Local web marketing and "connections company" Media Sauce is a true gem. We are lucky to have innovate firms like them, along with Exact Target, Firebelly, RoudPeg, Brandswag and others who frequent SI and are at the vanguard of the social media revolution.
But just because you have successful visionaries plugged into the same surge suppressor doesn't mean your statements are correct. A friend of mine says "everyone has a right to be wrong," while this may be true, we also have the right to say…
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Added by Mike Magan on June 10, 2009 at 11:00am —
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Purdue team recreates D-Day battlefield, launches learning environment where information searches for user…
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Added by Sorin A. Matei on May 28, 2009 at 2:42pm —
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Greg Cross owns Cross Creative, a professional web design company that serves business, non-profit, church and social media clients. The Daily Reporter asked him some questions about technology and social networking.
Reporter: How did you get into Web site design and the whole technology scene? How have you seen things change over the years?
Cross: I got into the whole website and technology front more out of sheer fascination. I got my first computer in 1989. It was a PC - an 80…
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Added by Greg Cross on February 21, 2009 at 12:30am —
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Harry McCracken over at PC World has a great list of apps and tools that will give your tweeting experience a boost. One of my favorites that makes his lists is Tweet Deck - by far the best app to keep track of all of your tweets.
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Added by Greg Cross on February 17, 2009 at 9:30am —
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Hello Smoosiers!
I am writing a series of short blog posts to illustrate how to market your home with clear 21st century advantages to "Get It Sold!"
Your comments are valued, and RSS
MarketWatch: Real Estate Indiana, while you're at it!
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Added by Lola McIntyre on February 2, 2009 at 3:58pm —
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So much buzz today about Web 2.0, why not Networking 2.0? Move up, networkers! Be better. Network better. Networking 2.0 is about relationships… all about relationships, in fact. Genuine, slow-going, virtuous relationships. Much education and training has been spent on networkers. Hear me now: Don’t be a ‘card-slinger’. Exchanging business cards is healthy,
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Added by Brett Healey on January 24, 2009 at 7:47pm —
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I'm going to catch a lot of grief over my opinion, but it's time someone put it out there.... if you're examining your 2008 marketing budget and looking through your ROI, my guess is you're not really sure what, if anything, your print ads did for you. You run print ads because you think you're suppose to, you're a victim of a stellar sales job or you're afriad your "awareness" will fall off the charts.
None of these three reasons are valid.
Print ads have a time and place and audience (here's…
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Added by Raquel Richardson on January 13, 2009 at 12:03pm —
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I operated as a marketing consultant from 1995 to 2005, then took a break from the entrepreneurial world with a “real” job.
Since relaunching in late 2008, I have been taken aback by how fast the marketing world is being changed by the Internet, and in particular, Web 2.0/social networking.
According to a new study published by Marketing Executives Network Group, we are not alone.
Among executive-level marketing professionals:
* 67% of respondents consider themselves beginners at using socia…
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Added by Rick Wilkerson on January 8, 2009 at 6:03pm —
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In previous segments of this series of blog posts on the modern music business I have discussed
The Local Impact of Big Box Music Shops and
The Economics of Live Music Entertainment. A common thread running through both posts is a connection to a subspecies of musician that I refer to as Instrument Owners.
I should warn you now…
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Added by Joh Padgett on January 2, 2009 at 1:45am —
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Added by Kyle Lacy on October 1, 2008 at 12:25pm —
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Aaron Sorkin, the Hollywood writer who created
The West Wing and wrote
A Few Good Men, announced on his
Facebook Movie group that he has agreed to write a movie for Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin (
No Country For Old Men,
There…
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Added by Chad Richards on September 4, 2008 at 10:27am —
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So they got you...one of your customers had a bad experience and now they are online telling the world about it.
In fact, they are so upset that they started a website or blog up and are actively denouncing your company. You went out and did a Google search and they are popping up on the same page as your website.
There's your company and then right below it, bam. It's that customer...the one that is really, really mad.
Well, how do you fix it so this guy isn't second on the list behind your…
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Added by Don Schindler on August 5, 2008 at 10:30am —
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Hello Smoosiers!
As social networking continues to mushroom and my time shrinks, I am thrilled to find this new free application called 'FriendFeed'. It's an aggregator which serves as a collection station for all one's social networks. I found it on a podcast just a few days ago.

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Added by Lola McIntyre on August 1, 2008 at 10:51am —
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We've said it before -- numerous times. Web 2.0 solutions help you "do stuff". That means the best Web 2.0 tools help you solve specific problems, like remembering who you promised to buy a beer. While this may not seem like a really important problem to solve, the problem of remembering…
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Added by Scott Abel on May 29, 2008 at 6:17am —
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If you have ever traveled to another city and wanted to get a bite to eat, but had no idea how to find a reservation at a nearby restaurant -- one that fits your dress, budget, and taste requirements -- you will love
OpenTable.com, an online consierge service that asks you to tell it where you are, how many people are in your party, and what time you'd like to eat, and the type of food you want...and a few seconds later, it produces a list of rest…
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Added by Scott Abel on May 22, 2008 at 6:35am —
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I ran across an article on AdAge on web trends for 2008 and it reminded me of a blog I had posted a couple months ago on our Small Box website which I will link to at the bottom along with the AdAge post.
They asked technology bloggers to weigh in on what trends to watch in 2008. Many of these will seem fairly obvious but some are pretty insightful. Topics include: Facebook, Twitter, SEO, consumer generated ads, local search, blogging, mobile web apps.
What struck me in going through this list…
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Added by Jeb Banner on March 17, 2008 at 9:00am —
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I wanted to let you know about an upcoming event I'm bringing to Indianapolis. After years of running technical communication events in places like Vancouver, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, and other major cities, I thought, "Hey, why not bring an event to my home town? After all, Indianapolis is a life sciences mecca!" After a short meeting with the folks at BioCrossraods and Indiana Health Information Forum, and a pow wow with some local medical writers at Eli Lilly and Roche, I decided to br…
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Added by Scott Abel on February 17, 2008 at 8:00am —
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