From the monthly archives: July 2009

Youtube Edges Closer to TV Numbers and TV Money with Wedding Dance

By On July 30, 2009 · 6 Comments

Google put up a blog post today about how they monetized the viral video hit Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz’s wedding party dance(below). This video was posted on July 16th and has generated over 12 million hits in 2 weeks.

TV Numbers

For some perspective, the highest rated American prime time TV [...]

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The Invisible Twitter

By On July 27, 2009 · 8 Comments

So almost 3 months ago, Twitter tried to quietly implement a “small settings update“. There was outrage, a #fixreplies revolt, and a #ductape solution.

The Invisible Twitter n. – The content users miss since Twitter stopped showing all  @ replies

I doubt most people still realize how the @ [...]

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Why I Travel To Conferences Last Minute

By On July 22, 2009 · 4 Comments

So, as I scramble around my room this morning to throw a few items in a suitcase for the #Blogher conference in Chicago this weekend (big thanks to Whrrl for giving me a free ticket), I am starting to see a pattern.

I have been to 4 conferences this year, Blogher [...]

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How I Filter The Noise, Wayne Sutton

By On July 21, 2009 · 13 Comments

Wayne Sutton is an entrepreneur, strategist, and producer who blogs at SocialWayne.com. He is also co-founder of OurHashtag, a community and technology event company.

Some describe noise as irrelevant content in reference to a subject matter when looking at data in a particular channel. Noise can be spam. Noise can be [...]

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Your Blog As A Beer Tasting

By On July 20, 2009 · 3 Comments

I’m thrilled to see North Carolina is on the verge of approving a bill that will “permit beer companies to hold tasting sessions in food stores.”

I hope it raises the level of the beer culture in this blue law heavy state. And who doesn’t want to taste a good beer in the grocery [...]

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