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Originally posted on November 28, 2022 @ 6:41 am
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Getting traffic to your store is hard, so use these proven strategies to maximize conversions and sales.
Originally posted on November 28, 2022 @ 6:41 am
By Leo Blanco
Seeking to broaden its reach and profit from Web 2.0, Cisco is making a great leap from router/switch business to social networking.
Cisco plans to release Entertainment Operating System (Eos) platform, an open software platform for creating and managing a community-based entertainment experience.
Unlike popular social network sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace, this back-end infrastructure targets media companies by enabling them to create their own communities and deliver social network-based experience at a very reasonable cost.
Sports companies NHL and NASCAR are already using this platform on their respective websites.
In an article in Internetnews.com, Dan Scheinman, a senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Media Solutions group, tried to differentiate its platform from other popular social networks.
“In Facebook, you really care about who your friends are,” he said. But, he argued, enthusiasts such as sports fans want a shared communal experience even if it’s with people they don’t know. On the NASCAR site, he said, one racing fan living in Guam commented on how great it was to connect with people sharing his interests.
Recently, Cisco has acquired several sites related to social networking and Web 2.0. The company is also very busy researching about new advertising alternatives.
Originally posted on November 29, 2007 @ 7:17 am
By Leo Blanco
The Entrepreneur Challenge, a collaborative competition to discover tomorrow’s best innovative ideas and startups, officially begins today. The endpoint of this contest is to connect online startups and investors easily.
Powered by spigit, the only platform that combines prediction markets, social networking, bulletin boards, a reputation system, and staffing capabilities, this contest invites online entrepreneurs to share their ideas, business plans, leadership teams, and network with investors worldwide.
“Spigit’s Entrepreneur Challenge is the first online platform competition that will truly give an insider’s view on the funding process. The capabilities of outsiders, insiders and experts to engage in discussion and push one company ahead of another is the true meaning of Web 2.0 technology at work,†said Adam Hirsch, Mashable Community & Marketing Director
This prestigious and life-changing contest is backed by major big companies like Keiretsu Forum Socal, Sun Microsystems, Southwest Airlines, Killer Startups, Lithespeed, LaunchSquad, and Mashable.
The top 6 startups will have access to many opportunities not commonly available to ordinary startups. Keiretsu will allow them to pitch their plans to the angel investment community, Sun to provide hardware, travel courtesy of Southwest, and strong online exposure from Mashable, a popular social networking news site.
Originally posted on November 28, 2007 @ 11:09 am
Footnote.com announced the release of original images from The Times (London from 1785–1820). These documents include details about prominent figures of that time such as King George and Napoleon Bonaparte.
In addition to details regarding prominent people, the newspapers provide interesting insight into everyday life in England at that time, including reports on crimes and trials, advertisements from local businesses, weather reports and announcements about local interests like the release of the newly published “Sense and Sensibility†by Jane Austen.
Footnote.com is a social networking site that allows users to do more than just find historical documents. Footnote.com enables people to interact with history by providing tools that help users showcase their discoveries and share their insights with others.
Originally posted on November 28, 2007 @ 11:49 am
By Leo Blanco
Anyone who’s in a diet should stay away from social networking sites.
An interesting and somewhat shocking study published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that the chance of becoming obese increased by 57% if a person had a friend who became obese in a given period!
Similar with other vices like smoking and drinking, we are easily influenced by the people around us. Social networking is just a new medium but the psychology behind peer influence is still same.
To make matters worse, obesity spreads up to 3 degrees of separation. According to Nicholas Christakis, a physician and Harvard University professor who headed the study:
We know that people are influenced by their friends. But what was innovative about our study is the fact that people tend to be influenced by friends of friends of friends.
This is on top of the sedentary lifestyle of many active members of social networking sites.
As the cliché goes, tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are.
Originally posted on November 28, 2007 @ 11:50 am