Today in addition to covering a couple of stories we talk about marketing opportunities. What got me thinking about this was in our efforts for us to internally create a digital marketing plan we ignored the most obvious choice for engagement. It wasn’t because we didn’t know better, I believe it was because it was [...]

First is a post I mention about Walt Disney. Great read and told in a story fashion. Check it out. Next is news from AOL that got me thinking about localization and verticalization and your opportunity. With a new niche trade media initiative, AOL is aiming for an enterprise version of what occurs through Facebook [...]

Today we have an update on Google Tags, CPI or cost per install for applications, and how drawing can help get to the heart of what you really feel. First story comes from Harvard Business Review on how focus groups are starting to go back to their early years of schooling: One solution to this [...]

Does the latest change from Google help local search? If so what should you do about it? CNET has now released some data, as it compiled about 100,000 Google results, testing Google.com in March, and then last week, just after the new update. The data reflects earlier reported data from SearchMetrics in terms of news [...]

On average, 55% of the visitors to locally oriented news and information Web sites are neither local nor loyal, but instead are readers from outside of the market and “fly-bys” unlikely to return frequently, according to a new study from Borrell Associates. More here. The US Government has yet again shuttered several domain names this [...]

Facebook is currently testing a new feature called “Buy With Friends,” which allows users to get discounts on virtual goods purchased by their friends. More from Mashable. Local search results are getting increasingly important, but how do we influence these results? How do you rank number one for a competitive and lucrative term like [hotel [...]

Today we cover AI news of the future, local competition for google, and a great term “Mind-type”. The emergence of artificial intelligence is to transform the Internet industry and social networking over the next decade, Russia’s leading web tycoon said in an interview on Tuesday. More here. Google is continuing its push toward nabbing local [...]

What would the end of the  year be with out a predictions show? Today we talk about new media predictions for 2011 or Twenty Eleven if you prefer. Here is what we cover on the show: Mobile will be huge and change purchasing behavior Local will get bigger and by the end of the year [...]

Bing’s latest updates is a sure to be talked about feature that lets people “step inside” some local listings by looking through photos of the interior of an establishment; it’s powered by local startup EveryScape, which has been charging small businesses across the U.S. to build 3D, photo-realistic panoramas of their physical locations. Users will [...]

A bunch of folks over at Google find themselves in this situation nearly every time they visit their families around this time of year. That’s why they’ve launched TeachParentsTech.org, a “tech support care package” that’s meant to help kids teach parents about computer basics. More from Mashable and visit the site TeachParentsTech.org. As more and [...]