Interviewing startup entrepreneurs to find the new economy. I've written four profiles and several Hope, Heroes and Startups articles for Technorati. It is fun to have Scoop.it find them via spider. 
Buddy Media arms marketers with more social toolsGigaOMThe update includes a unified social data API, the ability to track conversions and campaigns across entire social media efforts, and a new mobile content development platform that makes... Via Renato Bertuol 
Ever wondered why some companies are winning the marketing game, even in a tough market? Here are some examples and what they are doing right. ***** In 2003 I had a moment of unusual clarity (lol) seeing how much Google wanted my ecommerce site to have content, to teach and share not just sell. That nudge from a giant who held my Director of Ecommerce career in its hands was enough to make me an evangelist. Now that we are well past the content marketing tipping point this study shares a common trait of today's successful companies - content marketing. Cool. Marty 
Present.me is a really easy way to record and share your presentations using your webcam. There is a free account for 3 short presentations a month. Via Baiba Svenca, villaves56, Ana Rodera, Sonia Carraminana Robin Good: If you are searching for a way to curate Twitter content from within WordPress, this new plugin called Dashter provides all you may be seeking and a lot more.
Key features include:
1) LISTEN to real-time conversations and tweets on Twitter, with an ear towards listening for topics & conversations that are related to the content you post on your website. Filter out the noise and use Dashter’s listening tools to discover tweets that matter to you. - You can control your entire Twitter account from within your WordPress dashboard; - View trends in your social circles, use your content as a springboard for searches, and stay connected with your lists; - Reply, ReTweet, Quote, Favorite, and all your favorite Twitter actions are available throughout your blog. Listen in on any search, list, or hashtag – or just explore. - Unlimited listening posts in the stream. http://dashter.com/tour/listen/
2) CURATE with Dashter by utilizing its own set of collecting, organizing, and creating fresh content tools. Unlike third-party “curation” tools – the curated content originates on your domain and from your website, and not from your curation service web site. - When you curate a tweet using Dashter, not only is the tweet content pulled in to your post, but we also import the people who were included. - Dashter will automatically import any #hashtags from the tweets you curate as WordPress tags. - Curated Tweets can be embedded using basic formatting, the Twitter Embed method, or using the popular Blackbird Pie plugin. - Unlike other curation tools on the market, Dashter focuses on driving traffic back to your website. http://dashter.com/tour/curate/
3) CULTIVATE social relationships on Twitter with far greater depth and precision than ever before. - Targeted interaction; - Dashter shows you not only the latest connections but the most substantial ones – giving you insight and intelligence ahead of any social engagement. http://dashter.com/tour/cultivate/
4) AMPLIFY your site’s social reach. Dashter includes a built-in social scheduler to help ensure the broadest reach possible. http://dashter.com/tour/amplify/
More info:
Pricing: License $65.00 one time, on 1 domain / website.
Start Dashter tour: http://dashter.com/tour Watch demo video: http://vimeo.com/33056090
Sig-up and try-out: http://dashter.com
***** Just listened to Founder Jack Dorsey discuss Twitter becoming seamless with Charlie Rose (Scooped to Curation Revolution). Dorsey's discussion was future Twitter and it was apparent it would be user or partner led. Maybe this is the start of that idea. Will check it out as the ability to form up Twitter inside our WP blog would be magical. Marty
Via Giuseppe Mauriello, Robin Good 
Atlantic BT, Raleigh web developers and Internet marketers, have created a new project management tool called CQS. 
WorkFlowy is an organizational tool that makes life easier. It's a surprisingly powerful way to take notes, make lists, collaborate, brainstorm, plan and generally organize your brain. Via Patty Ball, michel verstrepen 
***** Cool new startup aims to help artists create, what they do best, instead of selling stuff which the do poorly if at all. I started a company called FoundObjects.com in 1993 to help artists sell their ideas as cool gifts. If you've played with Magnetic Poetry Kit, words on magnets on lockers and refrigerators, you've played with the most famous "Found Object". This startup looks cool and, now that FoundObjects.com only exists in the archive, I wish them nothing but the best since there is a real need (as Etsy.com has more than proven). Marty 
Anthony Ha is a writer at TechCrunch, where he covers media, advertising, and startups. Previously, he was a staff technology writer at Adweek, worked as a senior editor at the tech blog VentureBeat, and was also a reporter ... 
Sensor-filled Ninja Blocks connect the Web with whatever's nearby.
