beRecruited Growth Continues; Rock Mountain News Coverage
February 10, 2009 – 8:38 pm | Comments

It’s been a great couple months for beRecruited. By all measures, traffic and site-usage are ramping very nicely (more than doubling in the last calendar year).

Perhaps more importantly though, our recruiting metrics are growing …

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Tweetmeme’s Meteoric Rise Reveals Twitter’s Search Issue
June 8, 2009 – 8:51 pm | Comments
Tweetmeme’s Meteoric Rise Reveals Twitter’s Search Issue

Techmeme has become one my primary navigational sources for daily reading / news (others include email, Google RSS, Facebook, NYTimes, TechCrunch, etc). Twitter isn’t yet there because it is simply too noisy to be efficient. …

Twitter Media Campaign: Followers, Custom Twitter Widget & Promotion
June 6, 2009 – 2:02 pm | Comments
Twitter Media Campaign: Followers, Custom Twitter Widget & Promotion

Twitter is a powerful marketing lever for communications, traffic acquisition and user interaction (read more here). But to leverage Twitter, the fact is that you need to build a following… a task that is particularly …

My Favorite Facebook Friend Recommendation
June 4, 2009 – 4:53 pm | Comments
My Favorite Facebook Friend Recommendation

Unfortunately, as much as I wanted to befriend this anonymous user - Facebook won’t let me… It’s also unfortunate because I wanted to give him / her this Prius ‘Air’ Freshner:

Facebook friend ’suggestions’ seem to …

Facebook Ads for Pages Now Include “Become a Fan” Links
June 3, 2009 – 10:09 am | Comments
Facebook Ads for Pages Now Include “Become a Fan” Links

Facebook Pages are powerful ways to communicate with users, customers and fans… but the power is predicated by the size of its audience (a lesson well demonstrated by Twitter). Thus, it’s a natural move for …

Bit.ly Adds ‘Pass Through’ Metrics - Hugely Valuable
June 1, 2009 – 9:13 pm | Comments
Bit.ly Adds ‘Pass Through’ Metrics - Hugely Valuable

I have written before that data around referral traffic could be a business model for both Twitter and Friendfeed. And as Twitter’s growth accelerates, I believe this more than when I wrote the article one …

Toyota Prius Harmony Commercial is a Winner
June 1, 2009 – 8:37 pm | Comments

I consider myself evironmentally aware (my fiance Anette works at SunRun and I commute in a 100mpg Honda Ruckus)… but I am certainly not an ‘environmentalist’ (I also drive an eight-seater SUV). Yet it’s the …

Facebook Vanity URLs = Big SEO Boost for Facebook
May 31, 2009 – 9:28 am | Comments
Facebook Vanity URLs = Big SEO Boost for Facebook

Facebook’s vanity URL push (covered by TechCrunch) is a big deal for two reasons:
- the direct business model opportunity
- traffic via natural search
Let’s leave the business model alone for the now as it is …

Twitter Best Video Worm Hits - But It’s Also a Short URL Effect
May 30, 2009 – 2:18 pm | Comments
Twitter Best Video Worm Hits - But It’s Also a Short URL Effect

There is a worm actively going around Twitter encouraging users to view the “best video” - which is cloaked in a short url (juste.ru/…). Twitter actively and quickly responded with a short, strange message:
“No matter …

Sony PSP Go Launches… But the Time has Passed
May 30, 2009 – 11:11 am | Comments
Sony PSP Go Launches… But the Time has Passed

Let me preface by saying that, while I do not consider myself a video game buff, I am the proud owner of a Sony Playstation 3 (used both for Blu Ray and infrequent gaming). It …

Recruiting Process Advice from Tallahassee.com: Try beRecruited
May 25, 2009 – 5:40 pm | Comments

beRecruited had another great press mention - this time by Tallahssee.com’s Corey Clark in “Athletes offer tips on the recruiting process.”
It is a thorough, encouraging article about the proactive role that athletes and their …

Sprint’s Meet the Palm Pre Launch Campaign is Terrific
May 25, 2009 – 5:17 pm | Comments
Sprint’s Meet the Palm Pre Launch Campaign is Terrific

11 days and 7 hours remain until the much-anticipated Palm Pre launch… at least that’s what Sprint’s ad campaign has drilled in my head (again and again). The ads are running on sponsorships across major …

NBA Launches Player Cam, Facebook Connect for Conference Finals
May 24, 2009 – 6:12 pm | Comments
NBA Launches Player Cam, Facebook Connect for Conference Finals

The NBA clearly has MLB.tv envy…
And it’s not a bad thing! (now if only the NFL would start experimenting)
I have written before that Major League Baseball is the only major sports league to grasp the …

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