Archive for December, 2009

Bing iPhone Ads On Google

December 31, 2009
Bing iPhone

Bing iPhone Ads on Google

Bing iPhone Ad

Bing iPhone Ad

We’ll Be Back After This Word From Our Sponsor

December 30, 2009
This Word From Our Sponsor

This Word From Our Sponsor

Twitter Nifty Search Queries

December 29, 2009
Twitter Nifty Queries

Twitter Nifty Queries

The Business Prevention Department

December 28, 2009

AT&T’s iPhone Real Time Public Relations Nightmare

December 27, 2009

AT&T has reportedly stopped selling iPhones in New York to limit the smart phones bandwidth consumption on their network.

ATT iPhone 3G

ATT iPhone 3G

Being Sunday night in between major holidays, its unlikely AT&T – a large and sluggish corporate behemoth – is aware what’s happening to their  brand’s reputation in Google’s real time search – let alone

ATT + iPhone

ATT + iPhone

what’s being Tweeted in the Twitterverse.

AT&T Twitter Search

AT&T Twitter Search

Google Search History

December 26, 2009
August 11, 2006 Search History

August 11, 2006 Search History

Crowdsourced Road Conditions on Google Maps

December 25, 2009
Crowd Sourced Road Conditions on Google Maps

Crowd Sourced Road Conditions on Google Maps

Duplicating Twitter Accounts To Drive Page Views?

December 24, 2009

I noticed a bunch of funky Retweets yesterday in my Twitter account.

However, they weren’t true Retweets because each were constructed with RT @ -timcohn which effectively deletes an original Retweeter from appearing in the Retweet stream.

Duplicate Twitter Accounts

Duplicate Twitter Accounts

Each account had a woman’s name along with an attractive picture.

Each account also had the exact same number of Tweets (1952).

Although I have an idea why Retweeters may be stripped from a Retweet  Stream, I have no idea why someone would take the time to duplicate a bunch of Twitter accounts and then send traffic to a wide variety of non related non montizeable sites.

Any ideas?

About Communications

December 23, 2009

I received the following comment from an acquaintance regarding succeeding in the communications field:

Someday over lunch maybe you can enlighten me on how to thrive doing this work.

The following was my short answer to his question.

1. You have to know your audience and how to reach or be reached by them.

2. You have to understand how your solution(s) correspond to their problems.

3. The audience has to trust you and what you say.

4. They have want/need, prefer and pay for what you offer over any of their other alternatives.

What Can Google Do To Help Your Advertising?

December 22, 2009

Apparently the employees at Heartland Publications did not see or answer Google’s ad before they filed for bankruptcy.

Heartland Publications Bankruptcy Google Ad

Heartland Publications Bankruptcy Google Ad

I am not sure Google’s answer would have helped Heartland Publications anyway: “Get in a time machine, disinvent the internet and then sell ads off all the world’s content.”