The top news and views on what's new and interesting in digital marketing for Jul 2, 2009

Chris Brogan

Hacking the Bejeweled Blitz Game on Facebook

Submitted 180 days 2 hours ago
I started playing the Facebook social game, Bejeweled Blitz, several weeks ago. It’s a fun game, with the object to line up colored balls in a row to score points. You are provided 60 seconds to line them up. The more balls you line up that are white, blue, yellow, brown, red, or green; the... More »

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AriWriter

Hacking the Bejeweled Blitz Game on Facebook

Submitted 180 days 2 hours ago
I started playing the Facebook social game, Bejeweled Blitz, several weeks ago. It’s a fun game, with the object to line up colored balls in a row to score points. You are provided 60 seconds to line them up. The more balls you line up that are white, blue, yellow, brown, red, or green; the... More »

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Chris Brogan

Why I and Pobody Else is Nerfect

Submitted 180 days 5 hours ago
I don’t recall the class or the circumstance, but I remember a middle school teacher telling me, “Pobody is nerfect.” The phrase stuck. Three months ago, in response to best practices on why it’s important to monitor your name online, I called out Forrester Research... More »

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AriWriter

Why I and Pobody Else is Nerfect

Submitted 180 days 5 hours ago
I don’t recall the class or the circumstance, but I remember a middle school teacher telling me, “Pobody is nerfect.” The phrase stuck. Three months ago, in response to best practices on why it’s important to monitor your name online, I called out Forrester Research... More »

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Chris Brogan

On the GPL, Themes, Plugins & Free.

Submitted 180 days 8 hours ago
So, we've finally got an official word on this, the one sentence summary by Matt reads: PHP in WordPress themes must be GPL, artwork and CSS may be but are not required. Ok, so that's the final truth, because the Software Freedom Law Center (who are of course absolutely NOT partial in this, even... More »

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Chris Brogan

Tweet This: Twitter Trademarks Tweets ΓΆ„ΒΆ

Submitted 180 days 9 hours ago
Credit One of the more interesting, albeit not necessarily press-stopping, stories making the rounds in the blogosphere and Twitterverse currently is sure to make you scratch your head or raise your eyebrow in bewilderment. Twitter officially applied to trademark “Tweet” on April 16,... More »

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PR 2.0

Tweet This: Twitter Trademarks Tweets ΓΆ„ΒΆ

Submitted 180 days 9 hours ago
Credit One of the more interesting, albeit not necessarily press-stopping, stories making the rounds in the blogosphere and Twitterverse currently is sure to make you scratch your head or raise your eyebrow in bewilderment. Twitter officially applied to trademark “Tweet” on April 16,... More »

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Copyblogger

How to Write an Ebook that Sells in 2009

Submitted 180 days 12 hours ago
You’ll see one theme come up again and again on Copyblogger. If you want to create real revenue with your blog, you need to have something worthwhile to sell. Most sites are disappointed by the nickels and dimes that come in from advertising. If your site gets massive amounts of traffic, it... More »

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Future Now's Marketing Optimization Blog

They Did It, Did You?

Submitted 180 days 12 hours ago
Too many marketers think that great marketing comes from that “fabulous” idea or from the next shiny new object that captures people’s attention. The truth is, occasionally it does happen. However, just as Thomas Edison tried 10,000 times to make his “fabulous” idea... More »

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Future Now's Marketing Optimization Blog

Top 10 Online Retailers by Conversion Rate: May 2009

Submitted 180 days 12 hours ago
Here are the top 10 converting websites for May 2009*. These are based on Nielson Panel data and are calculated by user to final conversion. Conversion-rate data is based on visitor conversion rates, not session conversion rates: i.e., No. of unique customers/No. of unique visitors. 1. ProFlowers... More »

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DigitalNext - Advertising Age

Earned Media: Is No Chatter Worse Than Negative Chatter?

Submitted 180 days 13 hours ago
While we discuss how earned media is an output of the combination of paid media and owned media, I think the simplification of the three terms has made a mess out of the expectations of clients everywhere. More »

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Six Pixels of Separation

Six Podcasts You Should Listen To

Submitted 180 days 15 hours ago
In all of the fuss to rush to Twitter or fawn over some viral videos on YouTube, there's a subtle and ever-growing audio platform that seems to have lost some its lustre in terms of public excitement, but continues to grow in terms of loyal audience. Podcasting continues to be one of the best... More »

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Chris Brogan

Glynne Soaps- Beer-Flavored Soap and Online Presence

Submitted 180 days 16 hours ago
That soap in the picture came from Glynne Soaps, who evidently knew that I stunk. This one was a soap made partially from the biproduct of beer, and yet, it was very clean and wonderful. They also gave me a bar of Bug Off soap, which supposedly keeps the bugs away. (I didn’t really More »

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Conversation Agent

Right Place, Right Time - Free

Submitted 180 days 20 hours ago
One of the things that you probably learned by hanging out with me here at Conversation Agent is that I tend to bring together a lot of ideas in a short space, show you how those ideas are connected, and why you need to care. But, here's the thing, you care only if I catch you in the right frame... More »

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Seth Godin's Blog

The purpose of a book cover

Submitted 180 days 21 hours ago
(and I think it works for lots of products)Is the purpose of the cover to sell books, to accurately describe what's in the book, or to tee up the reader so the book has maximum impact?The third.It's the third because if the book has maximum impact, then word of mouth is created, and word of mouth... More »

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