Upcoming Events

If I had a private jet and a loaded bank account, I would definitely be checking out these upcoming industry events.

Social Fresh
April 19, 2010, St. Louis, MO
The social media conference for marketers, focus on case studies and what social media can really do for business bottom lines.
The sessions and speakers will strongly reflect all Social Fresh flagship events with big brands and real social media success stories, all specifically for marketing professionals. More case studies, less concept.

New Comm Forum
April 20-23, 2010, San Mateo, CA
The premier conference for unlocking the power of social media and new communications tools and technologies to enhance your digital marketing strategies


FITC 2010: The Design and Technology Fest
April 25-27, 2010, Toronto, ON:
FITC Toronto is an information blitz of over 70 presentations, demonstrations and panel discussions covering the Creative, Technical and Business aspects of Flash and digital media.

Twitter Sells Out

According to the Financial Times, Twitter has just announced they are now playing in Google's digital marketing world. Twitter is closely following Google's game plan of slowly building a user base, before gently introducing a system of advertising that seeks to match commercial messaging with individuals' interests. The new strategy is called "Promoted Tweets".

It will allow brands to place a short message at the top of the list of search results when users of the microblogging website look for information about a particular product, company or news event. To read more about Twitters digital strategy click here.

Ok, I get it, the world is driven by money - but come on, is this really necessary. One of the most appealing features about Twitter is its brevity. Now that this ball is going, there is no telling where it will go. Twitter considered yourself warned.

Meet my new man, TED

When a stranger recently introduced me to TED.com, I had no idea he was playing matchmaker. TED.com rocks. It blows YouTube out of the water. Short for Technology. Entertainment, Design, TED is devoted to "ideas worth spreading". Its kinda like wikipedia, but in video.

Instead of watching kittens on a treadmill, you can watch real experts talk about just about any subject imaginable. Imagine that, using the internet to actually learn something other than how to best take care of your crops in Farmville. Life changing I know. I can't recommend it enough. What subject matter will you watch?