Dang, I like Mashable… Right-On Benard! – 4 Emerging Trends of the Real-Time Web >>>
There is a lot of hype surrounding the real-time web, and much of the feeding frenzy reminds me of the RSS space four years ago — though there is a lot of potential, there is also a lot of noise. How do you navigate through it all and which developments should you be paying attention to? What are the emerging trends for companies and entrepreneurs to watch for? Here are four real-time web trends that I’m tracking. >>> Bernard Moon
Mashable:
http://mashable.com/2009/10/29/real-time-web-trends/
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Twitter Cluelessness, "if you’re wondering if you’re about to do something clueless" >>>
"Generally, if you’re wondering if you’re about to do something clueless, just don’t do it. This is because people might not know that you’re clueless, but if you do these things, you’ll remove all doubt. However, the last rule, and the most important, is this: Don’t be afraid to break these rules. Like I said, there is no right and wrong on Twitter. There’s only what works for you and what doesn’t." >>> Guy Kawasaki
American Express:http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/the-world/article/twitter-cluelessness-guy-kawasaki Nick Nicholls
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What Customers Really Want this Holiday Season – Are You Engaging Customers Online with Internet Marketing Best Practices? >>>
Online presence is more important than ever before, so use it. According to survey results released this month by MarketLive and the E-Tailing Group and reported by Web Pro News, 55% of people plan to shop online during the holiday season this year, up from 49% last year. Also, 26% of shoppers plan to buy more gifts online than in previous years, up from 21% in 2008. Tap into the 88% of online shoppers who continue to do so because of great customer service, the availability of difficult-to-find items…
American Express >>> http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/money/article/what-customers-want-for-the-holidays-julia-rogers Nick Nichollswww.YourWebInConcert.com
Not Sharing Means "You Simply Don't Exist" Online – Where "Attention is the New Currency,"
Privacy is dead, and social media holds the smoking gun >>>
Social-media interaction may come at the expense of our privacy, but not sharing means “you simply don’t exist” online, according to Pete Cashmore, CEO of Mashable. Cashmore profiles emerging social tools that will help capture every moment in our lives online. “We’re living at a time when attention is the new currency,” he explains. “Those who insert themselves into as many channels as possible look set to capture the most value. They’ll be the richest, the most successful, the most connected, capable and influential among us.”
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/10/28/cashmore.online.privacy/
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Los Angeles adopts Google e-mail system for 30,000 city employees – Let Me Show You How to Leverage All of the Web for Your Business
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to outsource its e-mail system to Google Inc., making it the largest city in the nation to make the move and handing the Web search giant a major victory in its quest to become a software provider to the world's cities and businesses. > David Sarno — LA Times
10 of the Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs – Great Usable List!!!
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Success – Double Your Rate of Failure… Faced with Failure, Stayed in Motion
Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure — or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you will find success. > Tom Watson, the founder of IBM
Trust is the New Black… Craigslist gets more traffic than either eBay or Amazon .com >>>
Craigslist gets more traffic than either eBay or Amazon .com. eBay has more than 16,000 employees. Amazon has more than 20,000. Craigslist has 30. Craigslist may have little to teach us about how to make decisions, but that's not the aspect of democracy that concerns Newmark most. He cares about the details, about executing all the little obvious things we'd like government to do. "I'm not interested in politics, I'm interested in governance," he says. "Customer service is public service."
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Study Reveals Local Search Changing with Interactive Media, Indicates Consumer Search Behavior and Media Usage Trends
Major Findings Show Mobile Search Continues to Grow, Demand Driven by Younger Consumers
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Unfinished Symphony: What we don't know about the future of the Internet
This speech was given to the American stakeholders interested in the United Nations Internet Governance Forum. It explores four major areas of uncertainty whose resolution will shape the future of the internet.
Oct 2, 2009
at Internet Governance Forum – U.S. stakeholders
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