Avoid Car Accidents With Augmented Reality
January 30, 2010 · Categories: Augmented Reality, Mobile Marketing, Technology, Trends, Video · View Comments
An augmented reality system that makes walls transparent could prevent road accidents. Found at YouTube from newscientistvideo.
Search Engine Optimization For Newspapers Presentation
January 28, 2010 · Categories: Analytics, Conference/Event, Keyword Research, Link Building, Minnesota, Online Behavior, Online Journalism, Search Engine Marketing, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking, Web Design/Development · View Comments
This is the presentation I gave today for the Minnesota Newspapers Association conference in Bloomington. Here’s a link to the power searches I promised (basic, advanced, power searches) and another link to the Newspaper SEO tips.
Newspaper SEO
January 28, 2010 · Categories: Keyword Research, Link Building, Local Internet Marketing, Online Communication, Online Journalism, Search Engine Marketing, Web Design/Development · View Comments
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Google Including Google Trends Charts In Search Results
January 27, 2010 · Categories: Analytics, Internet Marketing News, Keyword Research, Marketing Trends, Online Advertising, Search Engine Marketing, Trends · View Comments
Just came across this today: Google is including Google Trends charts within the search results pages for currently hot searches. When I tried later in the day, though, the chart didn’t appear. Looks like Google is testing this.
But why include the charts? Is this an attempt by Google to teach the broader public about [...]
Apple iPad Hands-On Demonstration
January 27, 2010 · Categories: Conference/Event, Internet Marketing News, Marketing Trends, Mobile Marketing, Online Communication, Technology, Trends, Video · View Comments
Here’s a hands-on demonstration of Apple’s new iPad tablet computer. Found at YouTube from parislemon via TechCrunch.
Google Nexus One Smartphone Unboxing…Ninja Style
January 25, 2010 · Categories: Citizen Marketing/Branding, Consumer Generated Media, Online Advertising, Online PR, Video · View Comments
This sure looks like it should be an official Google ad for the Nexus One but it appears to be just some super-talented animator showing off his stuff. Found at YouTube from PatrickBoivin via Julio Ojeda-Zapata’s Your Tech Weblog.
Minnesota Monday – Communications Bloggers Posts From Last Week
Interesting posts from Minnesota communications bloggers for the week ending 1/24/10. Culled from the Minnesota Social Media Bloggers FriendFeed room. Julio Ojeda-Zapta blogs about Norm Coleman dropping out of the Minnesota Gubernatorial race via Facebook then follows up with a Sunday front page piece with a quote from yours truly Christopher Lower posts a PR/Social Media case study [...]Facebook How To: “Retweet” Feature Demonstration
January 23, 2010 · Categories: Conversational Marketing, Internet Branding, Internet Marketing News, Lifestreaming, Micromarketing, Online Communication, Social Networking, Tagging, Technology, Video · View Comments
Facebook keeps adding new Twitter features, the most recent being the ability to effectively “retweet” content that appears in your live or news feeds. The significant element of this new feature as a marketing utility is the fact that the feature source-stamps the content, so something I post personally that is shared by someone else, [...]
Using Status Updates To Announce Your Unemployment – Interview Notes
January 21, 2010 · Categories: Interview Notes, Lifestreaming, Micromarketing, Reputation Management, Social Networking, Trends · View Comments
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Augmented Reality Building
January 20, 2010 · Categories: Augmented Reality, Local Internet Marketing, Marketing Trends, Micromarketing, Mobile Marketing, Technology, Trends, Video · View Comments
This building in Japan features a QR code on the outside facade that lets people take a picture of the 2D barcode and get sent to the building’s website.
An iPhone app lets users see an augmented reality layer over the building, showing the the building’s stores, their sales/promotions, and tweets from within the building. Found [...]




