The rap on monetizing social media, especially for charity, is familiar. People engage in social media to have fun, not receive a pitch. And some of that is certainly true for any interruption-based advertising, much less untargeted advertising. Facebook and social networks are new ad platforms, and we’ve never had scalable one to one efforts [...]
The FTC may be regulating paid, undisclosed blog posts, and ProBlogger surveys their readership about how widespread the trend is.
The Onion produces a fake video about gymnast Shawn Johnson’s death, but the real damage may have been done to advertisers.
Should Internet content and actions be free? Of course not. But how does a company recoup costs or fund operations?
Social media is here to stay. The numbers don’t lie.
Google starts fending off other search sites with its own gimmicks.
The Washington Post continues its decline, grubbing for dollars by actively advertising for intrusive advertising that includes takeovers and pop-unders.
Writers have often compared business and military, but the comparison between snipers and online marketing is interesting.
More telephones continue to ship smaller models that don’t have letters on the dialing keys. Be careful using vanity phone numbers.
Social media, like rock and roll, isn’t going anywhere. Check out the latest demographics from Facebook, Twitter and Digg.
