A state of confusion.
Posted in Marketing on Jan 20th, 2010
Bill Gates new think tank BGC3 has been denied trademark for this logo: You can read the details here but they have appealed as of Jan 14th. I would be suprised if Bill cant grease the wheels on this one.
This is pretty funny. Google Adwords is using a closed business, Wicked Bakery, to promote Google Adwords. You can see from the screen shots below or the live promotion here.
Posted in Marketing on Dec 3rd, 2008
Twitter is the most popular micro-blogging platform and is drawing attention from marketers looking to take advantage of the system. While Twitter has yet to announce a revenue model, services are popping up looking to take advantage of the reach it can provide. Be-a-magpie is one of the first to try. I wanted to give be-a-magpie [...]
Posted in Marketing, Tech Stuff on Oct 18th, 2007
I just received the first shipment from StartupSchwag. They send out promo items from startups to people who are interested in this normally free stuff for a small 14.95 fee. I was excited to get my hands on the package as I have been waiting for it since signing up for the service after reading [...]
Here is a quick and fun little tool that shows you the demographics for a certain keyword or url. Microsoft Demographics Prediction Tool. It is always useful to know your audience so tools like this are always welcome. They are not 100% accurate like most tools but they offer an insight and a good ballpark [...]
Posted in Marketing, Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on Oct 1st, 2007
A time has come and gone with Joost. No need to request invites! They have been using the private beta as a way to get people interested in the site for about 2 years. They have finally pulled the plug on the exclusivity and are allowing anyone who wants to check out their system access. [...]
SubvertandProfit is known for allowing people to buy “diggs’ on the popular digg.com news site. Today they opened up the marketplace so advertisers can buy positive ‘thumb up’ from StumbleUpon for any url of their choice. The first thing you would think of is that the here comes the spam, while that may be a [...]
So Google decides to have a little fun at eBay’s expense and holds a ‘Freedom Party’ right before eBay hosts its own eBay sellers event. This was an attempt by Google to gain some momentum in allowing Google Checkout as a payment method in the eBay marketplace. Well eBay didnt take to this idea to [...]
I just noticed that eBay is promoting StumbleUpon directly within the eBay marketplace. See the screen shot below. Here is another image of the small ad, notice the lower right hand button.
Posted in Marketing on May 10th, 2007
I just logged into an Adwords account that I manage and saw the above image. Click the image to see the larger legible version. I did not sign up for the beta access to this product and really don’t know much about it. It is very interesting though. I know Google was having a difficult [...]