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Web 2.0 Illuminated by Neat Video

February 22, 2007/in General/by JonLeland

Great video illuminating Web 2.0. Thanks, Kanas State U. 😉 OR a higher-quality WMV version of this video is available here. Enjoy.

Google Apps Offers New Lowcost Website, Email Strategy for Small Businesses

February 22, 2007/in Small Business/by JonLeland

There are many ways to look at the launch of Google’s new Apps platform, but for me, it looks like a pretty cool and very low cost ($50/year/user) way for a small business to do a web site without traditional hosting, and with a bunch of neat features. Because it supports direct domain (as well […]

Online Video Explosion Signposts

February 21, 2007/in General/by JonLeland

One nice thing about the online video explosion, revolution, or whatever you want to call it, is that it does have signposts. (FYI, I’m still waiting for some professional publisher to ask me to write more about all this… hello?!). But meanwhile here are a couple of recent articles and/or posts that I found to […]

Apple’s Steve Jobs Reopens Free Digital Rights Conversation

February 7, 2007/in General/by JonLeland

Ever since the early days of the Internet and the original Napster MP3 download craze, the issue of digital rights management (DRM) and the security of the intellectual property rights of artists vs the new environment of sharing and collaboration offered by the Internet has been a controversial subject. For example, I wrote a kind […]

Online TV & Video: “social revolution” No Longer an Exaggeration

February 2, 2007/3 Comments/in Internet Marketing/by JonLeland

Sighting a pressing TV industry need to monetize the “massive interest in online (video) content,” eMarketer.com summarized an Informa Telecoms & Media research report (which I could not find on their site) including numbers that would make almost any venture investor salivate. For example, “In the US alone, revenues are forecast to rise from $538 […]

MerchantCircle Aggregates Local Search Listings for Small Businesses

January 30, 2007/4 Comments/in Small Business/by JonLeland

I’ve commented before about the expansion of local search, other convergent tools for local search, and even a directory of local search directories. All in support of small businesses who are recognizing that being found on the web is now far more important than being found in the paper yellow pages. Now, thanks to the […]

Hear Me Now: Internet Marketing Internet Radio Interview

January 29, 2007/in Internet Marketing, Small Business/by JonLeland

Last Friday I was interviewed for an hour by the delightful hosts of the eMarketing Talk Show. The four-part interview, “Leveraging your Website to Grow your Business: Best Internet Marketing Practices for Small Businesses” is posted here: http://www.emarketingtalkshow.com/advertising-agencies/online-strategies.asp I look forward to your feedback. I hope it’s useful to many of you as a solid […]

Easy, Low Cost Solutions for Creating Websites & Podcasts

January 22, 2007/in Small Business/by JonLeland

Here are a couple of interesting Web 2.0 style online user-generated content creation services I’ve come across lately: > Weebly.com has an impressive video demo that makes it look (to me, at least) like Weebly may well be about the easiest way available for almost anyone to create a website. The video demo shows a […]

Whoa! Netflix to Offer Free TV Shows to Members

January 16, 2007/in General/by JonLeland

The battle for the distribution of broadcast programming via the Web is heating up. Apple’s iTunes Store has made big waves by selling TV shows at $1.99 each. Now NetFlix is rolling out what is essentially a perk for membership. Free downloadable TV shows. Here’s the TechCrunch overview of this announcement and the official NetFlix […]

Moyers Fired Up Over Democracy Via the Web

January 14, 2007/in General/by JonLeland