May 2012
49 posts
New Orleans →
Travel in New Orleans May 2012 - French Quarter, 9th Ward, restaurants, and more
New Orleans →
Travel in New Orleans May 2012 - French Quarter, 9th Ward, restaurants, and more
New Program from 360i Looks to Match Startups with... →
NY digital marketing agency 360i is heightening its role in startup and brand matchmaking. According to Digiday, the agency is creating a program called Startup Outlook that will evaluate five new startups a mont, and produce a comprehensive overview of each venture to clients. This software is anticipated to help streamline the pairing of startups[Full Story…]
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Symptom checker and diagnosis calculator by Symcat
Symptom look-up with a guided dive into what’s ailing you and what may be the most likely explanations
Giftmeo | Get Together. Gift Together.
New social commerce / group gifting site launched at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012
Mirth
TechCrunch Disrupt May 2012: “Mirth only requires a one-time sign-up with your 16-digit credit card number...
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Agencies Play Startup Matchmakers | Digiday
“This was already a big part of my job, but now what we’re trying to do is figure out how to package this information in a way that benefits our clients and hopefully the rest of the industry,” said 360i vp of emerging media David Berkowitz, who is leading the effort.
“This is about focusing on what we do best and providing strategic guidance to our...
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Badgeunlock.com | Foursquare Badge List
A list of Foursquare badge campaigns - useful for anyone considering this
from Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz’s Marketing Blog: http://bit.ly/Mma5Q1
Ten Principles of Big Data
10 Principles of Big Data originally published in MediaPost’s Social Media Insider
Once upon a time, there was a little data. People thought it was important but not all that sexy. Then it grew up, and everyone started calling it Big Data. Now it’s on all the Sexiest Trend Alive covers, and there are rumors that it is having affairs with all of the Kardashians, including Bruce Jenner.
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Introducing Startup Outlook
I’m excited to share some news about a project that I’ve been working on all spring. Now it’s finally live, and it’s your turn to take part.
First, check out Startup Outlook, a guide marketers can use to evaluate startups, with five startups featured this month: Immersive Labs, Luminate, QWiPS, Shapeways and Viggle.
Next, sign up for our June 12 kickoff event in...
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Comunitee
a) The spelling of this startup’s name offends me on so many levels. It is actually painful to type.
b) I haven’t seen anything new here at all in terms of social news, except for how long it took to enter my preferences.
c) Brett Petersel just joined as CMO. Good luck, Brett!
LEAP Motion
“Control your desktop and interact with apps through natural hand and finger...
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Facebook IPO goes public, company faces new challenges - Direct Marketing News
“The IPO means Facebook will have to pay more attention to its marketers because that’s where the money is coming from,” said David Berkowitz, 360i’s VP of emerging media. “Historically, marketers have needed Facebook more than it has needed marketers, but now the tables have turned and marketers are going...
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Free Genealogy & Ancestry Search Engine | Mocavo
TechStars alum company that’s a genealogy search engine - very curious to explore this one and compare to others
Made In New York Digital Map
Get a map of the digital companies in NYC, and see who’s hiring
Financial Empowerment - Lenddo
New microfinance model, giving credit to people based on trust
easel.ly
Create free...
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Pentametron: With algorithms subtle and discrete / I seek iambic writings to retweet.
An algorithm that finds disparate rhyming tweets in iambic pentameter and creates sonnets - often pretty good ones. See more via http://bit.ly/JWeDdA
from Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz’s Marketing Blog: http://bit.ly/KshRtq
Death to Internet Week
Death to Internet Week (Long Live Mobile Week) originally published in MediaPost’s Social Media Insider
Happy Internet Week! Did you realize it was that time of year again? It’s one of the holiest weeks on the digital media calendar, nestled between the first and second Social Media Weeks, and well ahead of Advertising Week and Social Week. Also, don’t confuse it for Foursquare Day or...
Buzzfeed, Interesting Word Choice in Your Meme...
Buzzfeed just posted about the “Ignore Hitler” meme spreading through Draw Something. I’m not really offended by the meme, but there has to be a better subheader for the story than saying “They’ve lost 6 million…” That’s an unfortunate Holocaust reference, used in the context here of an app losing some users.
from Marketers Studio -...
