Pasting from Microsoft Word into a Web-based content management system (CMS) is a problem that has plagued writers and editors for years. The first thing that you should do is simply let go of the notion that you can create a document with complex formatting in Microsoft Word and then seamlessly paste the content into [...]
Web Applications that New Businesses Should Know About
I’m in my early thirties and it seems like these days all of my friend are getting married, having kids and starting businesses. Being the Web nerd amongst those who know me (who don’t work in the Web industry), I’m often asked for advice on the topic so I’ve spent a lot of time thinking [...]
Some Thoughts on the Perceived Decline in the Quality of Google Results
Google has certainly been catching a good dose of hell lately for the perceived decline in the quality of their search results however a closer look at some of the actual criticism raises some questions. Earlier this month, TechCrunch published an article from Vivek Wadhwa entitled, “Why We Desperately Need a New (and Better) Google,” [...]
Is Facebook on the peak of inflated expectations?
There has been a lot of recent discussion around Facebook’s traction with respect to Google. Back in September, comScore announced that according to their panel-driven data, total time spent on Facebook properties actually surpassed the total time spent across Google properties (including YouTube, Gmail and Google search). Stan Schroeder from Mashable speculated that”it’s a worrying [...]
Pitchengine’s Newsroom for Facebook
PitchEngine recently announced the launch of their Facebook application, “Newsroom for Facebook.” According to their product announcement,”The app works by adding a tab titled, “Newsroom,” to any Brand Page. From there customers, journalists, and other influencers can access your latest releases or “pitches” fed to Facebook by PitchEngine.” The product retails for a one-time fee [...]
Expedia: Redefining Terrible Customer Service
Let me preface this by saying up until last month, I had been an Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) customer for the past three years. They had won me over with what I felt to be a better on-site experience than the other major players in the space and consistently lower rates. In the past, I had typically [...]
What small businesses should know about local search
When Google decided to start showing local business results on Page 1, it basically meant that A. small businesses who were already thinking about marketing through organic search needed to start thinking more carefully about the impact of local results and B. that small businesses who weren’t using search as a marketing tactic had better [...]
Previewing the PRWeb News Release Template
Today we posted a sneak preview of the upcoming PRWeb news release template to the PRWeb blog. The template has been in the lab for quite some time so I’m certainly excited we are getting close to a point where we will be getting it into the hands of customers. During the exploration process, we [...]
The Impact of Multimedia on News Consumers
Because it contains research drawn from our PRWeb user base, I’ve posted part #2 of my presentation on how multimedia is impacting the newsphere to the official PRWeb blog. In part #2, I take a closer look at perspectives of journalists and bloggers on multimedia news releases as well as some metrics showing how multimedia [...]
The Increasing Presence of Multimedia in the Newsphere
Next Friday, I’m going to be presenting at Newcomm Forum on how the newsphere has evolved from being primarily text-based into one that is multimedia. Over the next week I’ll be sharing various pieces of the presentation. The first piece is a brief deck that shows how CNN.com feature story has evolved over the years [...]
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How Start-ups Should think about PR
November 9, 2011
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The “All New” PitchEngine
November 1, 2011
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Facebook’s approach to privacy in product releases (aka shoot first and ask questions later)
October 13, 2011
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Comcast – Continuing to Fail at Customer Support and Communication
August 29, 2011
- Central Desktop – So Close and Yet So Far August 20, 2011
- Review of Traffic Geyser March 17, 2008
- Thoughts on Marketwire’s “Social Media 2.0″ February 6, 2008
- Vocus Response on White Paper E-Mail May 23, 2007
- Cisco’s Approach to Second Life July 9, 2008
- Getting Started with Social Media April 16, 2007
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Jiyan is co-founder and CEO of BuildZoom.com. Any opinions or insights represented here are likely those of BuildZoom as well unless they are perceived negatively, in which case they are the sole domain of someone not affiliated with Jiyan nor BuildZoom.


