Whether you are a sports fan or work in media, Mark Cuban’s “Does ESPN.com have a Twitter problem?” is a relevant, good read. Cuban argues that ESPN is struggling with social media because their writers …

I write a lot about email marketing campaigns and best practices… in part because it is such a vital, under-discussed lever for marketers (primarily for engagement / retention). But also because I get so many …

Amazon’s marketing message for the Kindle is simple: buy once, read everywhere. It’s a compelling selling-point and the reason why othr services with similar propositions (ala Evernote) are so popular. The promo unit shows seven …

I don’t fully have my head around Wednesday’s Google’s +1 launch… namely because I don’t entirely understand how ‘liking’ a page affects / improves a search query: am I voting for the best matching page …

As part of their Scaling Startups series, Mashable profiled Dogpatch-alum Instagram: “Scaling Instagram: How the Photo Sharing Startup Avoided Catastrophe in Its First Days“. It is an interesting read considering Instagram’s instant, tremendous success… and …

At Dogpatch Labs, there is a coincidental tradition of hosting companies with “Labs” in the name: Thing Labs, Formative Labs, Schematic Labs, Lumber Labs, etc. The most recent is Offline Labs, a company that we …

I have been spending a lot of time thinking and writing about email marketing. While social media (branding, communication and advertising) gets much of the attention – email is often overlooked and under-discussed… despite being …

Earlier this week, Amazon launched the Amazon Appstore by giving away Angry Birds Rio for free (the #1 paid and top-grossing app on iOS). That promotion was in conjunction with an announcement that Amazon would …

Today Amazon launched the Amazon Appstore for Android (more here and here). At this point, there are a slew of app stores (from your phone, computer, tablet, browser, television, alarm clock, etc.

I got my hands on an iPad 2 while at South by Southwest (SXSW) thanks to Apple’s genius marketing: Apple constructed a temporary Apple Store that held almost-unlimited iPad 2 inventory to take advantage of …

Groupon has reached such scale, that you could spend hours digging into the data and come away with dozens of fascinating takeaways (around geography, consumers, businesses, deals, etc). Here are ten fun and perhaps surprising …

Yesterday, TechCrunch covered the $1m that eBay / PayPal had raised for Japan earthquake and tsunami relief. It’s been heartwarming to see such big brands and platforms leverage their communities – and their scale – …