(Mashable) — Social media has had a profound effect on the way social good organizations approach global problems. From the Red Cross, which used text messages to raise $5 million in relief funds for Haiti, to organizations like micro-lender Kiva, which wouldn’t even exist without the concept of social networking, altruistic organizations and individuals are […]
Digital media and how it will impact the music business.
(Rohit Bhargava) — There is a company called Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT) that is profiled in last month’s issue of Wired magazine which is worth a look for anyone who is interested in how advertising and endorsements in particular in athletics work today, and how this could apply in the future. BAT focuses on what the article […]
(Mashable) —Howard Greenstein is a Social Media Strategy and Marketing consultant, and President of the Harbrooke Group. He’s also a national board member of Social Media Club. We’ve all experienced that person who’s talking on his cell phone in public, in a voice that’s way too loud — on the train, in a restaurant, or walking down […]
(Fast Company) — News aggregator site Huffington Post has just made its first acquisition: Adaptive Semantics. It’s a tech firm whose systems will help HuffPo with is main business of bringing together content, and comments from readers. Most publishers are satisfied with licensing someone else’s technology to do this sort of thing. So why did HuffPo […]