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Buzz Friday for January 25, 2008

Here is a look at what is happening across social media and new marketing this week. If there is anything that you would like to see in this post or if you have something you think is Buzz-worthy please drop me an email or leave a comment on this post. I want to make this as beneficial for you as I can.

Buzz Friday is also available as part of the Techno//Marketer Podcast on iTunes. Click here to subscribe and take the Buzz to go.

Welcome!
There have been lots of new subscribers in the past couple of weeks, so welcome to all of you. This post is a snapshot of the news I thought was interesting and relevant this week. I try to do these posts each Friday (time permitting). If you have anything you think is Buzz worthy, let me know!

• Jason Calacanis is blogging a startup handbook. I really respect him and think this is a great series. Maybe a book someday Jason?
• Ryan Karpeles gets all biological on us with his look at the business as a living ecosystem. (Ever notice people always put marketing at the heart?)
• Jeremiah has a great post on measuring your social media plan. I really love how he looks at alternative success factors.
• More and more mobile advertising firms are ramping up on funding. IMMI got $25 million from WPP.
• Nokia claims to have 40% of the world mobile handset market.
• Scrabulous looks to have officially bitten the dust on Facebook. Too bad Hasbro/Mattel. Hopefully there is some backchannel communication to bring it back. Your awareness is dying by the second.
• Rumors of a free WSJ are wrong according to Rupert Murdoch. The cost may actually rise.
• Looking for a process to help you with your writing? Check out Dean Rieck's 5-step method.
• YouTube's mobile content site gets more video content. Check out m.youtube.com on your handset.
• Speaking of Jason Calacanis, Mahalo released a really smart "multi-profile" option today. Basically a single page with tabs where you can log in to your social network accounts.
• Japan's super carrier, NTT DoCoMo, is set to use Google's search technology on their devices.
• YouTube is getting ready for Super Tuesday with mapping.
• Email beats search and display advertising according to marketers responding to a Datran Media survey.
• Ross Dawson outlines a great visual trend map.
• Josh Hallet posted a great summary of Andy Sernovitz's speech at the Strategy and Innovation Forum.
• Have an RSS feed? Want SMS messages when it changes? Try Pingie.
• Local news aggregator EveryBlock launches in SF, NYC, Chicago.
• Rohit has a wonderfully insightful post on MicroSharing. (kind of like this post)
• Microsoft joins the DataPortability movement, adding more momentum to the rolling stone.
• Motorola's market share and profits are down. Seems like other manufacturers are sailing past them, but don't count them out yet. Just need a bust of engineering/design.
• John Moore looks at Starbuck's $1 coffee plan and how it varies from their traditional path.
• More airlines are looking at inflight net access. Southwest is the latest.
• Facebook en Espanol.
• MySpace will be adding BBC content to their video network.
• Yahoo has produced a great little smart start guide to help get people up and running with search marketing.
• David Armano looks at 10 ways digital can help your business thrive in a recession. What would you add to his list?
• Neville Hobson has a good recap of the Dreamhost billing snafu that left many less than humored.
• The latest company to bring a custom build to the iPhone is Plaxo.
• Google and Publicis are working on ad technology improvements. Interesting eh?
• Shel Holtz asks if businesses will latch on to the lifesteam concept. I think adjusting the nomenclature could help. I've written about attention-casting before.
• JoJo Bickley shares her experience using Gigya to smoothly launch a cross-platform widget.
• Joseph Jaffe and David Armano talk ambiently about interruption. This sounds along the lines of Fram to me.
• Twitter has opened their messaging platform to developers. Great move guys.
• More reporters are using Twitter to report from the campaign trail. Mark Simon, are you listening?
• Facebook is talking with Nokia to embed the platform on devices.
• January 30 is international delete your MySpace account day. Are you participating?
• Facebook is crowdsourcing their translations. Great move to engage and provide value.
• Yahoo has integrated del.icio.us into search.
• Pownce is now out of beta and open to the public. Are you on Pownce? If so, are you using it?
• Becky Carroll shows a great example of how Starbucks should be connecting with their communities.
• Andrew Chen looks at Second Life usage stats.
• Loved this example of how small, low-tech innovations in search AdWords can get some attention.

Top Five Web2.0 Movers of the Week (using Alexa data)

1. Bolt
   
2. 37 signals
   
3. Feedster
   
4. SmugMug
   
5. FeedBlitz
   

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Top Ten Marketing Blogs from Viral Garden

1. Seth's blog
   
2. Duct Tape Marketing
   
3. Search Engine Guide
   
4. Logic + Emotion
   
5. Daily Fix
   
6. Brand Autopsy
   
7. Influential Marketing
   
8. The Engaging Brand
   
9. Church of the Customer Blog
   
10. Drew's Marketing Minute
    

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Top 5 "Viral" Videos This Week

1. I have a dream
   
2. Cloverfield HD Trailer
   
3. Heath Ledger talks about the Joker
   
4. Batman - Dark Knight Trailer HD
   
5. Barack Obama Speaks at Dr. King's Church
   

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Buzz Friday for January 4, 2008

Here is a look at what is happening across social media and new marketing this week. If there is anything that you would like to see in this post or if you have something you think is Buzz-worthy please drop me an email or leave a comment on this post. I want to make this as beneficial for you as I can.

Buzz Friday is also available as part of the Techno//Marketer Podcast on iTunes. Click here to subscribe and take the Buzz to go.

No video this week, but I'll be back next Friday with a full post and video. Enjoy the buzz.