See You At These Internet Week NY Events
Happy Internet Week, boys and girls! It’s like every other week, except you get to use the internet. Woohoo!
Let me know if we’ll be in the same place. Here are a few events where I’m speaking:
MediaPost’s OMMA Social - New York, NY -Moderator: Instant RFP -May 15
Gotham Media Ventures: Data Wars - The Future of Personal Information and Advertising - New York, NY...
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Trending Deals Grid | ReclipIt
Follow deal sites, frugal bloggers, and friends to see their deal feeds on one platform.
Cubify - Express Yourself in 3D
A 3D printing company looking to mainstream it - first model will sell for $1299 but that’s going to drop quickly, and it’s hoping to be more mass market than the somewhat more technical Makerbot
from Marketers Studio - David...
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Tingo
Hotel site featured in Netted by the Webbys: When you book a Money Back room on Tingo, you save—even after you book. If your price drops, we automatically rebook the exact room at the lower rate. No one has to book the same itinerary for you to reap the savings..
Plum Perfect
Startup presenting at New York Tech Meetup: From just your photo, we pick the perfect colors and beauty products...
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Doodle.ly
Mashable May 2012: “Doodle.ly is a creative social platform for doodlers. Hand-drawn masterpieces created on Doodle.ly can be shared to social networks.”
Datavisualization.ch Selected Tools
Useful resource: “Datavisualization.ch Selected Tools is a collection of tools that we, the people behind Datavisualization.ch, work with on a daily basis and recommend warmly....
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Is Reality Broken?
Is Reality Broken? originally published in MediaPost’s Social Media Insider - also, for more on the challenges with gamification, read the previous piece The Motivation Bubble
Is reality broken? I’ve been grappling with the idea ever since reading “Reality is Broken” by Jane McGonigal, who argues that games provide a better, more motivating version of life than reality. Almost inherent...
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Raptr
VentureBeat May 2012:
“Raptr, the gamer social network with 12 million hardcore users, is unveiling a novel rewards program today that gives targeted bonuses to gamers just for playing their favorite titles. Judging by sponsors such as Microsoft and Blizzard jumping on board the program, being a gamer is about to get a lot more awesome.
The Raptr Rewards program has already begun...
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Google’s Mobile Playbook
A great mobile guide from Google - you’ll want to spend some time with this one
from Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz’s Marketing Blog: http://bit.ly/KdUYYG
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Needle | Live Chat Sales Platform
Still diving into this one. Here’s the Mashable overview:
Quick Pitch: Needle offers expert live chat service to online retailers to help customers find the best products and increase sales.
Genius Idea: “Fansourcing” — Turning superfans of your brand into part-time advisors for the rest of your customers.
Fans.tv
A new social TV thing I’m trying...
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EXEC: Find local, part-time help with errands, jobs and tasks right when you need it
Pay $25/year for some kind of assistant
A little Pinterest in your Instagram | Pinstagram
View Instagram photos in a Pinterest layout
Appetude - The social network for food
Via Mashable: “Appetude is a social network that lets users discover great dishes at local restaurants and place orders from the...
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Record & Share your Ideas | Present.me
A new way to share presentation slides with audio and video
Instant Screen Sharing | Screenleap
New screen sharing service similar to join.me
Weebly - Create a free website and a free blog
A free web designer - now works from mobile devices
from Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz’s Marketing Blog: http://bit.ly/Iwpv4n
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The Byrds and The Bee Gees
Enter a birthdate, or a celebrity’s name, and it will say what happened the night of conception… with a Spotify playlist to go with it. Craziness. And so smart.
from Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz’s Marketing Blog: http://bit.ly/K7jAoS
A Glass Half Mindful, Half Social
A view of Charlie Rose, and a glass more than half full, from Sebastian Thrun A Glass Half Mindful, Half Social originally published in MediaPost’s Social Media Insider
What if you didn’t need a mobile phone to share content? What if you could share your literal point of view? What if “always on” didn’t just mean an internet connection that was constantly active, but referred to a device...
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April 2012
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