January 2012
38 posts
Links for 2012-01-25 [del.icio.us]
LEGO® CUUSOO | Home
LEGO community to crowdsource recommendations for next lego sets - pretty amazing that they’re going to create a Minecraft edition because of this
Likes! for iPhone and Android
Another Facebook app to try - seems similar to MicroStrategy’s Wisdom app:
Likes! sorts your Facebook friends’ favorite places, people, and things.
from Marketers Studio - David...
Links for 2012-01-24 [del.icio.us]
Udacity - Educating the 21st Century
New online education platform - “We believe university-level education can be both high quality and low cost. Using the economics of the Internet, we’ve connected some of the greatest teachers to hundreds of thousands of students all over the world. “
Neiio Contact
A new contact management site. Not sure if I need or want this, but some...
Instant RFP in Jeopardy at Social Media Insider...
image of four great presenters and a moderator talking too much courtesy of Drew Neisser via Foursquare
Instant RFP in Jeopardy originally published in MediaPost’s Social Media Insider Summit
Florida is one of our more unpredictable states. The weather, the voting patterns, and the Florida Marlins can constantly surprise the locals, and there aren’t many other places where you can...
Links for 2012-01-23 [del.icio.us]
Cardcloud - Your online business card
An online business card - I’ve tried a lot of these and haven’t stuck with them but will give this a shot
buzzdoes - Effective App Distribution Tool | Mobile Apps SDK for iOS & Android
Startup designed to incorporate reward marketing into mobile apps:
Turn your app users into your app distributors!
buzzdoes is a word-of-mouth marketing tool...
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TripIt's Questionable Billing Practices Tarnish...
I’ve been a big fan of TripIt for years, logging more than 292,000 miles of trips through the travel service that organizes travel plans into useful itineraries easily accessible via mobile devices. My enthusiasm for them was greatly diminished though recently due to their billing practices and clear lack of understanding why what they’re doing is wrong.
Some time ago, I received a...
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Links for 2012-01-21 [del.icio.us]
Star Wars Uncut
The feature length Star Wars Uncut, reshot by fans in 15 second increments, is online in full now
from Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz’s Marketing Blog: http://bit.ly/yjdQA9
Links for 2012-01-20 [del.icio.us]
Trending RecordSetter World Records
Come up with your own world records to set and vote on others
evly - social media crowdsourcing crowdfunding platform - innovation, idea generation, problem solving on evly.com
Yay, another crowdsourcing platform
JunoWallet - Mobile Wallet for the Smartphone
This app has gotten some traction lately, according to VentureBeat: JunoWallet allows you to get...
Links for 2012-01-19 [del.icio.us]
Protect IP Act Senate whip count - OpenCongress Wiki
Great look at Senators and their stances on PIPA
Rebrick
It’s been awhile since I’ve checked out a branded community, but LEGO is clearly doing a great job with its own social network.
from Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz’s Marketing Blog: http://bit.ly/xQc1l4
Links for 2012-01-18 [del.icio.us]
Photo editor online / free image editing direct in your browser - Pixlr.com
It’s basically a free, web-based version of PhotoShop - really useful
from Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz’s Marketing Blog: http://bit.ly/wccxuB
Links for 2012-01-17 [del.icio.us]
Pinterest Users To Follow
Good list, via Kaleidoscope
from Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz’s Marketing Blog: http://bit.ly/xhmzg6
CES 2012 - Consumer Electronics Show →
Consumer Electronics Show 2012 in Las Vegas, NV
The Chosen Media
“Now therefore, if You will obey our voices, and keep our covenant, then social media shall be a special treasure to us above all media. For You are holy media to us, and we have chosen You to be our treasured media from all other media on the face of the Earth.” – The Gospel of Zuckerberkowitz 3:16, shamelessly bastardized from Biblical passages cited in Wikipedia
Social media has clearly...
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Links for 2012-01-13 [del.icio.us]
Can Reddit Turn Its Popularity into a Big Business? | Digiday
“To even think the client should be on Reddit is not your standard media buy,” David Berkowitz, vp of emerging media at digital agency 360i, said. “You have to know the site inside and out; you have to search the site for anything said about the client’s products, anything remotely in that ballpark.”
from Marketers Studio - David...
Links for 2012-01-12 [del.icio.us]
Five Key Things to Know About CES | DigitalNext: A Blog on Emerging Media and Technology - Advertising Age
Now that the Consumer Electronics Show succeeded in attracting the attention of many of the world’s leading brands, it might be difficult for the event to live up to marketers’ expectations. That’s because there are two things that don’t matter at CES: the consumer...