• Technorati changes their blog rankings and cuts in-bound links on a couple big-name blogs.
• TechConfidential has a good interview with the woman behind Pownce, Leah Culver (via CenterNetworks)
• iPhone sales in France fell short of the target. Could be because of the mobile device innovation already in Europe.
• PR Newswire is making moves to get more Hispanic market penetration.
• Mack points to a Business Week article about Sony BMG stripping its music from DRM. This is the latest in a number of label moves in the same direction.
• Seth Godin has a good take on word of mouth and the business challenge it presents.
• A recent survey of business journalists found that 80% use or would use blogs as primary or secondary information for stories. Yet another reason blogs are a good move if you're trying to establish yourself in an industry or niche.
• Robert Scoble was kicked out of Facebook for running a third party script to get his contact's contact info. He was then re-instated after asking to be allowed back and agreeing not to violate the terms of service again.
• Sirius reached the 8 million subscriber mark in 2007.
• JP Morgan takes look at advertising revenue forecasts and CPM growth via social media.
• Skellie takes a look at seven types of blog posts that seem to get links and traffic.
• Joseph Jaffe is having a UNM2PNM redux with his new book Join the Conversation. If you're a blogger who would like to review it, head over and sign up.
• I love Hugh's "social object" idea as it applies to social media and real life too. He's on a roll with a series of great posts explaining it further.
• Do you have ringxiety? I suffer sometimes.
• Jason Calacanis is very pro-Twitter as as a serial entrepreneur, he's always looking for the revenue stream. This post is a great look at how Twitter could be a billion dollar company.
• The Prime Minister of Japan has followed the UK's Royal Family in using YouTube as a content distribution platform.
• Scott Karp lays out five guiding principles for transforming media companies.
• Idris looks at the demands clients are placing on agencies to reinvent themselves.
• When live blogging competes with broadcasting there is trouble.
• John Battelle is known as an accurate predictor of the future, so here are his for 2008.
• Chris Brogan looks at how you can fine-tune your blog with some visual metrics and some common sense approaches.
• Rohit has a short prediction for trends in 2008 and I think he's on to something.
• Verizon expected 300 million text messages on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. I know I sent a few.
• Scott Monty reached out to his blog community and they responded in large number. Great to see people helping people out when they need it.
• Ivy League schools are opening their course material to anybody.
• Shel Israel jumped into the discussion on social media lurkers and had some great points.
• Most Americans get their answers from the Internet. Are you surprised?
• Are you a microcelebrity? Do you know one?
• When you need to tell time, do you look at your watch or your cell phone? Two thirds of people turn to their phones.
• Would you pay by USB drive over credit cards? It's happening in South Korea.

Top Five Web2.0 Movers of the Week (using Alexa data)

1. Zillow
   
2. Prosper
   
3. Upcoming
   
4. Grouper
   
5. Shutterfly
   

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Top Ten Marketing Blogs from Viral Garden

1. Seth's blog
   
2. Duct Tape Marketing
   
3. Search Engine Guide
   
4. Logic + Emotion
   
5. Daily Fix
   
6. Brand Autopsy
   
7. The Engaging Brand
   
8. Influential Marketing
   
9. Drew's Marketing Minute
   
10. Church of the Customer Blog
    

View the top full top 25

Top 5 "Viral" Videos This Week

1. Obama's victory speech
   
2. Happy New Year (ABBA)
   
3. Human Tetris performance
   
4. Battle at Kruger
   
5. Scotch Mist (Radiohead)
   

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Buzz Friday for December 14, 2007

Here is a look at what is happening across social media and new marketing this week. If there is anything that you would like to see in this post or if you have something you think is Buzz-worthy please drop me an email or leave a comment on this post. I want to make this as beneficial for you as I can.

Buzz Friday is also available as part of the Techno//Marketer Podcast on iTunes. Click here to subscribe and take the Buzz to go.

[Feed readers please click through to the post if you cannot see the video.]

Inside the video:

• Google is going to start including blogs in their universal search in a few weeks which will give even more value to blog content in the index. Jim Kukral has a post on this too.
  
• Steve Rubel thinks that Google's new Knol wiki service will kill Wikipedia. With Google's might behind it, it just may.
  
• In the battle for social network platform suppremacy, chalk one up for Facebook this week. They've opened their platform to other networks to allow them to hook into Facebook functionality. This competes directly with Open Social. Bebo made the first move, but we'll have to see who else jumps on.
  

And in other news:

• Doug Meacham no habla Espanol. Too bad Enterprise didn't know that.
  
• Seniors are flocking to the Nintendo Wii as a great way to stay engaged with grandchildren and stay active.
  
• Burger King's new Whopper Freakout video has gone viral. Great concept really let people sell the product for them.
  
• A job description at Apple (one way people figure out what the secretive company will do next) is looking for a Microsoft Exchange sync expert supposedly to bring more support to the iPhone. Could make the iPhone a real corporate contender if it happens.
  
• Mark Goren has a nice post on the great agency debate.
  
• Very nice to see Dell offering, and posting about, hardware recycling. This post covers a Seattle pickup of 275 tons of equipment.
  
• Johnny Vulkan from Anamoly has a nice write-up in BusinessWeek on the year of advertising in review.
  
• Reports are still coming in that T-Mobile has cut off access to Twitter from its devices. Will keep an eye on this.
  
• Webkinz came under attack from watch groups when it tried to run an ad for Alvin and Chipmunks. It took the ad down and apologized.
  
• Andy Beal's 10 questions to ask before starting a social media marketing campaign is a must read for any marketer.
  
• Chris Brogan tells us why marketing is not social media and social media is not marketing. He makes some good, compelling points.
  
• Blogger opens access to OpenID. Could be a banner day to push adoption of the misunderstood service.
  
• Lewis Green poses the risk/reward question for companies looking to dip their toes into social media.
  
• Opera, the biggest browser you never heard of, brought anti-trust claims against Microsoft. Microsoft has now responded.
  
• And the word of the year is....w00t! Not sure this was worthy, but if you don't know this is usually an exclamation of excitement in the gaming community.
  
• Paul Herring points out the new, animated Apple ads for Christmas.
  
• Amazon released their new SimpleDB service to take on Microsoft SQL, Oracle and MySQL on the database front. This hosted service could simplify and speed up database queries around the net.
  
• If you're new to blogging, or even if you're not, this post from Darren Rowse gives a great plan to organizing and creating content.
  
• Are you bored at work? Want to rant about it in an anonymous environment? Check out BoredAt.
  
