By Liz Gannes Jan. 5, 2010, 11:15pm Google’s AdSense is brilliant in that it very simply provides relevant contextual ads across millions of web pages. But what if you make that process a little less automated and provide ads that are endorsed by the creators of those web pages? So instead of an algorithmically matched [...] Read more »
With MyLikes.com, Ex-Googlers Want to Build the Next AdSense
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Categories: Google, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Web, Twitter - Tags: AdSense, ex-googlers, Google, twitter, twitter monetization
Startups Cash in on Twitter With Pay-Per-Tweet
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Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, January 12, 2010 In his Twitter stream from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last weekend, actor-director LeVar Burton beamed a different kind of tweet to his 1.57 million followers: “Be the 1st to own a NEW Sony bloggie camera RT for a chance to win #SonyCES http://bit.ly/6OccaR [...] Read more »
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How Twitter Was Born: the First 140 Users
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If you signed up for Twitter in early 2006, you may be among the first 140 users… though only one Briton is. Do you know who? Do you remember what you were doing back in the spring of 2006? The first users of Twitter probably do – they were signing up for the new service [...] Read more »
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10 Twitter Tips I Got from Guy Kawasaki at CES
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Posted: Jan 11, 2010 12:10 PM PST www.openforum.com -Jan 09, 2010 -At yesterday’s CES show, I failed once again to meet Guy Kawasaki in person. The line around him was 6 deep, and I had appointments to go to. But I did manage to catch most of his talk about how to kick butt on Twitter. [...] Read more »
Categories: Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Web, Twitter - Tags: best practices, ces conference, guy kawasaki, twitter
Twitter Tips: 5 Proven Ways to Get Retweeted
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By Kristin Burnham January 11, 2010 02:51 PM ET We all like to think we’re interesting. And on Twitter, that’s often measured and validated by how frequently other people retweet your posts. Maybe you’re looking to hear feedback on your recent blog post. Or you’ve found an interesting article or a funny YouTube video that you [...] Read more »
Categories: Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Web, Twitter - Tags: retweets, Tweets, twitter
