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Dustin Moskovitz: There's A Very Good Reason Facebookers Are Ruling Valley Online companies

on Apr 27, 2012
Dustin Moskovitz: There's A Very Good Reason Facebookers Are Ruling Valley Online companiesFacebook employees appear to possess a special knack for founding effective online companies nowadays.We have known as it the Facebook mafia.We requested probably the most famous ex-Facebookers about this: co-founder Dustin Moskovitz.(Moskovitz is presently kicking butt inside a new startup, Asana, released about six several weeks ago.)His answer surprised us ... because it's not only their cash and connections. It's their save-the-world attitude."Just like Google, Facebook would be a place that simply

Louis CK Cuts Out Middle Man and Would Do It Again

on Dec 14, 2011
Louis CK Cuts Out Middle Man and Would Do It AgainIf you pay attention to how we categorize content here at Marketing Pilgrim you can get a good idea of where we feel a story fits in the Internet space. Most stories can be categorized in several different ways but there is usually one specific area that truly defines the story. In the case of the Louis CK experiment it’s all about a pretty successful job of content marketing.

Twitter and Google End Agreement; Realtime Search Goes on Hiatus

on Jul 4, 2011
Twitter and Google End Agreement; Realtime Search Goes on Hiatus

Google’s Realtime Search went offline this past weekend and it’s not because of integration into Google+ as a Google spokesperson apparently “misspoke”. Instead it’s due to the expiration of an agreement between the two companies.

Amazon to Offer Ad-Supported Kindle at Discounted Price

on Apr 12, 2011
Amazon to Offer Ad-Supported Kindle at Discounted Price

There are ads on my TV, my mobile phone and on the screen at the movies. Now Amazon wants to take over my e-reading experience as well. They swear the ads won’t actually butt in just as I reach a cliffhanger moment. And I do have to agree to it. Actually, I have to buy in to it, as the ad-sponsored Kindle is a product all its own.

7 Tips for Bloggers with Learning Disabilities

on Apr 10, 2011
7 Tips for Bloggers with Learning DisabilitiesThis guest post is by Leigh Stevens of whereapy. If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things. —Epictetus “Are you stupid? You sure look stupid. Everyone else in this room handles this level of work. If you can’t do simple conjugations you shouldn’t be in my classroom.” That’s what you get when the middle school basketball coach is also your advanced language arts teacher. Much to my eternal frustration, I was that “stupid” kid.

Cup of Joe: How To Pick Up Chicks

on Feb 12, 2011
Cup of Joe: How To Pick Up ChicksDon’t tell Andy and Frank, but my secret goal with this weekly column is to meet cute girls on the internet. OK, maybe not really. But, I do want to talk about successful ways to pick up chicks. So, I know what you are thinking, pick up chicks? What the heck does that have to do with marketing?

Announcing the ‘ProBlogger Track’ at Blog World Expo 2010 Early Bird Special Ends this Week!

on Jul 13, 2010
Announcing the ‘ProBlogger Track’ at Blog World Expo 2010 Early Bird Special Ends this Week!

I am very excited today to be able to announce to you that at this year’s BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2010 that Chris Garrett and I will be running a full day of training – the ProBlogger Track. In this post I want to share a little more information about what we’ll be doing in the ProBlogger track and also mention that the Early Bird Special (almost 50% off) for signing up ends 15 July. But first, let me tell you why I love BWE!

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