Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. Don’t Stop Believing.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I've been President of my marketing, branding, creative and advertising firm for, yikes, 30 years. I was on the way back to LA from a ski vacation in Switzerland where I decided while sliding down a glacier that if I survived I would start my own advertising agency. It has been fun to get to know her again. It launches November 16.

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

. + web storage, elastic computing) from how you consume the Internet as a user (the front end – HTML). Brands took out advertisements espousing their “AOL Keyword.&#. The initial web HTML / browser experience was very limited. And now brands are advertising “www.facebook.com/brandname.&# Plus ça change.

Web 300

Web HTML SMTP Google 300

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

For example Twitter , where gazillions of bots [type A] follow other equally superfluous but nevertheless very busy bots [type B] that automatically generate 27% valuable content (links to penis enlargement tools) and 73% not exactly exciting girly chatter (breeding demand for cheap viagra).

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I personally experienced the even more subversive side of DIGG when I learned that groups of people were actually demanding money to get stories on the DIGG homepage and I, the naive believer in online democracy and good intentions of people, learned about the black hat and gray hat monetization of the Internet. Video is the new HTML.”

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Buzzfeed Media Content News 210