• Desktop RSS reader NewsGator received $12 million in funding.
  
• Microsoft launched mobile ads for their MSN Mobile network. Look for a lot more moves like this by major players in the coming months.
  
• 50 Cent wants you to steal his music. He definitely gets it.
  
• As Twitter's popularity picks up, it's a lot more distracting as some people are noting. Groups are long overdue on the service.
  
• Speaking of Bebo, it's not in the top 10 social networks. Check out this chart to see who is.
  
• Karl Long pointed out a very interesting fact from a recent MPD report that 63% of Americans play video games. Think about the implications here.
  
• Google Maps is adding comments and ratings to get more social.
  
• Scoble is leaving PodTech for a yet-to-be-determined company. Fast Company is named as one contender. I wish him luck.
  
• Ike Pogott asks if astroturfing is in our DNA. What do you think?
  
• David Armano looks at why Twitter is picking up steam. Jeremiah Owyang is driving quite a bit of this growth himself.
  
• Mack Collier has a nice post about how Facebook may have lost its way.
  
• MySpace and Skype have officially partnered. This has been a long-rumored deal.
  
• David Reich looks at the NYTimes.com's 64% readership growth.
  
• Another RSS reader has received funding. Look for Fav.or.it to launch soon.
  
• Why don't you put your fire extinguisher on your kitchen counters? Probably because it's ugly eh? No more. Take a look at this.
  
• Greg Verdino penned his seven trends that defined 2007 and he left the last one open for us to decide.
  
• Jeremiah looks at LinkedIn's new open API and what it means for the industry.
  
• Valeria Maltoni explains why the agency model is due for a revamp and how to help.
  
• Facebook now has 10,000 applications built on their platform. Some are hot, some are duds.
  
• Justin Smith at Inside Facebook looks at 24 ways to market your brand inside Facebook.
  
• One of the best posts I've read in a while came from David Armano on the Critical Mass blog. Check out his look at how digital agencies can get in on higher level brand messaging.
  
• ESPNU is empowering college sports fans to connect and share info.
  
• Erick at TechCrunch looks at Google's OpenSocial and why it's not yet really taking off.
  
• Verizon has announced that it will support Google's Android platform.
  
• Text messaging turned 15 last week. The first message was sent on the Vodafone network and said "Merry Christmas"
  

Top Five Web2.0 Movers of the Week (using Alexa data)

1. Zippy video
   
2. Flixster
   
3. Oodle
   
4. Woot!
   
5. Upcoming
   

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Top Ten Marketing Blogs from Viral Garden

1. Seth's blog
   
2. Duct Tape Marketing
   
3. Search Engine Guide
   
4. Daily Fix
   
5. Logic + Emotion
   
6. Brand Autopsy
   
7. The Engaging Brand
   
8. Influential Marketing
   
9. Drew's Marketing Minute
   
10. Diva Marketing
    

View the top full top 25

Top 5 "Viral" Videos This Week

1. Here comes another bubble
   
2. Sex and the City Trailer
   
3. Straight No Chaser - 12 days
   
4. Lost Season four trailer
   
5. Led Zepplin O2 Arena
   

Honrable mention: Tay Zonday (the "Chocolate Rain" guy, has this new Dr. Pepper commercial. Added to YouTube on November 28, 2007 and has nearly 1.3 million views. His original video is nearing 12 million views. Here is the commercial.

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Buzz Friday for November 16, 2007; mega edition

Here is a look at what is happening across social media and new marketing this week. If there is anything that you would like to see in this post or if you have something you think is Buzz-worthy please drop me an email or leave a comment on this post. I want to make this as beneficial for you as I can.

Buzz Friday is also available as part of the Techno//Marketer Podcast on iTunes. Click here to subscribe and take the Buzz to go.

[Feed readers please click through to the post if you cannot see the video.]

Inside the video:

• Google announced two huge platforms over the past couple weeks. OpenSocial aims to make app development easier across multiple networks and Android looks to be the OS for mobile devices of the future.
  
• OpenSocket has created a container to allow apps developed on Google's OpenSocial platform to run in Facebook. Where there is a will there is a way.
  
• Blogger Social 08 Ramping up. Are you going?
  

And in other news:

• Toby continues her recap from BlogWorld in Vegas.
  
• Andy Beal looks at the platforms most used in the blogosphere. Blogger leads with Wordpress in a close second in front of Tyepad.
  
• Faris points out a very humorous message in MIT's campus map software.
  
• Hadn't seen this Apple/PC commercial with the PR lady. Too funny.
  
• Josh Hallett is sick of bad presentations at conferences. Can't say that I blame him. Sadly, the same people speak repeatedly to audiences making everyone less smart. Conference organizers, get new, better speakers!
  
• Geoff looks at some key points to consider when looking into social media for your company. His are similar to my points; have something to say, want to say it, say it, get out of the way, support the community.
  
• In what seems a natural tie-in Embark has created a Facebook application to let college students apply to colleges right from the app.
  
• Scott (at my company, DigiKnow) looks at the value of engagement as a metric.
  
• Search Engine Watch compiled a nice list of the top 10 common SEO mistakes.
  
• Joel Spolsky writes a great article on how to demo software. If you do this for a living, take a couple minutes and invest in this.
  
• Tangerine Toad points to a great, emotional ad from JC Penney. Wow!
  
• John Moore looks at Starbucks new TV ad plan. If anybody can break this down, it's John. If you're interested in the changing world that Starbucks needs to adapt to, check out John's Change This manifesto.
  
• Geoff points out November's most influential bloggers. Go Valeria!!
  
• Drew asks a great, timely question. Are you so confident in what you deliver that you'd let your customers choose what they pay?
  
• Noah has some great points he's collected on SEO. Take a look.
  
• Are you being talked about? Olivier Blanchard has a post on why you may not be talked about.
  
• Jim thinks that traffic is B.S. He's pushing for attention and influence. What do you think?
  