***** Cool startup solves problems I didn't realize I have. Marty 
Sometimes we get lucky, and today is one of those days.
***** The Next Web got the scoop on the new Google 5GB Free Drive sure to drop a bomb on Dropbox. 
Back-End Engineers Are the Unsung Heroes of the Tech Industry. culture ... As a writer for PandoDaily he has an outlet for all of his opinions on technology, as well as the opportunity to research and write about startups. 
As the team has compiled data, it has begun to uncover valuable insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the world's startup ecosystems, and as the study progresses, the founders say they hope it will continue to “yield ...
***** Hope we can do even a little of this startup Dev work in Durham the Austin of the east coast :). Marty |
The are almost too many tech events in the calendar these days to mark any particular one out as being worthy of note. ... 
We would like to put your startup story on the top page of IdeasWatch and help you put a lot of eyes on your project, whatever stage you are in http://su.pr/2tV7pA Via OsakaSaul 
Zynga Goes Shoppping Once Again, Acquires Shoptown Hero Developer Wild NeedleAppAdviceZynga, the well-known San Francisco-based social gaming giant, has brought yet another gaming startup to its fold. 
Gift Caddie takes the guesswork out of gift-giving!Now friends and family can always find you the perfect gift. ***** As a former Ecommerce Director I can tell you this is TOO COOL. Wish list selling works when we could get around to it. By making wish lists social they will blow up and smart ecom sites will add TNT into the mix. Add GiftCaddie to the list, getting longer by the day, of easy, cool stuff should have thought of (rats :). Marty 
***** Don't want to spoil mystery here, but the one step is not what you think. Marty
Some people like to use tools like Google Reader to read updates from blogs and other news sources. And others prefer accessing everything directly from their Inbox. I am part of the second group.
***** Cool idea and another great scoop from Cendrine (got like 3 today from this new "trusted source" :) Marty Via Cendrine 
Robin Good: Let's CC is a specialized search engine that can find any image, sounds, video or text that has been published under a Creative Commons license and is available for re-use.
Free to use.
Very useful. 8/10
Try it out now: http://eng.letscc.net/ ;
***** Just thinking about how to be more deligent about attribution today and thinking how hard that was going to be to do when I saw Robin's latest great find. Most curators know they can easily change their visual presentation for many things without losing any punch or value, so if it is easy to do the right thing (vis a vis attribution) we do it. If it is hard we may still do the right thing, but chance go down. This cool tool from Robin may solve the problem Can't wait to try and see. Marty Via Robin Good, Kent Wallén 
Matt Cutts clarifies the error that has caused major fluctuations in Google rankings this week. ... Spending a week in Mill Valley, CA listening to SEO Guru Bruce Clay was instructive and helped make me the Internet marketer I am (for good or ill LOL). That week cost upwards of $10k (tuition, long flight, hotel, food and time out of office). One lesson that stuck was NEVER point parked domains to active ones especially not active domains you CARE about. I thought, wrongly, the potential keyword juice from a parked domain could help the core. 
Summarize the contents of any web page....... Via Robin Good, Ann Vega 
VentureBeatWinning with a $1BN service design: the future of mobile is just starting! 
Monday, Twitter purchased social media analytics company and YCombinator alumn Hotspots.io for an unknown amount of money, according to Hotspots.io's website. According to a statement, Twitter's revenue engineering ... ***** Interesting, wonder if my frineds at Argyle Social can be much further behind on the buyout train? If they were hanging in Oakland bet they would have been snapped up by now, so glad they are in Bull Durham. Marty 
WHAT'S NEXT? Read story of rebel attack of Startup Weekend.
Startup Weekend is a 54 hour startup event that provides the networking, resources, and incentives for individuals and teams to go from idea to launch. **** Triangle Startup Weekend Starts Tomorrow What happens when a small band of ragtag rebels invade Triangle Startup Weekend in Raleigh? We wear berets, smoke Fench cigarettes, sit on the ground, talk of the death of kings and maybe, just maybe create the next cool thing (hey after 4 startups, the big c and riding a bicycle across America I'm due LOL). Follow @ScentTrail and ScentTrail Marketing for updates as we ROCK Startup Weekend. Via Martin (Marty) Smith 
Why would Facebook pay $1 billion for a company with no revenue but lots of soul?
***** An important article because there are good reasons, inside baseball reasons. Marty Via Alexandra Gebhardt |
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