12 Dec, 2008
Posted by: Bob Jansen In: Intellectual Property
A few days ago I read about Friendster being awarded it’s fourth patent in Social Networking. In 2006 they already received a patent that refers to a “system, method, and apparatus for connecting users in an online computer system based on their relationships within social networks.”. Now they received a patent that refers to “compatibility [...]
02 Dec, 2008
Posted by: Bob Jansen In: advertising
Today Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten wrote an article where he questions the term ‘Viral Marketing’. Normally I’m not that big of a fan about terminology, because it’s something that comes and go. But this time there is a valid point.
The term tossed in by Boris is ‘Reverberating Marketing’. I don’t think it’s catchy or sticky [...]
Just received this video about Wordpress 2.7 and it looks great. Can’t wait untill it will be available to install.
The things I like:
- New dashboard looks good, new ways of customizing the look and feel
- New menu system is more dynamic, it looks more flexible and will save you some clicks
- Lot of drag and [...]
A moment ago this video of Jason Fried on getting your company an audience caught my attention. In this talk he explains how they’re using their knowledge to market their products.
I am fascinated about the way they share knowledge, I strongly believe this is a great way for small company’s to boost their potential. A [...]
Next week I need to give a small talk for some students in our school. It’s about Social Networks and how we at Firmhouse are using it to start building our company. We’ve got our theory on this and tested it with Tweetburner.
Now I remembered a great presentation by Tara ‘Missrogue’ Hunt. Don’t be scared [...]
