BlogKing September 9th, 2008
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Word of mouth is on steroids, amplified by social networking and new media tools. How do you as a business take advantage. Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV has the answer: PHCC –>>
BlogKing May 20th, 2008
The cool developers at Umlatte have just released a SEPTA train schedule web app for the iPhone. The standard SEPTA site on left is nothing more than a reproduction of the paper schedule; no value added and hard to use from a mobile device. Jason Tremblay designed the fantastic improvement on the right. And it works with other mobile devices to boot. Access it at http://isepta.org
They are already working on a new feature to add real time info on trains running late.
This is the kind of innovative development that solves a distinct problem, has wide appeal, is free to the user and brands Philadelphia as a progressive, technologically hip area. Take note Innovation Philadelphia.
BlogKing December 6th, 2007
Last month I attended an event by the Entrepreneurs’ Forum of Greater Philadelphia held at Villanova University School of Business. The speaker was Adam Nash, Senior Director of Product at LinkedIn. As I always recommend clients set up a LinkedIn account and link to their new blog for the SEO benefits, I was eager to hear what was up at LinkedIn.
Your most valuable asset is your professional reputation and the people who know you. LinkedIn is design to facilitate sharing these factors. LinkedIn is used by executives at all the Fortune 500 and membership is over 16 million. In fact over 200,000 are from the Philadelphia area.
He announced that LinkedIn would be supporting OpenSocial, Google’s free and open source API that will make web widget application portable across other social media sites that support it. This is huge. Here is a video of the announcement at Google.
The latest Nielsen NetRating has LinkedIn growing faster (189%) than FaceBook (125%). So if you are waiting for a engraved invitation this is it. Send me your email and I will invite you in my network[2.3 million].
BlogKing August 19th, 2007
Front page coverage in Inquirer Sunday business section today. Co-working concept is launched.
Alex Hillman, above, at Independents Hall, an Old City site he helped set up. Members pay up to $275 a month to work in a group setting there, where facilities include a kitchen and a conference room.
Way to go Alex. Putting Philly at the forfront. It’s not 1776 anymore, but the spirit of independence is alive.
Michael Klusek June 12th, 2005
Rex Hammock on how Apple will change everything about Podcasting.
1. iTunes won’t be the eBay of podcasting, it will be the iTunes of podcasting.
2. How much could Howard Stern make podcasting via iTunes vs. broadcasting via Sirius?
3. A long tail of podcasts on iTunes will make us stop thinking of "podcasts" as just Wayne’s World programming or radio-like genres.
4. How Apple will change everything about Podcasting, #4 — They’ll make it simple.
This is the future about to happen. Now that Apple has announced that the iTunes store will carry podcasts watch out. Read the about the full implications here. rexblog.com: Rex Hammock’s Weblog.
The big takaway for professionals and consultants is this:
How iTunes’ 99¢ download model should make a light bulb go off above the heads of conference and seminar & convention planners, motivational speakers, audio tour-guide creators, etc. that makes them go, "Hmmm, every speech made at every conference we put on can be sold via iTunes" — for a lot more than 99¢, in some cases. In other words: A BUSINESS MODEL that even a media company executive can understand.
Michael Klusek April 30th, 2005
Jeff Cornwall is Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University. Nashville,TN
We also honored eighteen new students who are practicing entrepreneurs. They have started a gymnastics business, a retail clothing store, music related businesses, graphic design, a coffee shop (in Montana) and a sign company just to name a few.
