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Social Media Players Can Learn From 'Survivor,' 'The Bachelor'

Reality TV offers marketers secrets for social media success.

 

On 40th Anniversary, Earth Day Is Big Business

On 40th Anniversary, Earth Day Is Big Business

So strong was the antibusiness sentiment for the first Earth Day in 1970 that organizers took no money from corporations and held teach-ins “to challenge corporate and government leaders.” Forty years later, the day has turned into a premier marketing platform for selling a variety of goods and services, like office products, Greek yogurt and eco-dentistry.

 

10 FireFox Addons to Help Affiliate Marketers

Firefox is a great browser, especially since there are so many add-ons available. The power to augment your browsing experience with tools that will make you more productive is priceless, especially for an affiliate marketer.

 

BookTeller Booth at ANCCS & Drupal Showcase

BookTeller Booth at ANCCS & Drupal Showcase

This past couple weeks, I was involved in a couple marketing initiatives for BookTeller.com. First, there was an event for a Chinese School association that I had to prep for since we had a booth there. That took up most of my time for the past three weeks. Second, there was a write-up I wanted to do for the Drupal Showcase on Drupal.org.

 

4G in America: Lies, Lies, and More God Damn Lies

Let’s get this out of the way right now: 4G, as the word is currently being used, is nothing but a marketing term.

 

Chatroulette Being Used for Marketing? Say It Ain't So!

That didn't last long. Leave it to marketers to find a way to use any innovative new web service to promote their own ends. The latest example? A Chatroulette contest launched by international clothing brand French Connection.

 

Now I Know Why People Don't Put MySpace in the Corner

Now I Know Why People Don't Put MySpace in the Corner

On most websites nowadays, you'll see somewhere on the page, usually at the top right corner, links to the site's RSS feed, Twitter account, and Facebook fanpage. I've always wondered why MySpace, being the second largest social networking site by far, isn't on that list.

 

Prime Time Women

Prime Time Women

Last December, Alexa launched a new feature on their site - demographics. It measures the relative age, education, and gender of a site's users. It also measures where those users are browsing a site from (home, school, or work), and whether or not those users have children which is an odd statistic.

 

Gillette to Limit Role of Woods in Marketing

Gillette to Limit Role of Woods in Marketing

One day after Tiger Woods said he was taking an “indefinite break” from the PGA Tour to try to repair his marriage, Gillette became the first of his major sponsors to distance itself, saying it would limit his role in its marketing.

 

Don't Put Google Analytics at the Top

A new tracking code from Google Analytics was released recently. GA is a free web traffic reporting tool that let's you track how many users are viewing your website. The new code snippet uses an asynchronous process, meaning your site would load up without having to wait for the tracking code to finish executing.

 

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