This week on Rush Hour Cameron and Cshel talked about Facebook, Digg, [SMX](http://searchmarketingexpo.com/smx_advanced07/register.shtml) and [Bar Camp San Diego](http://barcamp.org/BarCampSanDiego).
Archive for May, 2007
Get Popular On YouTube Through Mediocre Content
If you ever release a video on [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com) your main goal is probably to get millions of views. In most cases great videos get thousands of views, but if you actually create a mediocre video that others want to respond to you can get millions of views.
The Marlboro Man – Tapping in to Popular Culture and Trends
I was doing some research on online trends earlier today when I stumbled onto something that serves as an excellent example of how a company managed to capitalize on popular trends to increase its sales.
Free iPod Video
Today on Pronet I added a social stock prediction widget to the sidebar. I usually like to keep the design clean, but for roughly 2 weeks there will be a widget on the site that allows you to predict stock prices for Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Interactive Corp, and News Corp. Whoever has the highest score at the end of 2 weeks will be given a free video iPod from Jambaz (the creators of the widget).
Satisfying the Vocal Minority – Why it Matters
When I wrote about Dell’s IdeaStorm I mentioned that one of the key factors to their success was the ideas in action section of the site that allows Dell to show its community that the company is not only listening to them but also implementing their recommendations. Today, Dell has taken this a step further.
Google’s Slow Shift to Social Unification?
One of the aspects largely overlooked in Google’s recently unveiled Hot Trends is the prominent link on a topic’s page to ‘Discuss with others’. While the feature is currently flawed, and as such is basically useless, it could signal a move by Google towards unifying their services with a more social approach.
The Difference Between Marketing, PR, Advertising, and Branding
Ads of the World is an online archive of the best and most interesting advertisements from across the world. Today I came across an advertisement on their site that uses four simple pictures to explain to you the difference between marketing, pr, advertising, and branding.
How-To Make Your Own coRanked Digg
How-To Make Believers out of Detractors – Steps to Success
After hearing from Guy Kawasaki this past week and talking to Tim Ferriss about his road to success, I came away learning something incredibly important: how to make detractors believe in your products or services, and how to make them believe in you.
On The Tail of Warner’s Viral Campaign
Warner Brothers’ viral campaign for The Dark Knight is going so well that we’ve decided to cover it from start to end. Like any good viral campaign, we’ve only seen the beginning and more pieces are developing, falling in place, and further whetting our appetites for the movie.
