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Will Online Social Networks Help Rebuild Skittles Brand?

How far would you go to build your brand? Would you turn your website’s homepage into a snaphot of what people are saying about your product via a twitter feed if you knew it would generate buzz and make your website go ...READ»

WEB 2.0   |  1 comment

How to Save Money for a Small Business

Saving money and increasing cash flow as a small business owner and entrepreneur is very important. I've just read a great new ebook by Rieva Lesonsky and Ronan Keane about how to use Web 2.0 and social media websites to do just that!READ»

MARKETING   |  1 comment

Why I’m Qwitting You On Twitter

Twitter is a useful tool, but only if you manage your connections. Here's why I might unfollow you.READ»

Yelp
ETHICS   |  4 comments

Yelp Accused of Shaking Down Restaurants

A few months ago, I wrote about the travails of user-submitted review site Yelp. Now there are new accusations that the site is running a protection racket to try to sell advertising. Small business owners in the Bay Area have ...READ»

Ivan Glickman

The Death of Web 2.0?

The term Web 2.0 is getting a bad wrap these days. Some influential bloggers are tired of hearing the term being thrown around left and right and of people marketing themselves as Web 2.0 experts. On Valentine’s Day TechCrunch ...READ»

Ivan Glickman

Is the Broadband Stimulus Really Worth It?

As negotiations in Congress on the stimulus bill are nearing the final stage, some attention is being given to the parts of the competing bills aimed at increasing access to broadband. The final numbers on the broadband provisions ...READ»

RIA   |  Comment

just checking the site out...

this is a drupal 5 site apparently. I am a drupal 6 developer... just thought I would check out what the drupal jocks have got goingREAD»

Making Money in Open Source

The folks over at Pingdom in their Royal Pingdom Blog have collected the financial information of some of the most popular open source software companies.READ»

Survive (and Thrive!) During these Tough Times with Open Source

Many business executives are looking for more ways to cut costs during these tough times and have a mandate to "do more with less." Open source software fits the bill perfectly as it has little or no upfront costs, licensing flexibility (often times you can install on as many PCs you want and for as much users as you need) , development flexibility (the source code and APIs can be customized, the platform and toolkits are readily available), and the fact that many open source projects actually have better and larger support communities than proprietary products.READ»

Open Source Gaining Ground in Southeast Asia

Read some posts, news items and press releases today about the growing adoption of open source in Southeast Asia:READ»

Exonovation: Leveraging the Innovation of Others

A few weeks back I was invited to attend an executive briefing on open, collaborative, community-based innovation. The speaker was Michael Tiemann, Vice President of Open Source Affairs at Red Hat. He titled his talk "Exonovation," to avoid the connotation the word "innovation", he says, has with internal organizational efforts at innovation. In his talk-he showed how organizations today (including his own company) are able to leverage the innovation of others to create sustainable competitive advantage that benefits not only themselves, but their community and industry ecosystem as a whole as well.READ»

Ivan Glickman
CONGRESS   |  Comment

Congress Jumps on the Web 2.0 Bandwagon

There’s a cultural shift happening on Capitol Hill. Thanks to President Obama and newer Members of Congress who have demonstrated how to successfully connect with supporters using Web 2.0 tools, more and more Congressional Members ...READ»

Taroby :: An Email Dashboard For Entrepreneurs

Taroby is a web 2.0 SaaS based messaging and collaboration suite that enables sharing of email accounts among team members.“Sharing” implies that emails are accessible to all team members working on a particular assignment or ...READ»

Ford Motor Company
FORD   |  2 comments

Can Ford's New Social Media Strategy Help It Become the Leading Social Automotive Brand?

On a December Wednesday morning Scott Monty, Ford Motor Company’s social media strategist (aka Global Digital and Multi-Media Communications Manager) woke up to a potential PR nightmare and it had nothing to do with the bailout. ...READ»

Is your company ready for 'Business User 2.0'?

I've seen the future of business, the 'Business User 2.0'.  It's my 6-year old son.  This might be a horrible case of parental pride but I think he is a great example of the new Generation 2.0 business user. He surfs the ...READ»

Twitter=Friendster

Will Twitter Become The Next Friendster In 2009?

Remember when Friendster was the bee’s knees? Then it was beaten out of the market by MySpace. Facebook and YouTube fever came next. Now it’s Twitter - the micro-blogging platform has revolutionized the way over 3 million monthly ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
INNOVATION   |  Comment

Technology and Social Media Help Fight Tough Times

Times are tough and no matter how bad things get, I believe technology and social media will transform the world. When disaster strikes, people who work in technology and social media jump in and pool their network’s skill sets to ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
INNOVATION   |  Comment

Getting Local: The Future of the Web?

Where do you get your local news these days? With more and more newspapers going bankrupt or cutting staff, it seems like the web is more and more the only place to get info about what's going on in your neighborhood/town/city. Loads ...READ»

Planning: Failure to plan is Planning for failure

We actively collaborate with our clients to create a road map to navigate a direct path to desirable results. Planning has one goal: Determine the exact elements required to achieve the overall strategic goal. The final result ...READ»

Execution: Quality is never an Accident

The centre{source} team of strategists, creatives, developers, web architects, producers, usability designers, project managers, and online specialists interact to deliver a comprehensive strategic plan previously out of reach for ...READ»

Strategy: the science of ensuring future success

An online interactive strategy fosters communication with a call to action for engagement among your guests visiting your web site. The centre{source} team of project planners and web designers carefully examines and implements a precise interactive strategy by listening, researching, and calibrating your needs for results. For every decision involving your online presence, there is a strategic purpose that needs a clear, concise and compelling focus for your objectives. Together, we’ll think through what our recommended deliverables means for you - your brand, budget, customers, prospects, competition, and market. Our focus is defining an interactive strategy for your long-term success. www.centresource.comREAD»

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BLOGS   |  Comment

What do you trust? Do Japanese trust blogs?

Do you think Japanese are more trusting of corporations, company blogs and more trusting in general? If Japanese ARE more trusting, is there really a need for company blogs in Japan (ie. companies or CEOs trying to explain themselves)?READ»

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8 Experts Predict How Web 2.0 Will Evolve In 2009

With the economy in a slump and budgets being cut in traditional print and TV advertising campaigns many will be looking to the Web 2.0 world to reach their constituents. So what should be on your Web 2.0 radar for 2009? Web 2.0 gurus give you the low down.READ»

Considering Mashups in Your Enterprise? Here’s the 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid.

Mashups are a popular topic lately, in both IT and business circles.  Gartner recently named them a ‘Top 10 IT Technology for 2009’.  But if your organization is thinking about ‘getting mashy’, here are five common pitfalls ...READ»

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