Adam Cohen

JULY 16, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 16, 2011

I set up Feedburner, Google Analytics and the plugins that I’ve found really useful to start with: Sexy Bookmarks and TinyMCE Advanced among them. I set up Platinum SEO (instead of All in One SEO, I like Platinum better) and even WPTouch so that it can be viewed on a mobile device. (By

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Adam Cohen

JULY 12, 2010

The web analytics team knows about what customers do with your own web assets, not about what customers do – in the real world and in online social channels where you don’t own the assets. Knowing Customer Behaviors What internal group knows more about your customer’s behaviors and acts?

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Saying It Social

JULY 22, 2010

Recently I've been working with several companies to create such programs using mobile/local check-in apps Foursquare and Gowalla. Traditional customer loyalty programs can be expensive, complicated, and difficult to measure immediate results.

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Saying It Social

AUGUST 27, 2010

Then on Wednesday, Facebook introduced Facebook Places, a new feature giving Facebook users the option to let their friends know where they are via “check-ins” on their mobile web enabled devices. Up until this past week the only big game contenders in the Location Based Services arena were Foursquare and Gowalla.

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Saying It Social

MAY 26, 2010

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The Way of the Web

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Live cross-platform mobile gaming arrives Tags: Digital Culture · Social Gaming · mobile [link] The gamification generation [.] Rankings ← Learning about the game layer is vital [.] link] bunchball Before there was Seth, there was Amy Jo Kim.

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The Way of the Web

APRIL 21, 2010

→ M-Publishing – a must attend event for publishers… April 21st, 2010 · View Comments Most media companies are either publishing mobile applications or looking to increase their activity on mobile handsets – so where can you get some insight into the best ways to get mobile successfully?

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The Way of the Web

AUGUST 4, 2010

Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Interested in mobile or internet privacy and security? Related articles by Zemanta HTML5 and a new mobile app from Absolute Radio (thewayoftheweb.net) Interested in mobile or internet privacy and security?

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The Way of the Web

APRIL 19, 2010

April 19th, 2010 · View Comments A few days ago the Opera Mini mobile web browser application was approved and released for the iPhone, and it shot to the top of the free app charts around the world, getting downloads more than one million times just on the first day of release. thewayoftheweb.net) [.]

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

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The Way of the Web

DECEMBER 17, 2009

And with various studies and reports suggesting that up to 70% of people have done away with an alarm clock in favour of their mobile, we’re hoping the apps will be popular. Tags: Mobile Applications · absolute radio · mobile [link] Alex I hope they work well. blog comments powered by Disqus Blog Partners:

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The Way of the Web

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

The list is: Absolute 80s iAmp , Absolute Classic Rock iAmp and dabbl iAmp for the iPhone The Absolute Radio iAmp Widget for websites, blogs and social networks.

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The Way of the Web

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Among mobile phone batteries, notebook batteries, there is only one battery that doesn't explode…… Watch this: [link] blog comments powered by Disqus Blog Partners: Here is another viral video for the “World's SAFEST Battery&#. They pierced through a real battery to cause a huge explosion.

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Saying It Social

JUNE 22, 2010

Foursquare awards points and badges when users check-in at locations (check-ins can be done via a mobile phone with internet access or a computer). Businesses can engage and reward consumers by providing deals and discounts to Foursquare users that hold certain badges for checking in and patronizing their business.

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The Way of the Web

JUNE 30, 2010

5 million activations a month, a focus on mobile first (as said by Eric Schmidt), and working across mobiles and the merging tablet market (in terms of tablets now getting mainstream coverage and adoption post iPad). Mobile is definitely the biggest advantage, although I disagree slightly on the integration of Adsense.

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The Way of the Web

JUNE 18, 2010

I may have ribbed them about the lack of a Symbian/BlackBerry/Windows Mobile version, but to be fair, the iPhone is a pretty logical choice for an app for a marketing event. The other part I really enjoyed was talking to the people behind the event (and fellow marketer/blogger types).

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The Way of the Web

JULY 15, 2010

Live cross-platform mobile gaming arrives → Is Open Source the new black? Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Is Xbox Live better than golf for digital business networking? July 15th, 2010 · View Comments It seems as if Open Source is becoming fashionable, particularly when it comes to maps.

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The Way of the Web

OCTOBER 12, 2010

It’s a testament to the team at One Golden Square that in the 14 months I’ve been there, we: Launched over 20 mobile applications which have had downloads in the millions, and driven sustained growth in mobile listening and engagement.

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The Way of the Web

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Data is valuable, and valuable things are a target for people to try and obtain via nefarious means. And while I’m sure the employees of my local chemists are doubtless wonderful people, I’m not sure they’re paid and monitored enough to ensure they could never be tempted to accidentally pass on some details at some point.

