Social Media, Marketing, and Tech News with a Sprinkle of Cannabis
Article first written for, and published as Lower Barriers and Greater Engagement: Interview with BulbStorm CEO, Bart Steiner on Technorati. Social Media Marketing “You’ve collected your Facebook likes, spent some dough on Facebook ads, and maybe given away an iPad or two. That was good for 2010. Now what?” That’s the tagline on BulbStorm’s website, and the […]
Article first written for, and published as Proximity-Based Mobile Advertising – Interview with iSign CEO, Alex Romanov on Technorati. iSign Media is a company based out of Toronto specializing in location-based content delivery. The company has developed a patent-pending “proximity-based” advertising solution that prompts smartphone users to nearby content like picture coupons, videos, music, maps and schedules. […]
Article first written for, and published as Mobile Marketing’s 3 Major Challenges – Interview with TRUSTe CEO, Chris Babel on Technorati. According to Chris Babel, CEO of TRUSTe, the mobile marketing industry faces three core challenges that until now, no one’s entirely solved. Speaking with Technorati at ad:tech San Francisco, we got first-hand insight into Chris’ take on each, […]
Twitter for Business Social marketing software company, GraphEffect introduced its new Twitter offerings at the ad:tech Conference in San Francisco this week. I met with James Borow, CEO of the company, whose focus two years ago was on enabling social marketing campaigns on the Facebook platform. GraphEffect’s latest release is a solution for brands to […]
Article first written for, and published as Advertising That Gives Back (Literally) – Exclusive Interview with Ian Wolff, CEO of PlanetUp Ads on Technorati. Advertising Technology With all the excitement buzzing around town for ad:tech San Francisco, companies are eager to showcase their latest “2.0’s” and “never before” product releases. Admittedly, in talking to these companies, I’ve […]
Article first written for, and published as ad:tech San Francisco: Exclusive Interview with Marketfish CEO, Dave Scott on Technorati. Email Marketing Marketfish is an online market place for permission-based marketing files. Think eBay, for email marketing. Boasting a half a million records covering 80% of all Americans, the company is a goldmine for both B2B and B2C […]
Packed into a half day, with two simultaneous tracks running, SocialMedia.org’s BlogWell conference was chock full of great social media stories. Cross industry leaders, many from enterprise companies you wouldn’t think embrace social media, gathered to share eight case studies on their lessons with the new social channels. BlogWell features near-live transcripts for each of the presentations, […]
Video Advertising As written for BusinessInsider.com “Pre-roll makes me grumpy, is that the only monetization strategy you [Google] will have for YouTube?” That was the question posed to Neal Mohan, Google’s VP of Display Advertising at last week’s Signal Conference in San Francisco. One of the great things about having a strong moderator at a conference like this is he’s going […]