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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

Google’s AdSense) or some other form of ad. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. So did the media. If there were no advertising on Google we would have no Gmail, no Google Maps, no Android, no Google Books.

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Interview with Ian Swanson, Sometrics

socalTECH

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. My partners and I were all involved in the social media space in one fashion or another. So who is using your software?

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Interview with Sometrics, Ian Swanson

socalTECH

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. My partners and I were all involved in the social media space in one fashion or another. So who is using your software?

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Twitter’s Acquisition, Chirp & Managing Developer Relationships

Both Sides of the Table

I made sure that their thesis was in-stream (as opposed to being a side-bar advertisement like Google AdSense). At Chirp I would say, “Look, there are times we’re going to build functionality that conflicts with what an application developer has built. Tags: Social Media Tech Market Analysis.

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Q Manning of Rocksauce Studios | Founder Interview

Tech Zulu Event

What are your thoughts on the direction from a design perspective of application development for 2012? Mobile technology and standard, desktop application technology will start to blur, and eventually encompass appliance integration. Apple allows mobile developers to feature an iPad application as a useable PC application.

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