• Scoble has problems with his MacBook Pro. Apple community gets him up and running in five comments. That's the difference between Apple's fans and other computer companies.
  
• Greg Verdino is up in the running for a Silicon Alley people's choice award. If you know Greg head over and help him out.
  
• LinkedIn is the fastest growing social network, according to Nielsen, outpacing Facebook and MySpace.
  
• Watch maker Tag Heur is going online with its first campaign.
  
• Mack thinks that AdAge has hoodwinked bloggers with their mis-use of the Power 150 rankings. I tend to agree, what do you think?
  
• Lewis Green's newest book is launching and he's looking for ideas to help get the word out.
  
• Last.fm is launching an OpenSocial app on Ning.
  
• Patrick looks at measuring social media and tags me. I'll respond next week, but check out his post in the meantime. Mack also has a post on the topic.
  
• Ann Handley is guest blogging on Rohit's blog. Check out her post on the top 10 network and blog rankings.
  
• Brijit, a "digg for writers", launched this week. More on this in a video post next week.
  
• A Dutch teen is getting jail time for stealing virtual furniture. Yes, I said virtual.
  
• Ads sent via SMS to your shopping cart? Yes indeed.
  
• How should companies respond online? Mike has some good tips on analyzing the situation.
  
• Publicis is creating a new agency called 'Insight Factory' from a combination of other agencies.
  
• Charlene Li notes why you need to be on Facebook and MySpace as a company.
  
• Stephen posts a good example of a social media news release and how to use RSS to make it better.
  
• Joe Jaffe asks who is responsible for Second Life's lack of reach. Who do you think is to blame?
  
• Duncan at TechCrunch thinks that online content providers will be the winners from the CBS news writers strike. Definitely will give online a boost as the go-to source.
  
• Om Malik looks at the rise of WebKit mobile in line with Google's Android mobile platform.
  
• Flickr hit 2 billion photos this week.
  
• Marvel Comics will put 2,500 comics online for reader enjoyment.
  
• Bebo released their open platform push with Open Media.
  
• MarketingProfs book club is open with this month's feature "Robin Hood Marketing".
  
• My friend George, a Cleveland blogger, reports on his experience from BlogWorld Expo in Vegas.
  
• Kevin has a great PDF of 10 things never to say to the press. Check it out.
  
• Canon's launched a cool site to promote their new 40D DSLR.
  
• Iain points out a cool video for a Minority Report-esque hack for the Nintendo Wii.
  
• Joanna has a great intro to experience design post. If you're looking for basic information on UXD check this out.
  
• Sean at Copyblogger has good points on creating headlines that will get read.
  
• Tangerine Toad wrote a provocative post on the impact freelancing has had on agencies.
  
• Want to know more about nerds and what makes 'em tick? Check out this clever handbook from Rands.
  
• David Armano looks at office influentials. I think he hits the nail firmly on the head on this. Do you know one? How do you maximize their value?
  

Top Five Web2.0 Movers of the Week (using Alexa data)

1. StumbleUpon
   
2. Geni
   
3. Bloglines
   
4. Upcoming
   
5. Technorati
   

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Top Ten Marketing Blogs from Viral Garden

1. Seth's blog
   
2. Duct Tape Marketing
   
3. Search Engine Guide
   
4. Daily Fix
   
5. Logic + Emotion
   
6. Diva Marketing
   
7. What's Next
   
8. The Engaging Brand
   
9. Brand Autopsy
   
10. Influential Marketing
    

View the top full top 25

Top 5 "Viral" Videos This Week

1. Por que no te callas?
   
2. Android demo
   
3. Not the daily show, with some writer
   
4. Why we fight
   
5. Spice tesco 2007
   

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Buzz Friday for October 26, 2007

Here is a look at what is happening across social media and new marketing this week. If there is anything that you would like to see in this post or if you have something you think is Buzz-worthy please drop me an email or leave a comment on this post. I want to make this as beneficial for you as I can.

Buzz Friday is also available as part of the Techno//Marketer Podcast on iTunes. Click here to subscribe and take the Buzz to go.

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Inside the video:

• Apple is going to air a commercial created by an amateur fan after the video was found on YouTube. No real details have come about to say if the person is truly an amateur or a pro trying to break in.
  
• Many top blogs got hit with a Google Page Rank penalty this week. The details are still flushing out, but Andy Beard has a good take.
  
• Amazingly Apple's market cap value passed that of IBM this week. Will IBM start running 1984 commercials now that they're the little guy?
  

And in other news:

• ComScore says social networking is two times bigger outside the US. Check out this post on Mashable for more info. Networks also don't translate from country to country. Orkut, for example, is the largest social network in Brazil. Which do you think will become popular in China?
  
• Joel Spolsky has a great post on managing timelines in IT projects. If you are involved please do yourself a favor and read this post.
  
• Rohit has a great summary from the Nielsen CGM Summit. Lots of interesting information here. I love when people live blog and recap conferences. Big value if done right.
  
• There is speculation that LinkedIn may go the IPO route. With so few companies going public, it's tough to tell how the market will receive them.
  
• David Armano questions if digital agencies should be blogging. I absolutely think they should for a number of reasons including thought leadership, experimentation, team engegement and most importantly social media participation. Make sure you add your vote.
  
• Valeria points out that a lot of people are asking the wrong questions in this marketing2.0 world. The question is about control and how companies can keep it. Bottom line is that you cannot and the smartest thing you can do is participate and make sure your voice is heard. Nothing worse than a silent party.
  
• Image digging is coming to Digg.
  
• Facebook is building a mobile platform (is the Facebook mobile OS coming to life?) and is soon to come to Blackberry.
  
• Mozilla's new Prism product will allow the company's online apps to work offline.
  
• The Red Cross used Twitter to keep people updated on the California wildfires.
  
• Iain points to an excellent site by Mini Cooper that allows you to learn during your lunch break. Cool way to keep people engaged through the day.
  
• David Berkowitz put together a great slide to show how he received communication on his birthday this year.
  
