Often time when I am traveling abroad, people ask me: “Why does Israel have so many startups? What is it about Israel that makes it so innovative and strong in the hi-tech industry?” Saul Singer together with Dan Senor have researched that question and have written a whole book about it. They believe the Israeli [...]
(Guest post by Dorine Sinigaglia)
Fotobabble launched its new iPhone app today, allowing people to add voice to the photos they send and share with friends and family via Email, Twitter, Facebook or an iPhone. With the new Fotobabble iPhone app, users can easily create talking photos within seconds with a few clicks on a Web [...]
Last month I had the honor of organizing Medialectica 2010 event together with JVP (Jerusalem Venture Partners). The concept of the event was a simple one: Allow entrepreneurs to network and also set up one on one meetings with any of the event’s sponsors: IBM, france telecom, Publicis [Incubator] and of course JVP. At the [...]
I’ve been in the social media space now for quite a few years and I meet with at least 5 companies each week who have understood the importance of utilizing social media for their businesses but are still afraid of entering their brands into the new media age.
What are they worried about? Here are the [...]
When Blonde 2.0 began to assist HP Israel’s Personal Systems Group with their social media marketing efforts, we found they had no representation in the social media world. A community had not yet been built for the group and their customer base did not have a proper network to turn to for questions and answers. [...]
(Guest post by Dorine Sinigaglia)
When talking to clients about social media and its effects on increasing sales of their products and increasing traffic to their site, the most asked, common question is: “That’s great – but what will social media do for us? Show me the money!” – and their point is rightfully valid. For those [...]
If we look back in history , we will find that much before Facebook, MySpace and YouTube, there was ICQ. For anyone who doesn’t know, ICQ was created in 1996 and is now wholly owned by AOL. ICQ was THE pioneer of social media and real time updates. It introduced us to instant messaging and a revolutionary [...]
Starbucks has over 705,000 followers on twitter and over 5,428,000 fans on Facebook. I guess you could say that they’re doing something right on the Web. What is it about Starbucks’s social media strategy that makes it so successful?
Let’s analyze Starbucks social behavior across the Web:
1) Starbucks on twitter – Starbucks engages with customers on twitter, [...]
10. May Google Wave turns out to be a lot more convincing than what I’ve seen so far
9. May people stop giving relevance to terms like Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 and start giving relevance to what those terms mean
8. May advertisers finally admit the fact that that they cannot do without social media playing an [...]
(guest post by Dorine Sinigaglia)
When done correctly, a successful business blog can be extremely rewarding for businesses of any industry. Creating a blog from scratch is in no way easy; it requires hard work on the writer’s end and the ability to think creatively about the benefits its business has to offer the community. In [...]
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