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Jun

26

Business lessons from a Harry Potter freak

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BusinessWeek profiles Emerson Spartz, a 20-year-old who makes a “six-figure income” annually by running the Harry Potter fan site mugglenet.com.

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Jun

23

How the New Web is changing PR

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Steve Rubel explains on PBS’ PublicEye:
… our practices are becoming more public. All of us who work inside PR agencies recognize that we need to build transparent bond with the public directly and not just serve as corporate intermediaries…

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Jun

22

Misguided iPhone/Safari strategy analysis

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More iPhone strategy from Bob Cringely. While he’s spot-on with most of his columns, I don’t agree with his line of thought in this week’s column.

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Jun

16

More on Safari for Windows

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This time by John Dvorak, on Dow Jones’ Marketwatch:

First, Dvorak’s take on the browser strategy is the same as mine (read yesterday’s post): Read more

Jun

15

Scoble is not an idiot…

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… but he doesn’t seem to have gotten things bang-on either, with regard to the supposed “closed” nature of the iPhone.

Steve Jobs admitted at the D conference that Apple was rather cagey about allowing developers to write third-party apps to run on the iPhone: Read more

Jun

12

Yahoo! community prediction spot-on!

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In a post several days ago , I had predicted that Yahoo! would sooner or later get out of the search business and concentrate on Community (since that’s what it is best at) and Personalization, which follows from the community focus. Read more

Jun

4

What makes a successful Affiliate Marketing campaign?

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Dealing with clients is never easy - especially those who haven’t had any previous experience or knowledge of Affiliate Marketing. A few things I recommend are non-intuitive, and seem to go against accepted wisdom - but are essential to distinguish a mediocre campaign from a great one. What commission to pay is frequently an area which needs explaining.

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