Funny User-Generated Content – YouTube Parodies (Videos)

December 16, 2009

It seems like today everyone thinks that good social media content is how many Twitter followers you have or how active you are on Facebook. It is my opinion that social media is about content, mostly user-generated content. Yes, twitter updates are content, and yes Facebook apps are content, though I see some of the [...]

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Social Media Marketing Tip: Cute Kids and Funny Animals On YouTube (Videos)

December 9, 2009

Just about everyday I receive some sort of email/Twitter spam stating they could help me “grow my business with social media” and ask me for an extraordinary amount of money to find out how. In my opinion, it’s all just a scam,  a bunch of con artists looking to make a quick buck off the [...]

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10 Things I Am Thankful For (2009)

November 26, 2009

Today is Thanksgiving, so I though it would be a good idea to list some things I am grateful for. :)
This past year has been quite an interesting year for me. I’ve experienced joys and struggles in life and in business. From childhood I’ve always had to preserver through life which had helped me to [...]

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SocialSimple Will Live To See Another Day (and was sold)

October 19, 2009

The Idea
In April 2009 I left Corporate America and started on a new entrepreneur adventure in small business. I had an idea on combining a user’s social media data to deliver real-time personalized advertising to online customers. The idea had great interest and secured some generous investors.
The Results
In May 2009 I started Ideablue Networks LLC, [...]

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SocialSimple.com sponsors Twiistup 5 (Los Angeles, CA)

February 28, 2009
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NOTE: This is an archived post from ideablue.com
Tickets, Tickets, Tickets
Last week we sponsored the Twiistup 5 event in Los Angeles, CA. Twiistup is a social media gathering event where internet start ups show off their product for bloggers, investors, and other technology driven companies/individuals.
We started off just being one of 300+ people on the waiting [...]

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Whopper Sacrifice, Social Media Marketing ROI Done Wrong, Buzz Marketing Done Good!

January 22, 2009

NOTE: This is an archived post from ideablue.com
Do you “love” Burger King Whoppers more than 10 of your Facebook friends? Burger King is hoping you do!
Burger King like most companies are jumping on the social media/viral marketing train to promote their product. The creative powerhouse at Crispin Porter + Bogusky (700 employees) who was recently [...]

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Startup Office Tour (Quick Walkthrough)

January 12, 2009

NOTE: This is an archived post from ideablue.com
For those who are curious of where us web gurus gather to brainstorm on our plans to conquer the world. Here’s an inside view of our humble internet startup office in Pacific Beach (San Diego, CA), just two blocks from the beach.
You can find this video on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn-t5ssO_HU (watch [...]

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Always keep yourself ahead of the next move!

January 2, 2009

NOTE: This is an archived post from ideablue.com
Today’s economy is keeping us business owners on our toes. The financial recession has reached the web industry, which has resulted in a rise in many internet startups folding and venture capital firms drastically pulling back on investments. Within the last three days (including today) there have been [...]

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