , get it?) Even if you don't want to watch the videos, the music alone is great. | SOSHABLE MAY 28, 2011  Painting Happy Little Trees Into Social Media If you’re old enough to remember a world without the Internet, you’re probably old enough to remember Bob Ross. It didn’t matter if you were a painter or not – chances are, you watched at least a little of the soft-spoken artistic genius turn a canvas into natural art right before your eyes on PBS. Click to enlarge. Embed this Image on Your Site: Via: Social Media Blog. | CREATIVE RAMBLINGS MAY 28, 2011 The importance of knowing your niche Tweet(function() { var s = document.createElement('SCRIPT'), s1 = document.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0]; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = '[link] s1.parentNode.insertBefore(s, s1); })(); EmailSharebar Tweet(function() { var s = document.createElement('SCRIPT'), s1 = document.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0]; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = '[link] s1.parentNode.insertBefore(s, s1); })(); Email Facebook Fan Page Reverbnation What are the benefits of knowing your. | | | | | | | |
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THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER | SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2011 Navigating the African market opportunity
We have not been able to ignore the constant stream of media articles this year on the ‘rise of the African lions’ echoing the tigers and dragons of Asia just a few short years ago. The first reports mentioned GDP growth rates and economic potential followed rapidly by statistics on consumption, market opportunities and now, [.]. Business Design Emerging Markets Innovation in Africa Marketing New Frontiers Prepaid or informal economy Strategy MORE >> -
SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS | SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2011 Is Google Becoming The Display Ad King?
At one time, it seemed that no one could topple Yahoo! from the top of its mountain as king of online display advertising. It seemed that nobody really wanted to. Until now. And that somebody is, of all entities, Google. Last year, Google owned 13.3% of the display ad market online. Yahoo! had 13.6%. This year, the numbers are 14.7% and 12.3% for the first quarter, respectively. But don’t take from this that Google is taking Yahoo!s advertisers away. They aren’t. Yahoo!s target market are big corporations who advertise on television. Completely different markets. MORE >> -
JEFF ESPOSITO | SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2011 Roast of Facebook
This is a hilarious video ( click here if you can’t view the video) from the guys over at College Humor. Cartoon Cartoon of the Day Facebook college humor comedy roast of facebook MORE >> -
FEVER BEE | SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2011 Latest Activity
Just because you can show all teh latest activity in a community doesn't mean you should. Actually, you probably shouldn't. Redundant activity makes the activity column redundant. If the activity column is always full of members adding each other as friends, members tweaking their profiles and writing on each other's profiles areas, we will stop looking at it. Make sure your latest activity only shows things which can be interesting. This might include latest forum posts, latest events, new polls, open questions etc. MORE >> -
TWIST IMAGE | SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2011 Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #49
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see? "It's not enough that movie theatres and TV vendors, desperate for differentiation, are foisting 3D on an unwilling and largely uninterested market. Now those technologies are making regular movies worse too. Turns out those 3D projectors have to be manually switched to show regular films in a complicated process made worse by DRM protections. Here's why your movies don't look as good any more." " (Alistair for Hugh). Layers - Jo Walton. Right?" in hindsight. MORE >> -
- Four Ways to Make a Captivating First Impression with Your Blog In a Reader’s Market PROBLOGGER | SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2011
- Journalism.co.uk: “The Mail Online could become the most popular news website in the world. STEVE RUBEL | SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2011
- The Motorola XOOM: A Revolutionary Tool WAXING UNLYRICAL | SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2011
- ¶ A Home Where the Buffalo Roam STEVE RUBEL | SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2011
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