http://www.newinfluencer.com A blog about social media, culture and technology Mon, 12 May 2008 19:50:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been using Yahoo! mail for about 8 years or so and was a little surprised to see an error message when I attempted to log-in this afternoon. Personally, I like the informal tone of the message and I have absolutely no doubt that the alarms are literally "blaring in ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/shaping/everyone-makes-mistakes/ I recently attended the Society for New Communications Research 2008 New Communications Forum. Both Todd Defren and Radian6 played major roles at the event - Todd as a speaker and Radian6 as a sponsor. I have a great deal of respect for both SHIFT and Radian6, and think they are ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/social-media/shift-communications-and-radian6s-press-release-on-prweb/ We are currently sponsoring a study being conducted by the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) exploring the ROI (return on investment) of online press releases. Here are some key facts associated with the study: The research team involves SNCR Fellows including Shel Holtz and Dr. Mihaela Vorvoreanu; The research methodology ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/online-distribution/roi-of-online-press-releases/ Here is a brief history of the Internet in bullet list format: DoD develops ARPANET, the first operational packet switching network. Several networks merge and TCP/IP become the approved protocol of ARPANET. ISPs start springing up along with Usenet, e-mail, other peer-to-peer and peer-to-many apps. Hypertext springs up and we see the World Wide ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/shaping/the-next-big-answer/ The other day someone mentioned a new service, Traffic Geyser, that claimed top results in Google through online video distribution. The software itself is pretty basic - it basically provides an interface that allows you to upload a video file, add data that will be passed on to the video sharing ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/multimedia/traffic-geyser-review/ Recently there has been a fair amount of online discussion about our editorial standards. I wanted to take this opportunity to address some of the points being made and respond to some of the questions being raised. Let me start out by saying this: Our ultimate goal is to provide top-notch ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/online-distribution/prweb-editorial-standards/ This past Tuesday, we co-hosted a webinar (along with the Society for New Communications Research) that had a first-rate panel that included Chris Heuer, Brian Solis, Thom Brodeur from Marketwire, and Monika Maeckle from Business Wire. I felt like the discussion brought up some extremely important issues and am very satisfied ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/online-distribution/the-evolving-social-media-release/ A few weeks ago I wrote about Marketwire's 'Social Media 2.0' release and the outcome of that initial posting was a great thread that included Chris Heuer, Thom Brodeur and Dave Fleet who all presented varying perspectives on the social media release and Marketwire's announcement. Fast-forward a couple of weeks and ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/online-distribution/social-media-release-webinar/ Look in the sky...It's a Web 2.0 release...It's a social media release...It's Marketwire's Social Media 2.0 release!!! Earlier today I read that Marketwire was unveiling their new product called ‘Social Media 2.0’, which they are claiming is the “Industry’s Most Authentic Social Media Product." This new release has an embedded ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/online-distribution/thoughts-on-marketwires-social-media-20/ About a week ago I shared my general vision on where I see the social media space moving in 2008. This week, I'm going to dig a bit deeper and lay out some initial thoughts on where the different forms of social media are headed in the upcoming year. I ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/social-media/more-social-media-predictions-for-2008/