Listening to Pandora Yet? (Fun on a Friday)

Have you tried Pandora yet? Pandora is an Internet music station that figures out what kind of music you like and serves you up more of it. They call it the music genome project. As I understand it, they analyze the rhythm, beats, instrumentation, etc., of artists...

Do You Yelp?

One of the most misunderstood social networking sites is Yelp! Is it a social network, a location-based check-in game, or a review site? Well, the answer is “Yes” to all three. Yelp! Is designed to give users the experience of a social network geared at connecting...

Good News for the Economy

Advertising is usually one of the first things businesses cut during a recession and one of the last things they bring back. So it is encouraging to see that overall ad spend was up 8.7% in 3rd quarter 2010. It wasn’t just the Fortune 1,000 driving the growth,...

Facebook By the Numbers

Social media isn’t for every business. But as more and more people log on to Facebook, tweet out every little thing, and broadcast their location with Foursquare, social media is increasingly becoming an important part of the marketing mix for businesses, large...