08
2008
Goodness Gracious, Great Blogs of Fire!
Hubspot featured a guest article from SEO Consultant and Web-Based Analyst Tadeusz Szewczyk about Mixx versus Digg, Reddit and Propeller. According to the article, “…social media mavens and early adopters are in a frenzy to either hail Mixx as the new, new thing in social news sites or dismiss it altogether. So there is a tremendous buzz around Mixx.�
The importance of measuring website action came across on Dianna Huff’s post on How to Tell if Your Site Doesn’t Suck, listing viable tools other than the infamous Technorati. The information provided is very useful, especially for clients.
Faster Future argues the notion that social platforms such as Facebook provide too much personal information versus the simplicity of Twitter – where the interaction is only a conversation you make of your own, and privacy settings need not be made. “In twitter the process of becoming a friend is as simple as clicking that person’s ‘follow’ button. Once you’ve done this you have the opportunity to see every microblog micropost from your new ‘friend’ in real time.â€?
The wealthy engage in web 2.0 also! PRoactive provides information from The Luxury Institute’s latest WealthSurvey stating that “wealthy consumers (average income 287K and net worth just over $2 million) are flocking to social networks.�
The Buzz Bin is not the only one dishing about SPAM. Adam Senovitz also discusses SPAM, but in the blogosphere with MGM’s promotion DVD comments. Modern Marketing discusses why anti-spam works.
Movie Marketing Madness blogs about how Esurance and Warner Brother’s Speed Racer are collaborating for marketing sake. Combining a movie about driving very fast with insurance is a marketer’s dream pair. The duo even threw in a sweepstakes to win a trip to the movie premiere along with other prizes.


Dianna Huff Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Thanks for the plug, Marinel!
David Cushman Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Hi Marinel, thank you for linking to my post. I’m intersted in hearing from anyone who has some contribution to the conversation around the notion that reliance on private data is a handicap in the networked world. Thanks for pointing. best dc
Marinel Mones Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Dianna: Thank you for those helpful tools!
David: You’re welcome. I really enjoyed your post! I am a big fan of Facebook, but quickly learning Twitter and I do agree with you. The conversation on Twitter is much easier. Thanks!
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