I don’t claim to be great at email… But I am *way* worse on Facebook messages.
It is embarrassing how many emails I have missed over the months… and I should get some blame for …

Sports fans today got a Black Friday present: the 149 day NBA lockout is on the verge on ending.
And the result is a good thing for fans: the season will be 66 games (a better …

I have no sense of the numbers – but the volume of ‘emails’ sent through Facebook’s Messages platform must be a scale comparable to the bigger email hosts (ie GMail). Sure the product, the usage …

Below is a screenshot of HBO Go’s iPad App. It’s gorgeous, fun and highly dynamic.
It represents the shift of paid content to mobile: HBO Go, ESPN Watch, Netflix, Hulu, etc.

More and more ad units promote mobile content and applications. And I get more and more frustrated as those units are not actionable…. it’s a complicated task:
1. drive mobile activity from different web sources, including …

When done effectively and appropriately – email is a marketer’s most powerful retention tool.
Here is an example from Facebook that demonstrates both effective and appropriate email marketing. The key: deliver different emails to different users …

Like many entrepreneurs I’ve met with, I have been thinking a lot about local merchants and how the web is changing their businesses (mobile, social, deals, etc). It is a fascinating trend / space – …

I have written a fair amount about Google Plus and about how Google Chrome / Chrome extensions are changing my web behaviors. Lets put those two themes together… here are three great Google Plus Chrome …

Noteworthy article on AppleInsider.com yesterday (AppleInsider | iOS ‘stickiness’ grows as average Apple user has $100 in content per device): the average iOS device (iPhone + iPad + iPod) has roughly $100 of paid content …

I like the highlight examples of effective “in the river” marketing – the concept of placing product, promotion and marketing messages in relevant, active parts of the web experience. Lots of examples here…

I love Netflix.
– They have revolutionized the way we think about movies and media
– They have created a slew of new company ideas and models: “the Netflix for XYZ”
– They have …