• CK gives some great resources on making inroads in social media easier.
  
• Guy Kawasaki re-posts an excellent list of 17 ways to find your passion for anything.
  
• Ticket-text is a company looking to get rid of paper tickets once and for all using QR codes with mobile devices.
  
• Notes from the Microsoft-Facebook conference call announcing their deal.
  
• Google and Nielsen are partnering to measure TV ads.
  
• How do you know when you see good design? Steve Jobs noted recently that "You know when a design is good when you want to lick it." Well put!
  
• Nokia and Reuters are developing an N95 mobile journalism toolkit. More and more phones are becoming powerful publishing platforms.
  
• I liked this list of 11 questions to ask before you design by Johnson and Johnson.
  
• CrispyNews has been sold to Salesforce.com as they target the enterprise.
  
• Google has begun using their own translation service.
  
• On the wings of Radiohead's independent sales success, more and more artists are going straight to digital and skipping the usual channels.
  
• Clearspring announced a syndication service for mobile widgets. This could be huge if the devices can standardize on formats.
  
• Facebook is now providing more data on applications. \
• New service hellotxt messages Twitter, Jaiku, Yappd, Meemi and more all at one time.
  

Top Five Web2.0 Movers of the Week (using Alexa data)

1. StumbleUpon
   
2. Flixster
   
3. Last.fm
   
4. Upcoming
   
5. Skype
   

More

Top Ten Marketing Blogs from Viral Garden

1. Seth's blog
   
2. Duct Tape Marketing
   
3. Search Engine Guide
   
4. Logic + Emotion
   
5. Daily Fix
   
6. Diva Marketing
   
7. What's Next
   
8. Drew's Marketing Minute
   
9. Brand Autopsy
   
10. Converstations
    

View the top full top 25

Top 5 "Viral" Videos This Week

1. Wake up cat
   
2. Information R/evolution
   
3. A vision of students today
   
4. Absolutely hilarious mirror prank
   
5. Web 2.0 the machine is us/ing us
   

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Buzz Friday for October 19, 2007

Here is a look at what is happening across social media and new marketing this week. If there is anything that you would like to see in this post or if you have something you think is Buzz-worthy please drop me an email or leave a comment on this post. I want to make this as beneficial for you as I can.

Buzz Friday is also available as part of the Techno//Marketer Podcast on iTunes. Click here to subscribe and take the Buzz to go.

It's been a couple of weeks since I did a proper Buzz Friday post so here it is. Enjoy!

[Feed readers please click through to the post if you cannot see the video.]

Inside the video:

• Joe Jaffe is bumrushing the charts to try to get his new book into the Amazon best sellers list. Click here to see how you can help.
  
• Mack Collier writes a great post on the Spirit Airlines fiasco they've created. Long story short, blogger gets hosed, asks for refund, company CEO replies to all saying they don't care and PR person says they don't respond to bloggers. What a mess. Josh picks it up as well here.
  
• Gavin Heaton is holding a contest for marketers to use their smarts and help a small business. You can get more details on his blog here.
  

And in other news:

• Flickr is making more changes to their geotagging/mapping area. Phones and cameras with GPS are making this more and more easy to do.
  
• Valeria Maltoni e-introduced me to Geoff Livingston a couple weeks ago. He's put together a monthly "most influential bloggers" list. Check it out.
• David Reich has issues with PRSA and a change may be underway there. What would they have to lose with being more open?
  
• Traffic to Facebook is still gaining on MySpace according to Nielsen. Still has a long way to go to pass them.
  
• Firefox just released a new update for Mac users to prep for the upcoming Leopard OS release.
  
• Joost, in my opinion, is completely irrelevant as a standalone app. I've argued they should have been browser-based from day one. It looks like that change could be on the horizon.
  
• Karl Long writes on the debate over Facebook vs. the web as the platform. The web is the platform, but as Karl notes, the most open, secure option will win short-term.
  
• The lifesteaming service Tumblr is ramping up for a November 1 relaunch.
  
• C.B. Whittemore has a nice write up on the MarketingProfs B2B conference I attended in Chicago.
  
• Valeria has a great post on the three trends and top ten reason to work with a smart agency. Kudos Valeria! Agencies are you listening?
  
• Branded wikis are all the rage. Wetpaint (a service I've used in the past) is running the Discovery MythBusters fan wiki. Look for more shows to join in.
  
• Idris looks at the platform strategies that abound and digs in to "widgetnomics".
  
• Nokia's new N810 internet tablet launched this week to a lot of fanfare. I am not sure where this fits in to my device menu, but it certainly does look cool.
  
• Eat kosher food? Always on the run? How about a Kosher dog from a vending machine?
  
• Google has released a mobile version of their Documents suite. Would be cool to have the Powerpoint option for mobile as well to present on the go.
  
• First mover into the online HD space goes to Vimeo. Check out the video it's certainly cool. (Time to get a HD camcorder?)
  
• Love this. Airlines have agreed on a bar code standard for checking in by cell phone. Anything that could save time would be awesome.
  
• Apple's iTunes has lowered DRM-free tracks to $.99.
  
• David Berkowitz's company 360i is using his personal blog URL on his business cards. Brilliant move by them to showcase their talent.
  
• Darren Rowse has some outstanding tips on launching a blog network. You can really apply these to launching nearly anything.
  
• YouTube India could come as early as Q1 2008.
  
• Learn where Koreans are as far as cell phone usage is concerned. Wow!
  
• Current TV is going Digg.
  
• BBC is *finally* opening their player to the rest of the world (non-Microsoft that is) with a new Flash player. It's about time.
  
• Steve Rubel on why he thinks there is a pay-per-click recession on the way. He makes some good points.
  
• Thomas Hawk reports on his recent Apple hardware repair.
  
• CK's disappointed with NYC's new marketing campaign. What do you think?
  
• Facebook's targeting LinkedIn with new user groups. Will people buy this? Do we need separate networks or can you filter people out? What is somebody spans both? LinkedIn is counting on there being a need for two.
  