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The Way of the Web

MAY 16, 2010

It includes the nice news that 713,000 Absolute Radio applications have now been downloaded to mobile phones, and people used them to listen to 215,000 hours of live audio (mobile development is one of the things I’m heavily involved in).

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The Way of the Web

JUNE 4, 2010

So in the past 2 weeks I’ve been at The Specialist Media Show (hosting a roundtable), The Open Mobile Summit (As a guest of Nokia), and M-Publishing (hosting another round table). Really interesting talks and debates, and a lot of fairly honest and open discussion about what has worked and what might not have succeeded in the mobile space.

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The Way of the Web

JUNE 22, 2010

But with the rise of mobile phones and mobile computing, I end up hearing some of their conversations, and can end up accidentally catching a glimpse of their details if they’re sat next to me. And 10 years ago, the only option was to either ignore it or confront them.

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The Way of the Web

JULY 17, 2010

Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Live cross-platform mobile gaming arrives Users dissatisfied with social networks – are you surprised?

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The Way of the Web

JUNE 4, 2010

So in the past 2 weeks I’ve been at The Specialist Media Show (hosting a roundtable), The Open Mobile Summit (As a guest of Nokia), and M-Publishing (hosting another round table). Really interesting talks and debates, and a lot of fairly honest and open discussion about what has worked and what might not have succeeded in the mobile space.

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The Way of the Web

DECEMBER 5, 2009

One is Absolute 80s , a new station which does what it says on the tin online, on DAB in London, and on your TV, mobile, etc. The other is dabbl , the user-controlled station which was originally launched in beta as part of One Golden Square Labs.

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The Way of the Web

MAY 18, 2010

Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← A rather busy week… HTML5 and a new mobile app from Absolute Radio → Bored of slogans?

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Saying It Social

AUGUST 24, 2010

We haven’t seen too many of these, but as mobile becomes more and more popular there will be a lot more popping up. QR Codes can be read by smartphone QR Code Scanner Applications. Once someone scans the code on their phone it will bring up whatever information is linked to that code. Want to give it a try?

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The Way of the Web

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Then we have mobile devices, most notably the iPhone, which opens up a gaming app world previously inaccessible to those embarrassed to be seen in public with a Nintendo DSi or Sony PSP. I think it was J.Allard, but trying to find the right issue of adult-orientated games mag Edge from two years ago proved fruitless).

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The Way of the Web

MAY 23, 2010

launch, we’ve found ourselves surfing the web more and more due to the fast and effective internet browsing, and using applications less than on a mobile (the larger screen size means applications aren’t as necessary). And having had iPads to use since the U.S blog comments powered by Disqus Blog Partners:

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The Way of the Web

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Having played around with Ping, it’s obviously an initial first step which is quite likely to increase sales purely by allowing social recommendation within iTunes, and the simplicity of it at the moment is particularly useful on mobile devices rather than the desktop. But there are obvious limitations to what you can do at the moment.

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The Way of the Web

JUNE 10, 2010

Ignoring the fact that I carry 2-3 digital devices past at least 2 news stands every morning, with print products which already look good, are eminently portable and mobile already, and don’t require any net connection/investment in a new device). 2) The first month of figures are pretty much meaningless.

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The Way of the Web

JULY 5, 2010

For example, the wristwatch has been coming under attack from the fact so many people use their mobile phone for checking the time (and a lot more). And past ideas to include digital information in a watch have generally been a bit, well, rubbish, as they’ve tended to look like a reject from the 1980s vision of the future.

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The Way of the Web

JULY 26, 2010

Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Watch Chatroulette jump the shark… Interested in mobile or internet privacy and security?

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The Way of the Web

DECEMBER 22, 2009

TheWayoftheWeb will continue as a personal commentary/memory aid/guide to social networks, marketing, mobile, videogames, technology and the media industry. Episode Blog: A New Beginning: Fortunately I’d planned to revamp my three sites anyway this Christmas (Yes, I said three – there’s a new one coming for the New Year!),

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The Way of the Web

MARCH 15, 2010

Apparently 100+ local and regional newspapers vanished last year: “The advent of free newspapers, the emergence of 24-hour television news and the popularisation of online and mobile platforms have all contributed to a far more volatile and unstable environment for news organisations.” link] Is the eBook, the end of the library? [.]

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

ComScore suggests that the reason for decline in this area is increased reliance on mobile communication such as texting and if you’ve ever seen a 15 year old send a 30-word text in less than 5 seconds, this won’t be a surprise to you. Mobile apps aren’t going away – people love their ease of use.

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