WUNC, North Carolina’s public radio station, has always been new media savvy. From creating podcasts to developing a Flickr channel for “The State of Things,” Frank Stasio’s daily radio program, the station is always trying to figure out new ways to connect with its audience in a new media landscape.
I’m proud to be represented once again (the first time was in August 07) by my photograph “Dump Trucks at Davis & High House” as the SOT Picture of the Week.
I suppose this photo is newsworthy due to the pitched battle that was fought over the development of this land.
A grass roots public advocacy group, DavisAndHighHouse.org, formed to fight additional development at this corner in Cary. It proved a lightening rod for public dissatisfaction with development in general, tipping the balance in municpal elections. One term mayor Ernie McAlister was upset and slow-growth candidate Harold Weinbrecht took over in North Carolina’s sixth largest city (News & Observer, 10/9/07).
Slow growth may be in, but too late to roll back the tide at the corner of Davis & High House.
Special thanks to SmartGrowthGirl.com and to Dave DeWitt and Katy Barron at WUNC.
Jump in, the water is hot. We don’t just surf the internet anymore, we dive deep, immersing ourselves in information, interaction and community. Here are some staggering statistics that show how many people spend a majority of their time on the internet.
there are 2 billion Google searches a day (source)
there are 78 million YouTube videos online (source)
over 100 million YouTube videos are viewed per day
346 million people globally read Blogs daily (source)
77% of active internet users read Blogs
Facebook has 175 million users from 170 countries (source)
Facebook users have an average of 120 friends
the fastest growing demographic of Facebook users are 35 years old & older
The old economy may be drying up, but the new economy is awash in opportunities. Need a lifeboat? Give us call.
Almost every business benefits by using photos to help tell their story. Increasingly, businesses are turning to Flickr as the perfect channel for serving their pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Not too long ago, we railed against the limited functionality of Facebook Pages for business. But all that is in the past. Facebook Pages now look and behave like Profile Pages, enabling true two-way interaction with your customers and fans. Read the rest of this entry »
Malls, mixed-use developments, shopping centers - call them what you will, they dot the landscape of America.
Many of the larger developments have websites. For the most part, they’re pretty awful. So, when we were asked to produce a new website for North Hills, a mixed-use development in Raleigh, NC, our goal was to help bring the category into a Web 2.0 world.
Two months after the launch, we have every reason to feel we’ve achieved. Stats are great, everything works, and best of all, a continuing content stream is beginning to bloom. It’s interesting stuff, too - stories, bios, pictures and video.
So here’s a checklist of things we think a contemporary mall or mixed-use website needs. Read the rest of this entry »
Facebook’s conundrum about monetizing its marketing potential was a topic of conversation on the most recent installment of BeanCast featuring me, Ben Kunz and Peter Kim.
Ever wonder about all the buzz surrounding Facebook, Twitter and other social networks as marketing channels? Here’s a brief summary. Read the rest of this entry »
This week, I’m going to be a guest on BeanCast along with Duane Forrester, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft and Bill Green, author of the popular and entertaining blog Make the Logo Bigger.
Poor AOL. They’ve been a step slow and a day late for almost a decade. The one bright spot was AIM. They were the big name in instant messaging and everybody else was playing catch-up. Read the rest of this entry »
Both MySpace and Facebook have beefed up their offerings for advertisers. Today, we’ll talk a little about M/S because it has the more robust interface. Read the rest of this entry »
There are thousands of social portals on the internet, from massively mainstream to fantastically fringe. But lately, three social networks have emerged as must-haves for business people in a Web 2.0 world. Read the rest of this entry »