• David Armano rounds up his prolific coverage from the Forrester Forum. He was *everywhere*.
  
• Dave Winer thinks Facebook sucks. Do you care what he thinks? Is he right?
  
• The New York Times has added reader comments to their home page.
  
• Henry Lambert looks at Nike's new Supersonic campaign and compares it to more gritty spots. I agree on the passion the latter shows.
  
• LinkedIn is opening up (kind of). Is it too little too late?
  

Top Five Web2.0 Movers of the Week (using Alexa data)

1. 9rules
   
2. zefrank.com
   
3. Instructables
   
4. Lulu
   
5. Tagworld
   

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Top Ten Marketing Blogs from Viral Garden

1. Seth's blog
   
2. Duct Tape Marketing
   
3. Search Engine Guide
   
4. Logic + Emotion
   
5. Daily Fix
   
6. Diva Marketing
   
7. What's Next
   
8. Drew's Marketing Minute
   
9. Converstations
   
10. Influential Marketing
    

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Top 5 "Viral" Videos This Week

1. Star Wars trumpet
   
2. Blog action day 2007
   
3. A vision of students today
   
4. SNL: Andy punches
   
5. Sony Bravia Play Doh
   

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Buzz Friday for September 28, 2007

Here is a look at what is happening across social media and new marketing this week. If there is anything that you would like to see in this post or if you have something you think is Buzz-worthy please drop me an email or leave a comment on this post. I want to make this as beneficial for you as I can.

Buzz Friday is also available as part of the Techno//Marketer Podcast on iTunes. Click here to subscribe and take the Buzz to go.

It's been a couple of weeks since I did a proper Buzz Friday post so here it is. Enjoy!

[Feed readers please click through to the post if you cannot see the video.]

Inside the video:

• Firebrands launched a preview of their 24 hour, best of advertising network that will span online and mobile. More on this when it releases.
  
• Arun Rajagopal reports that the Age of Conversation has made the cover story of the Dubai-based Khaleej Times ‘Weekend’ magazine! Go Arun!
  
• Sean Scott points to a cool new Google widget that Starbucks has built. It allows you to see the locations near you and invite others to meet you there.
  

And in other news:

• CK and David Reich point out a new service from Pudding Media where they listen to your conversation, discern what you're talking about and then send you ads in email after your call. They claim not to record any info, but it seems a little creepy to me.
  
• David Armano has a very insightful piece on why execs are having a hard time in the world of new media.
  
• You know those crazy "Will It Blend" videos on YouTube? Well, they've increased BlendTech's sales five times over. No TV, no print, no radio. Just the power of people.
  
• Apple is entering into a firestorm with the new iPhone update. The update has seemingly rendered hundreds of unlocked iPhones useless. This wouldn't be a problem if these people weren't the most zealous Apple fans around.
  
• The WSJ has a story about CBS's new online video initiative. The site will offer shows as well as short-form videos a la YouTube.
  
• Microsoft has launched a new shopping search system with user ratings built in.
  
• Toad reminds us again that "Your Brand Is Not My Friend" in this post. Can't wait to read his inaugural MarketingProfs post on Monday.
  
• I loved this post from the blog Buenos Aires Spotting. The world's first reverse marathon was run on September 8th through Parque Centenario. Runners used CDs fixed to hats to see what was behind them.
  
• Steve Rubel is at it again. He's moving his whole online life and the mining of data into Gmail. Can't wait to see where he takes this and how he manipulates the data to add value.
  
• Joost announced a partnership with MLB. I still wonder who cares about this? Is anybody actually using Joost? Other services are delivering the same experience through a web browser without the annoying application.
  
• Mack points out some excellent examples of why companies need to care about social media.
  
• Google acquired the company Zingku which provides mobile social networking functionality. They could add this to Orkut.
  
• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was seen in Seattle last week allegedly to talk with Microsoft execs.
  
• Having some fun with Web2.0, check out this simulator application.
  
• Twiddeo has combined video and Twitter to create a new service. Will watch to see adoption here.
  
• I thought the day would never come, but LinkedIn has finally added profile photos!
  
• Armani is the latest retailer to move into virtual worlds as they opened a store in Second Life.
  
• YouTube is now offering channels to non-profits to help them promote their message. On a similar note, Pure Digital (makers of the Flip video camera) are offering a million camcorders for non-profits. Combine the two and you have a great platform to show people why you matter to your community.
  
• Product placement in user generated videos? Yep, check out this post on Sprinwise.
  
• Could Apple be resurrecting the Newton sometime early next year?
• Are you "too busy" to blog? Mark's got a great post and some tips. It's definitely a balancing act.
  
• Looking for numbers on the velocity of Facebook's growth? Look no further.
  
• Also in Facebook-land, Facebook IM should be launching in the next couple of weeks to enable real-time communication among the users.
  
• Facebook's also passed MySpace as top network in the UK.
  
• Want to work in advertising? Check out this clip from agency BBH.
  
• Doubleclick has launched a new mobile ad serving service as Google launched their mobile AdSense.
  
• Not all Apple ads are brilliant and on target. Check out the top 10 worst of all time.
  
• Rohit looks at why people like Twitter. I totally agree with him on this. Poor Mark Simon.
  
• Google's rumored to be prepping a Second Life competitor.
  
• Valeria interviews Madison Avenue Journal editor Tim McHale.
  

Top Five Web2.0 Movers of the Week (using Alexa data)

1. Bolt
   
2. Zillow
   
3. ClipMarks
   
4. Upcoming
   
5. Fotki
   

More

Top Ten Marketing Blogs from Viral Garden

1. Seth's blog
   
2. Duct Tape Marketing
   
3. Logic + Emotion
   
4. Search Engine Guide
   
5. Diva Marketing
   
6. Daily Fix
   
7. What's Next
   
8. Brand Autopsy
   
9. Drew's Marketing Minute
   
10. Influential Marketing
    

View the top full top 25

Top Ten Marketing Blogs from the AdAge Power 150

AdAge is having an issue with Technorati scoring this week so I am not listing the top ten.

