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Entries from October 2008

Brownstoner

October 31st, 2008 · No Comments

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Brownstoner.com is a blog about New York real estate.  This article in the New York Observer describes its founding by Jonathan Butler, a native New Yorker, and his decision to quit his investment banking job to pursue Brownstoner as an entrepreneurial venture. Another NYTimes article describes the state of New York real estate blogs, [...]

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WomenRespondToPalin

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

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Women Respond To Palin
This site was conceived, planned, developed, and launched in a very short period of time (<1 month), in part due to the time constraints mandated by the 2008 U.S. Presidential election schedule.
Project organizers, Kathryn Jones and Charlie Oliver, and technical lead, Ronald Bradford are all Ultra Light Startups members.

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ZeFrank / ColorWars

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

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ZeFrank.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_Frank
ColorWars
TheShow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_show_with_zefrank
These are MovableType sites (unconfirmed)

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“Top 5″ Event Lists for Online Marketers!

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

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It is very important to stay up to date on local events if you’re in the Online Marketing space. One of my first jobs since my promotion at AC Lion was to create a targetted, detailed list of new york local and west-coast based events. These sites serve as potential advertising opportunities for events we [...]

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GMail For Mobile Phones is #1 Viral Video!

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

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“Viral Video of The Day” is part of this blogs timely Friday Tradition, as provided by my friends at ViralVideoChart.com.  They  marked an interesting #1 video for today.  So for all of you marketers and mobile junkies out there obsessed with your PDA and e-mail, you’ll love todays Viral Video of The Day:
Introducing Gmail for [...]

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Dynamic E-mail Signatures for Gmail,Yahoo!, AOL & Hotmail

October 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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WiseStamp Signatures

This article is relevant for all of you who use the signature function in Outlook. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, ever notice when you get a professional e-mail, the signature will have a company logo, colors, links, etc. And until recently, the top 4 free Email Service Providers [...]

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Valuable Benchmarking During Financial Crisis!

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

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e-benchmarking.org (Benchmarking Procedure)

This week I learned the true value of “Benchmarking”. Considering our current financial crisis, it is important to understand the true need for Benchmarking. According to WikiPedia, “Benchmarking is the process of comparing the cost, time or quality of what one organization does against what another organization does. The result is often a [...]

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Why I Blog? B/C Everybody Else Is!

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

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eMareter.com Blogger Stats

Sticking to the theme of this blog, I feel it is necessary to explain why I even bother blogging. Technorati sponsored a survey of bloggers in July-August 2008 only to determine, as their CEO Richard Jalichandra says it best: “Blogs are now mainstream media.” So there’s your answer!
According to Paul Verna, Sr. [...]

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How to pick an ATS and CRM for your company?

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

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My company, AC Lion, recently assigned me the task of finding a new Applicant Tracking System and Customer Relationship Management software. The ATS and CRM systems are a MUST for any staffing company of ANY size! Being that we are a niche market recruiting firm, our needs are particular to specific best practices and standard [...]

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The Future of Ad Spending During Financial Crisis – A MUST KNOW!

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

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If you’re new to the Online and New Media space, then you need to understand how our current financial situation impacts our space. I myself see the future Ad Spending projections change on a quarterly basis, and with the current financial status of our economy, I can only expect to see these #’s change more [...]

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