Ad requests across smartphones using Google’s Android operating system and Apple’s iPad both rose 77 percent between March and April, according to a new report by mobile ad net Millennial Media. Meanwhile, ad requests on the iPhone fell 8 percent during the same period, but the device is still the leader by far, with a 62 percent share of smartphone impressions. more…
Archive: May, 2010
Newspapers may be dying, but the news business is not. The paper part of the business – the physical newspaper itself-is doomed. It no longer makes any sense to print and distribute the printed packets of articles we call “newspapers” to individuals. Not when you can transmit electronic copies of every article on demand virtually anywhere in the world cheaply and instantaneously. more…
ClassifiedsGiant has recently launched their ads site and tons of folks are there to raving about this site. ClassifiedsGiant offers so many different services and the ability to post anywhere you want. There are no fees to post and users can post an unli. more…
Google finally overcame the financial and legal hurdles as it announced the official acquisition of the Admob. Google’s desire was made public in the last quarter of last year but it did not go as smooth for the Mountain View based company as other deals. more…
* Facebook finally addressed the storm of privacy blowup, rolling out some simpler controls. The sharpest critics aren’t satisfied, but the mainstream media’s brief interest in the issue has dried up, and the story appears to be fizzling out at last. more…
With more than 400 million Facebook users worldwide, the site has quickly become one of the most popular marketing tools among businesses. Social media marketing campaigns may become even more popular during the next four years – a new study conducted by eMarketer indicates that 65.8 percent of American internet users will be using social media sites. more…
While cleaning out your room, you realize that you have a lot of stuff you don’t necessarily need and can maybe turn into profit. A garage sale sounds nice, but that’s a lot of work only to make maybe $17 while a lot of people drive by staring at you like you’re crazy. more…
Debra Feldman was nice enough to tweet a link but gave it the frown emoticon for not being applicable to solopreneurs. I promised to create a comparable list for individuals in business for themselves. Hopefully, these twenty strategies, based on experience with Brainzooming, will help those building their small businesses (or personal brands) more effectively manage social media. more…