Top 5 "Viral" Videos This Week

1. UF Police Taser Student (has spawned an onslaught of 'Don't tase me bro' t-shirts)
   
2. Leave Britney alone
   
3. Mind Gundy press conference
   
4. Alicia Keys - No one
   
5. Fight for Kisses
   

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Buzz Friday for September 21, 2007

Here is a look at what is happening across social media and new marketing this week. If there is anything that you would like to see in this post or if you have something you think is Buzz-worthy please drop me an email or leave a comment on this post. I want to make this as beneficial for you as I can.

Buzz Friday is also available as part of the Techno//Marketer Podcast on iTunes. Click here to subscribe and take the Buzz to go.

It's been a couple of weeks since I did a proper Buzz Friday post so here it is. Enjoy!

[Feed readers please click through to the post if you cannot see the video.]

Inside the video:

• Marc Ecko purchased Barry Bonds home run ball #756 and is allowing people from around the world to vote on it. (also covered on my company's blog)
  
• Many are reporting that the WSJ may open its content for free to the world. This is the shining example of paid content success. What could this mean for newspapers and magazines everywhere? Is ad revenue from impressions more profitable than the subscriber model?
  
• Emoticons [def] turned 25 today :)
  
• Iain Tait points out that O2, the iPhone carrier in the UK, does not support Macs. I think that's completely hilarious and something Apple better fix quickly.
  

And in other news:

• Google Adsense launched a mobile version which I'll be keeping an eye on
  
• Google's presentation software is now part of Google docs. Still has some work to catch Apple's Keynote, but could replace PowerPoint readily.
  
• Microsoft's Tafiti search engine (which I profiled a while back) took on the look of Halo 3 for an advertisement.
  
• Andy Marken writes on the death of the PR handler on Marketing Profs and Neil Veinberg adds great, personal points to the discussion.
  
• TechCrunch 40 was held this week and Mint.com came out on top.
  
• Brian Clark outlines 10 mental blocks to creative thinking.
  
• Kevin Dugan reports on Nike's approach to media relations. Lots of good advice here.
  
• Tangerine Toad points out Google's launch of a print ad creation tool. Could this lead to the death of small, local agencies?
  
• John Moore outlines Dell's social media approach (or, how to change your social perception) from Austin Social Media Club.
  
• Thomas Hawk goes through his guidelines for photo walking (one of my favorite things to do).
  
• Is the difference between a visionary and a nutjob determined in brain activity? Ben McConnell points out an interesting study.
  
• A man broke the world record for the longest phone call (40 hours). Would not like to have been on the other end of that one.
  
• Gianandrea makes a superb case for why Italy should have been among the first companies to get the iPhone in Europe. I agree with him.
  
• Unique visitors to Facebook in Europe grew 422% in the past year making it the fastest growing network.
  
• Critical Mass has launched their new blog "Experience Matters" and with bloggers like David Armano and Scott Weisbrod on board it's one to watch.
  
• Digg's made some recent moves to become more of a social network. Does it have the power (or audience) to make a charge toward Facebook/MySpace?
  
• CK points out some recent PETA ads featuring scantily clad celebs in an effort to get their message out. This doesn't work for me as there are much more powerful images that impact me. They are nice to look at though.\
  
• Navizon is offering GPSless consumers to get their coordinates by triangulating off of cell towers and WiFi spots. Interesting concept.
  
• David Armano (who I had the pleasure of meeting in person this week) perfectly describes my life in the overlap. I bet a lot of you live there too.
  
• This week marks the first Facebook app available for sale on eBay.
  
• FINALLY the cell phone makers of the world have agreed on miniUSB for all chargers. Goodbye 20 different cables.
  
• Greg Verdino has posted on his seven strands of Blog DNA.
  
• An emedia survey found that 30% of people falsify their info on social networks.
  
• AppleInsider reports that 3G and GPS are coming to iPhone in early 2008. Yet another reason I am not buying one yet.
  
• Lewis has some great tips on delivering winning presentations.
  
• Steve Rubel on why some web 2.0 companies will never attract big funding.
  
• Utterz, new blogging/micro-publishing system allows for audio/video/photos.
  
• Words matter especially when driving click conversions online.
  
• An Ogilvy exec is going to Google to head their Innovation Lab. Could Google be trying to create a competitor to Microsoft's Razorfish property? Seems probable.
  

Top Five Web2.0 Movers of the Week (using Alexa data)

1. TagWorld
   
2. Vimeo
   
3. Feedster
   
4. wikia
   
5. Woot!
   

More

Top Ten Marketing Blogs from Viral Garden

1. Seth's blog
   
2. Duct Tape Marketing
   
3. Logic + Emotion
   
4. Search Engine Guide
   
5. Diva Marketing
   
6. What's Next
   
7. Daily Fix
   
8. Brand Autopsy
   
9. Influential Marketing
   
10. Drew's Marketing Minute
    

View the top full top 25

Top Ten Marketing Blogs from the AdAge Power 150

1. Seth Godin
   
2. Copyblogger
   
3. Micro Persuasion
   
4. Search Engine Watch
   
5. Online Marketing Blog
   
6. Pronet Advertising
   
7. Search Engine Land
   
8. Adrants
   
9. Marketing Pilgrim
   
10. Adverblog
    

View the full list here

Top 5 "Viral" Videos This Week

1. UF police taser student
   
2. Leave Britney alone
   
3. Fight for Kisses
   
4. Os Seminovos
   
5. Google Docs in Plain English
   

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Buzz Friday for September 14, 2007

Here is a look at what is happening across social media and new marketing this week. If there is anything that you would like to see in this post or if you have something you think is Buzz-worthy please drop me an email or leave a comment on this post. I want to make this as beneficial for you as I can.

Buzz Friday is also available as part of the Techno//Marketer Podcast on iTunes. Click here to subscribe and take the Buzz to go.