Presenting CES: Consumer Electronics Socialization
I’m just getting started with post-CES recaps, and I’ve got two that came out today. In Advertising Age, I shared “Five Key Things to Know about CES.” It’s a guide for marketers that may prove useful when digesting CES 2012 and planning for the 2013 event.
In MediaPost’s Social Media Insider, presented below, I take a little bit of a lighter approach that...
Links for 2012-01-11 [del.icio.us]
Room Key
New hotel search engine launched by 6 major chains
Voxer
Mobile chat app getting about 200K downloads/daily according to TechCrunch - similar to Nextel walkie talkie mode
Whole Foods Market (wholefoods) on Pinterest
Martha Stewart (marthastewart) on Pinterest
westelm (westelm) on Pinterest
Bergdorf Goodman (bergdorfs) on Pinterest
TODAY (todayshow) on Pinterest
Travel Channel...
Kickstarter - Olly: The web connected smelly... →
Just backed this
Links for 2012-01-09 [del.icio.us]
CEPulse - Beta
Consumer Electronics Show buzz
Intersquares
Really cool app to connect with friends to see which locations you’ve checked into at the same time on Foursquare
from Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz’s Marketing Blog: http://bit.ly/yv8olF
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Links for 2012-01-08 [del.icio.us]
WowWee® - Astonishing Imagination.
Robotics toy maker with new launches at CES 2012.
Via VentureBeat:
At the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas, WowWee is showing off more of its recently introduced App Gear line, extending the idea of connecting apps with traditional toys to create something called Amplified Reality. You can expect to see a lot more of this blending of real-world...
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Links for 2012-01-04 [del.icio.us]
Adonit
Stylus and keyboard accessories for the iPad
PunchUp - loyalty with every swipe
Haven’t tried this yet (I don’t think it’s anywhere I eat) but one more entrant here to check out: Earn rewards just by paying. PunchUp lets you earn points from your linked cards everywhere you shop.
TouristEye | The most powerful travel guide ever for web, iPhone and Android
A new...
Links for 2012-01-03 [del.icio.us]
Games | Red Robot Labs - Life is Crime
Home of Life is Crime, the addictive location-based version of Mafia Wars
Virtual to Reality | QR LIVING
So stupid - QR code bracelets that basically look like hospital wristbands. But they’re in 3 colors! Ugggggh
QR Code Maker Generator Free Plus Custom Design Logos MLS Listing Realtor
Wordnik: All the Words
A great aggregator of definitions and...
So-Called Predictions For A Social 2012
So-Called Predictions For A Social 2012
originally published in MediaPost’s Social Media Insider
I used to really like reading and writing prediction roundups this time of year. Then I started reading and writing them. They all tend to include most or all of the following elements:
1) Predictions based on events or trends that already happened in the previous year (Facebook’s...
December 2011
37 posts
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Links for 2011-12-29 [del.icio.us]
Watch instantly, rent or buy movies online, on DVD & Blu-ray, in theaters, or on demand - Watch It
Find out when/where your movies are available to watch
Academic Earth | Online Courses | Academic Video Lectures
A pretty amazing collection of course videos
LEAD digital: New Yorker Digitalexperte: Google+ bietet Brands große Vorteile
Facebook fürs Private. Google + für Brands: So sieht...
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A Social 2011 in Review
10 Mobile Social Trends for 2012 and Beyond: Customer Engagement Technology World 2011 Keynote
View more presentations from David Berkowitz
Mobile social media was a big trend for 2011. And aren’t you glad not to see a Weiner picture here?
A Social 2011 in Review originally published in MediaPost’s Social Media Insider
Where did 2011 go? How did Pinterest, Bo.lt, and Sonar change...
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Links for 2011-12-23 [del.icio.us]
Dotti!
Pretty cool disposable camera app for iPhone/Android: For only $4.99 we’ll develop your prints and deliver them to your door. ($5.99 outside the USA)
5 Ways to Go Mobile With Your Message | LifeHealthPro
Interactive TV. According to digital marketing expert David Berkowitz, “Almost all mobile Internet users access their mobile devices while watching TV, and most of that activity...
Links for 2011-12-22 [del.icio.us]
American Express - Naughty or Nice
Fun use of AR built into gift tags
Just hold up a gift with its Talking Tag and
it will sprout lips, clear its throat and
tell you how you’ve behaved over the past year. You can also print and send your own
Talking Tags.
from Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz’s Marketing Blog: http://bit.ly/rBGyHy
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