The New Early-Adopter Addiction: Turntable. Editor’s Note: This guest post written by former TechCrunch writer Steve Poland (@popo).
His last post was Twitter And Facebook Turn Everyone Into An Affiliate Marketer. Signing up for Twitter at South by Southwest 2007, I can remember those feelings of “Wow, this is going to be big.” That instant feeling of knowing you’re seeing the future and the world doesn’t even have a clue yet. It’d be years before my friends would finally take the leap and get their own Twitter accounts (even if I knew Twitter usernames in 2007 were like domain names in 1995). There have been other services I’ve thought would be big, but only one other time in the past four years have I been awe-struck. The third magical “wow” moment just happened this week, and it’s Turntable.fm. I’m an avid music listener.
Turntable is a game changer. The only issue I thought Turntable had was needing to deal with the record labels, but it appears they are licensing the streaming catalog thru MediaNet. The 7 Social Media Marketing Essentials for Brands - TNW Social Media. Social media is changing in front of our eyes.
It’s still a very new discipline but companies and brands are embracing it across the board in a number of ways. It can be easy to become distracted by all the new technologies and some people don’t know where to start or how to make a difference with their social media marketing. With that in mind we wanted to create a list of seven key areas that we think all businesses and brands should be spending their time on. Startups with Co-founders rather than a single founder more likely to succeed - TNW Entrepreneur. Help an entrepreneur; clean his toilet and take out the trash - Entrepreneur. When I’m making dinner for friends they often walk into the kitchen and ask me if they can help with something.
Usually I just say no. The 9 types of online business models; which one do you use? - TNW Entrepreneur. As a follow up to my “7 Types of Entrepreneurs; which one are you?”
Post from yesterday I thought I’d look into business models once more. One of the most popular questions for startups online (and even major ones like Twitter and Facebook) is ‘what is your business model’. 5 months, 45 startup lessons learned - TNW Entrepreneur. Part Two: Best of Boston Startups - TNW United States. Boston, Massachusetts, home to Harvard University, Sam Adams and the Red Sox, has maintained a reputation of excellence and entrepreneurial American spirit since its first epic Tea Party in 1773.
Boston is defined by its universities and its vibrant new marketing space. While New York may lead in PR, buzz and consumer adoption, there is no doubt that Boston breeds great technical talent coming out of its 74 local universities including Harvard University, Boston University, Boston College, Tufts University and MIT. All in all, Boston is home to over 350,000 young, tech savvy students. 6 Excellent Small Business Websites To Learn From. This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
Small businesses are putting an increased focus on improving their websites this year, according to a recent report. With the slew of web design mistakes that small businesses are notorious for making, there is vast room for improvement. For small businesses looking to clean up their websites, here are six quick tips for improvement: Provide a succinct product description and purchasing instructions.Choose a web design that enhances content, rather than distracts from it.If you're asking users to interact with content, opt for a simple call-to-action prompt.Make sure the site is easy to navigate.Drive conversation by choosing engaging topics and asking interesting questions via a corporate blog.Put your service at the forefront.
Don't make users dig for it. Image courtesy of iStockphoto, kemalbas. 5 Young Entrepreneurs to Watch [MASHABLE AWARDS] As part of the ongoing Mashable Awards, we're taking a closer look at each of the nomination categories.
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Why Color May Be The Next Twitter. Love it or loath it, the smartphone app Color is one of the most innovative Web products to have launched this year.
It has a user experience that is as unique and different as Twitter was 5 years ago. This has led to confusion about how to use Color and questions about its value. In this post we look at the early uses of Color and analyze its chances of emulating the success of Twitter. Color launched last month in a whirl of hype, mostly due to the eye-opening $41 million prelaunch funding. But since then, the user experience has been the center of focus. What is Color, Again? Color enables you to share "photos, videos and conversations" with a group of people who are at the same location as you. Color Complexities: It’s Not Just a Photo Sharing Application.
Color photo-sharing app takes social networking to an amazing, terrifying new place.