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In the video:

• Ad Age goes a little bi-polar
  
• Get Satisfaction receives $1.3 million for crowd sourcing help
  
• Google turns 10
  

I'll add the normal links tomorrow when I get back in town and have a chance to catch up.

Top Five Web2.0 Movers of the Week (using Alexa data)

1. Prosper
   
2. Ning
   
3. ClipMarks
   
4. 37 Signals
   
5. Meetup
   

More

Top Ten Marketing Blogs from Viral Garden

1. Seth's blog
   
2. Gaping Void
   
3. Duct Tape Marketing
   
4. Logic + Emotion
   
5. Search Engine Guide
   
6. Diva Marketing
   
7. What's Next
   
8. Daily Fix
   
9. Drew's Marketing Minute
   
10. Influential Marketing
    

View the top full top 25

Top Ten Marketing Blogs from the AdAge Power 150

1. Seth Godin
   
2. Micro Persuasion
   
3. Search Engine Watch
   
4. Online Marketing Blog
   
5. Pronet Advertising
   
6. Search Engine Land
   
7. Adrants
   
8. Marketing Pilgrim
   
9. Adverblog
   
10. Publishing 2.0
    

View the full list here

Top 5 "Viral" Videos This Week

1. Leave Britney Alone - SCARY!
   
2. Britney Spears on VMAs
   
3. Pavoratti - Nessun Dorma
   
4. Internet People
   
5. Miss Teen USA
   

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Buzz Friday for August 31, 2007

Here is a look at what is happening across social media and new marketing this week. If there is anything that you would like to see in this post or if you have something you think is Buzz-worthy please drop me an email or leave a comment on this post. I want to make this as beneficial for you as I can.

Buzz Friday is also available as part of the Techno//Marketer Podcast on iTunes. Click here to subscribe and take the Buzz to go.

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Here are all of the items that I think are interesting this week:

• Jeremiah Owyang of Podtech has decided to take a job with Forrester as an Analyst. Congrats to him, seems like a great fit.
  
• A group of college students on Facebook threatened bank HSBC with a boycott over its plans to change their formerly free overdraft policy.
  
• There is a rumor floating around that Microsoft could buy Blackberry. We'll see where this goes.
  
• Karl at Experience Curve wants to save Technorati and offers some insights for the service including a pro plan. What do you think? Is it salvageable?
• iTunes and NBC are parting ways. NBC wanted to charge $4.99 for their shows. That's $3.00 more than Apple charges. Thomas Hawk thinks this is as stupid as I do.
  
• An interesting move by Google will allow Gadgets to talk to each other on people's iGoogle home page.
  
• Apple is expected to unveil a new line of iPods and a new wireless iTunes service next Wednesday. P.S. if you are going to buy an iPod this weekend WAIT!
  
• I particularly like this interview that David Armano did with his colleague David Stallsmith. Great insights into design.
  
• I found this hilarious. A guy running for school board creates an ad and posts it to YouTube. Viacom's VH1 show "Web Junk 2.0" took it and used it on their show. The guy who created it posted the VH1 version on his site and Viacom ordered him to take it down. Right hand, meet left hand.
  
• Great post by Greg Verdino on video. Greg shows the craziness that happens when a study is done by somebody who's business hinges on the results looking a certain way. Interruption is on the way out.
  
• Jaiku has added instant messenger to its offering. Definitely a more robust platform than Twitter, but the people are still on Twitter.
  
• Iain points to a huge QR poster in London to promote the DVD release of 28 Days Later. Would have been even more cool had the message not said the same thing.
  
• Hulu, NBC's newly formed network, translates to "cease" and "desist" in Swahili. Gotta love the irony.
  
• I was talking about the possibilities of using the iPhone's tilt sensor to do some cool things. Check out this post on Engadget.
  
• Heineken will release a new beer for women. This has been done is other countries in Europe to some success.
  
• Nokia introduced a new music store to compete with iTunes. Could take off in Europe, but will be slow to roll in the US.
  
• CNN made the move away from Yahoo to Google for search.
  
• If you have a bad impression of the airline industry in this country, you have obviously not been on a United flight when Denny Flanagan was at the helm.
  
• Ever hear the question "if advertising is so great, why don't ad agencies use it"? Strawberry Frog took out this ad in Fortune and I'd love to see what the reaction was.
  
• Digg gets a makeover...yawn...next story!
  
• Good to see bloggers who tell it how it is. Check out this honest and fair review of a book by David Berkowitz. This is a possibility for anybody doing a blogger outreach campaign. I hope the author takes David's advice.
  
• Colorado University got its first use of a new emergency text messaging system last week.
  
• Yahoo's new mail service offers free text messaging right from the mail interface.
  
• Have you ever been in a "strategy" meeting that felt like you were in a "tactegy" meeting (yes I just made that up)? Idris feels the same way and explains why it happens.
  

Top Five Web2.0 Movers of the Week (using Alexa data)

1. 9rules
   
2. slide
   
3. Fotolog
   
4. My Heritage
   
5. TechMeme
   

More

Top Ten Marketing Blogs from Viral Garden

1. Seth's blog
   
2. Gaping Void
   
3. Duct Tape Marketing
   
4. Logic + Emotion
   
5. Search Engine Guide
   
6. Diva Marketing
   
7. What's Next
   
8. Daily Fix
   
9. Drew's Marketing Minute
   
10. Influential Marketing
    

View the top full top 25

Top Ten Marketing Blogs from the AdAge Power 150

1. Seth Godin
   
2. Micro Persuasion
   
3. Pronet Advertising
   
4. Search Engine Land
   
5. Search Engine Watch
   
6. Adrants
   
7. Online Marketing Blog
   
8. Adverblog
   
9. Marketing Pilgrim
   
10. Publishing 2.0
    

View the full list here

Top 5 "Viral" Videos This Week

1. Miss Teen USA 2007
   
2. Gmail Behind the Scenes
   
3. Content-Aware image sizing
   
4. Zunephone
   
5. Common - Drivin me wild
   

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