Monthly Archives: June 2011

Foursquare Valued at $600M and Raises $50M to Create Merchant Platform

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

The location-based social networking website, Foursquare has announced that it has raised $50M to assist in building out its merchant platform.  Considering the size and popularity of Foursquare it’s pretty remarkable the capital venture went practically under the radar.  During … Continue reading →

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Google’s PowerMeter and Health Removed from Life Support

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

On Friday, Google announced that two of its less than popular free tools will be shut down.  The web energy management tool for online users, Google PowerMeter will be powered down on September 16th, 2011.  While the tool that was … Continue reading →

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Must See Video! Social Media Revolution 3

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

Based on #1 International Best Selling Socialnomics by Erik Qualman this is the latest in the most watch social media series in the world.

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Display Advertising Market Continues to Boom

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

According to eMarketer, by the end of 2011 Facebook will surpass Yahoo! and become the #1 display advertising sales company in the country. It is projected that Facebook will grow its net display sales in the US by a whopping … Continue reading →

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I might look like I know, but I don’t!

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

I came across the below post this morning by WSI Digital Marketing Consultant Liezel Strauss which I found quite humorous yet very applicable to how we strive to communicate technical terms into everyday understandable dialog with our clients. Last week I emailed … Continue reading →

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Does Your Business Have A Social Media Policy?

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board  supported a worker who was fired because while at home, posted disparaging comments about a supervisor on facebook.   Co-workers read the post, ‘liked it’ and added their own comments.  The employer felt that the … Continue reading →

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