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What AOL's Content Factory Means For Small Businesses
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 30, 2009 by Pat Morrell
Patrick Morrell
Pat Morrell began his career in the marketing department of the DC-based Corporate Executive Board, leaving after a year to accept an invitation to work with the Barack Obama Campaign in Ohio. He returned to DC soon thereafter and joined the staff of Congressman Charlie Wilson (D-06). Pat graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from The University of the South where he was a member of the Order of the Gownsmen, Omicron Delta Kappa, and a Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency in Washington, DC.
What was once the one-stop shop for email, IM, and search is now becoming a content factory. Under CEO Tim Armstrong, AOL is quickly approaching the launch point of its new algorithm-based unique content marketing system that will allow brand marketers and advertisers the opportunity to play an active role in creating the content that discusses...
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Small Business Marketing Needs to Change After 'Worst Decade Ever'
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 30, 2009 by Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie previously worked at FierceMarkets, a leader in B2B e-media which publishes a portfolio of email newsletters, websites, webinars, and live events focusing on the telecom, life sciences, healthcare, IT, and finance industries. He served as editor of two email newsletters, FierceVoIP and FierceOnlineVideo, in addition to managing copy-editing, layout, and web presence for the other two publications in Fierce's telecom group. Peter holds a B.A. in Journalism and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and editor of the public service journal, Insight Out.
Time Magazine recently released an issue with a cover story entitled “The 00s: A Decade From Hell,” which labels the 2000s the “Worst Decade Ever” for the U.S. With the recent financial upheaval, two ongoing wars and the list of tragedies that the nation underwent in the past 9.9 years, it’s tough to argue with the...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 25, 2009 by Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie previously worked at FierceMarkets, a leader in B2B e-media which publishes a portfolio of email newsletters, websites, webinars, and live events focusing on the telecom, life sciences, healthcare, IT, and finance industries. He served as editor of two email newsletters, FierceVoIP and FierceOnlineVideo, in addition to managing copy-editing, layout, and web presence for the other two publications in Fierce's telecom group. Peter holds a B.A. in Journalism and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and editor of the public service journal, Insight Out.
The Three Ships Media team wishes you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. The team here is signing off for the rest of the holiday week. Three Quick Things the 3Ships Team is Thankful for this holiday: 1) Bizmore's new blog network for small businesses 2) Finding a cool post on where to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving parade 3) And of...
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NC Leaders Have Breakfast With 3Ships
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 24, 2009 by Pat Morrell
Patrick Morrell
Pat Morrell began his career in the marketing department of the DC-based Corporate Executive Board, leaving after a year to accept an invitation to work with the Barack Obama Campaign in Ohio. He returned to DC soon thereafter and joined the staff of Congressman Charlie Wilson (D-06). Pat graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from The University of the South where he was a member of the Order of the Gownsmen, Omicron Delta Kappa, and a Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency in Washington, DC.
We held a breakfast meeting this morning with several NC business, association, press, and political leaders. Following Zach Clayton and Pete Wylie’s presentation on the benefits of social media marketing and PR, the questions poured in. “How do customers know which voice to trust online?” “How do I get my social media...
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Bizmore: A Social Media Resource for Small Businesses
2 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 24, 2009 by Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie previously worked at FierceMarkets, a leader in B2B e-media which publishes a portfolio of email newsletters, websites, webinars, and live events focusing on the telecom, life sciences, healthcare, IT, and finance industries. He served as editor of two email newsletters, FierceVoIP and FierceOnlineVideo, in addition to managing copy-editing, layout, and web presence for the other two publications in Fierce's telecom group. Peter holds a B.A. in Journalism and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and editor of the public service journal, Insight Out.
Small businesses owners can benefit from Bizmore , a social media destination where they can ask questions of peers and read advice from experts about a range of problems they may encounter. Bizmore just added a collection of eight blogs to its existing forums that provide practical information about pressing concerns of small business owners....
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Mass Crowdsourcing Exodus At Wikipedia
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 23, 2009 by Pat Morrell
Patrick Morrell
Pat Morrell began his career in the marketing department of the DC-based Corporate Executive Board, leaving after a year to accept an invitation to work with the Barack Obama Campaign in Ohio. He returned to DC soon thereafter and joined the staff of Congressman Charlie Wilson (D-06). Pat graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from The University of the South where he was a member of the Order of the Gownsmen, Omicron Delta Kappa, and a Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency in Washington, DC.
Wikipedia saw significant declines in user activity across the first 3 months of 2009, as more than 49,000 volunteer editor/posters left the site (versus 4,900 across the same period in 2008.) As Wall Street Journal writers Julia Angwin and Geoffrey A. Fowler assert, “ this could have significant implications for the brand of...
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Learning from Cultural Social Media Usage Differences
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 23, 2009 by Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie previously worked at FierceMarkets, a leader in B2B e-media which publishes a portfolio of email newsletters, websites, webinars, and live events focusing on the telecom, life sciences, healthcare, IT, and finance industries. He served as editor of two email newsletters, FierceVoIP and FierceOnlineVideo, in addition to managing copy-editing, layout, and web presence for the other two publications in Fierce's telecom group. Peter holds a B.A. in Journalism and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and editor of the public service journal, Insight Out.
I came across an interesting post on the difficulty US-centric social networks like Facebook and Twitter have had gaining traction in China. The things that have drawn audiences to Facebook and Twitter in droves in the US don’t have the same pull in the world’s most populous country, as China counts only 400,000 Facebook users and...
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Friday FaceOff: Round 3, SMBs Succeeding with Social Media
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 20, 2009 by Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie previously worked at FierceMarkets, a leader in B2B e-media which publishes a portfolio of email newsletters, websites, webinars, and live events focusing on the telecom, life sciences, healthcare, IT, and finance industries. He served as editor of two email newsletters, FierceVoIP and FierceOnlineVideo, in addition to managing copy-editing, layout, and web presence for the other two publications in Fierce's telecom group. Peter holds a B.A. in Journalism and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and editor of the public service journal, Insight Out.
It's Friday again, and time for the 3Ships team to debate another social media topic. Last week, we looked at corporate social media campaigns , and put forth our opinions about why Starbucks, Taylor Guitars, Vitamin Water and Ticketmaster deserved mention among the best business social media deployments we've observed. Granted, the budgets...
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What To Give 3 Ships About, Nov. 16-20
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 20, 2009 by Pat Morrell
Patrick Morrell
Pat Morrell began his career in the marketing department of the DC-based Corporate Executive Board, leaving after a year to accept an invitation to work with the Barack Obama Campaign in Ohio. He returned to DC soon thereafter and joined the staff of Congressman Charlie Wilson (D-06). Pat graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from The University of the South where he was a member of the Order of the Gownsmen, Omicron Delta Kappa, and a Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency in Washington, DC.
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Friday FaceOff - The Republic, A Citizen of Social Media
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 20, 2009 by Caroline Williams
Caroline Williams
Caroline Williams has spent the last three years focused on marketing and major donor outreach for both national and statewide clients across the country with Benedetti and Farris, LLC in Richmond, VA. At B&F, her client’s accounts included Friends of Bobby Jindal, Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee, Schwarzenegger for Governor, and the Consumer Electronics Association. Caroline graduated with a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology from Randolph-Macon College where she was president of the student body.
I recently moved away from Richmond, Virginia. I lived there for 7 great years and one of the things I loved most about the city was the thriving independent restaruant and bar scene. On every corner in the popular " Fan district " there was a Cheers-esque neighborhood restaurant/bar (my favorite being Metro Grill ). I really miss that...
