Entries from December 2008

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Craftster.Org Picked By TrendHunter.Com

TrendHunter.Com has published it’s predictions for 2009 and in the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) category has picked top crafting sites Craftster and Etsy to pick up further growth as people move to more cottage industries in this economy. Both Craftster and Etsy have distinguished themselves as premier online communities in the craft category.
Craftster [...]

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Amazon Reports Best Christmas Ever

Amazon.Com has released news that it’s 14th Christmas selling season was it’s best ever.  Amazon.com did not release exact sales numbers, but provided some stunning numbers of items ordered:
- Strongest day of the season was December 15 with a total of 6.3 million items ordered – or almost 73 items every second.
- Between November 15 [...]

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Merry Christmas To All

Remembering especially our Troops who are away from their families and in danger this day.  A special Merry Christmas to the family members of our Armed Services who are celebrating without their loved ones.   Remembering family members and friends who have passed on and the wonderful Christmas memories we have of them too…you are with [...]

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

The Internet’s 100 Oldest Dot-Com Domains

The Internet’s been around in some form for decades. It wasn’t until the mid-80s, though, that the Web as we know it started coming together — and those precious dot-com domains started getting snatched up.
I bet you are thinking Google, eBay, Amazon, Yahoo…throw in some oldies like Lycos, Excite, GeoCities, Tripod…forget about it.  We are [...]

Friday, December 19th, 2008

RatePoint Honored by Inc Magazine For Leadership In Reputation Management

Reputation Management is the process of:
1. Tracking an entity’s actions and others opinions about those actions;
2. Reporting on those actions and opinions;
3. Reacting to that report creating a feedback loop.
The tracking and reporting may range from word-of-mouth to statistical analysis from thousands of data points. Reputation management has always been important [...]

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Walking In A Winter Wonderland

This will get you in the Holiday spirit thanks Aimmee Mann and John Krasinski.

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

World Economic Forum Uses Social Media Tools

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is using several social media tools to promote and coordinate discussion for its annual meeting in Davos-Klosters in January 2009.

WEF has launched tools on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, a wiki, as well as a photo group on Flickr. The tools invite web users to discuss key issues on the [...]

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Year in review: Apple’s iPhone takes off

In 2008, Apple arrived as a full-fledged smartphone company, and the Mac gained share. Both put the company in great financial shape.
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Monday, December 15th, 2008

Camera Buyer Survey Shows Influence Of Blogs And Social Media

According to the Fall 2008 Ad-ology Media Influence on Consumer Choice survey, over 80% of recent camera buyers 25 to 34 years old reported some or significant influence by online user-generated content including blogs and product reviews. The survey also found that 42.8% of this age group and 45.7% of 35 to 44 year [...]

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Holiday Swapping @ SwapTree.Com

SwapTree.Com was introduced to me earlier this year as a cool way to swap books, cds, dvd or games. This Boston-based company has built an impressive engine to enable the swapping of these items. I have engaged in numerous trades with other community members for the simple cost of postage. It [...]