Daily Archives: September 9, 2011

5 Tips for Getting More Video Views

5 Tips for Getting More Video Views

Justin Nassiri is the founder and CEO of VideoGenie, a company that helps brands gather, moderate and track customer contributed video. Prior to founding VideoGenie, Justin served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, directing the operations and navigation of a nuclear-powered warship. He is a graduate of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Video is … Continued

GetGlue Gets Slick New Dashboard for TV Marketers

GetGlue Gets Slick New Dashboard for TV Marketers

Social checkin and recommendation service GetGlue launched a new business tool Thursday that’s dedicated to helping GetGlue partners and marketers get the most out of the service. Dubbed GetGlue Business, the company describes the new tool as a “one-stop self-service marketing dashboard.” Similar to Foursquare’s business dashboard, GetGlue Business will let marketers manage GetGlue accounts … Continued

Twitter’s Status Update: More Promoted Tweets, More Engagement

Twitter’s Status Update: More Promoted Tweets, More Engagement

Give Twitter CEO Dick Costolo credit: He’s a smooth operator. In a chat with tech press Thursday morning, he offered a list of eye-popping engagement statistics — then, in the most casual way possible, slipped in this little piece of news: “You’ll start to see promoted tweets from companies you don’t follow.” Twitter started putting … Continued

Twitter Has 100 Million Active Users

Twitter Has 100 Million Active Users

Twitter has 100 million active users logging in at least once a month and 50 million active users every day, CEO Dick Costolo revealed Thursday. The microblogging service has a total of 200 million registered users, but how many of those are actually regulars has been open to debate for some time. Costolo, in an … Continued

Free Music on Facebook: How Can It Fail?

Free Music on Facebook: How Can It Fail?

Facebook will launch a music service later this month, we reported last week. Facebook is partnering with top music services Spotify, MOG and Rdio to let users stream music on Facebook.com. For the uninitiated: Spotify is a service that lets you listen to virtually any song for free on your desktop, with an occasional (but … Continued