Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Joining Conversation @ Inbound Marketing Summit

I am really pleased to be joining the conversation at the Inbound Marketing Summit.  I will join a number of key inbound marketing experts and practitioners at the summit that include Chris Brogan, Justin Levy, Bernie Borges (author Marketing 2.0), Neil Creighton (CEO RatePoint), Jason Falls (author of SocialMediaExplorer.Com), Brian Halligan (Co-Founder & CEO HubSpot), [...]

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Jeff Bennett Blog – Top July 2009 Posts

1. Runkeeper Top Ten iPhone App
2. Attended TEDxBoston
3. “Marketing 2.0″ Added To Jeff Bennett Blog Reading List
4. Power of Nature
5. Boston New “Hub of Marketing”
6. NameMedia Niche Media Sites On The Move
7. SwapTree Featured In Time Magazine Cheapskate Blog
8. RunKeeper iPhone Outruns Nike+
9. These Folks Need HubSpot
10. [...]

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Boston The New Hub Of Marketing

There is a fundamental shift occurring in the way we pursue marketing.   Gone are the days that a cool 30-second television spot or nifty jingle on the radio would monopolize a companies marketing program.  These remain brand building channels but it is not possible to drive efficient action from these channels or campaigns…a visit to [...]

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

NameMedia Niche Sites On The Move

NameMedia’s network of niche web sites was in the #1 spot in the comScore Top 10 Gaining Web Sites for June 2009!
The NameMedia network includes many niche web sites that include:  Photography.Com, Photo.Net, Gardens.Com, DavesGarden.Com, Tarot.Com, DailyHoroscope.Com, Geek.Com, Stampers.Com, Craftster.Org, RockClimbing.Com and many more.
NameMedia bested popular sites Southwest Airlines, Tagged.Com, Mozilla, Xacti, Disney, SheKnows and GameStop [...]

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Jeff Bennett Blog – Top June 2009 Posts

June 29, 2009 – Place For Technology In Education
June 28, 2009 – You Can Have Your HP Calculator On Your iPhone
June 21, 2009 – New England Innovation Events For The Week
June 18, 2009 – Expert Bloggers Debate New iPhone or Software Upgrade
June 17, 2009 – Internet & Marketing $28B Industry to New England
June 16, 2009 [...]

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

NameMedia Curates

Venture Beat reported on a the expansion of an alliance between NameMedia and Loud3r.  At NameMedia we are deploying a segmented strategy for developing our domains into media properties.  These segments include Direct Search, eCommerce, Social Media and Niche Media.  We own nearly one million domains so we have lots of real estate to develop.  Segmentation [...]

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

New England Innovation Month

We have alot of innovation happening in New England.  It is great to celebrate all of this and bring awareness with “New England Innovation Month” in June.  You can check out the line up of events across the region at the  New England Innovation web site.
I was honored to participate in the MITX Awards as [...]

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Boston Is Sports Heaven

Boston sports fans have nothing to complain about.  In the last decade the Patriots, Red Sox and Celtics have given us six championships and many runs in the playoffs.  There is overwhelming sentiment with the Bruins as they are having their best season in many wiht a real team oriented approach to hockey.  This era [...]

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

NHL Scores With Twitter

The NHL kicked off their use of Twitter with a “Tweetup” celebration on the opening night of the NHL playoffs on April 15.  That night over 100 Twitter personas gathered at the NHL Store in New York to watch playoff games.  The NHL Tweet Up generated activity on Twitter for over 230,000 followers.
I contend that [...]

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Time To End Non-Competes In Massachusetts

Massachusetts is blessed as the home of some of the worlds best universities.  Thousands flock to our region to be educated.  Thousands more utilize this ecosystem to conduct breakthrough research.  We also are home to what has been a vibrant venture capital community.  These should be the ingredients for robust innovation.  There are many drivers [...]