News & Notes

• San Francisco Launches City App Store (Mashable)
• Ad Spend up 119% on Top Blog, SocNet Sites (Marketing Charts)
• How to Create Reader Profiles/Personas to Inspire and Inform Your Blogging (ProBlogger)
• RIM’s Secret Growth Plan For The BlackBerry (Silicon Alley Insider)
• STUDY: Time Spent on Social Networks Has Tripled (Mashable)
• Trendspotting: Rich Autocomplete in Site Search (Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog)

[Read more…] about Internet Strategy, Marketing & Technology Links – Sept 29, 2009

Ignite Lansing didn’t involve any combustion, just some great ideas in a great venue.  Ignite was originally started in Seattle, based off Pecha Kucha Nights.  Speakers are given a stage and mic to talk about whatever topic they want.  The catch?  They only have 5 minutes and 15 slides.  And the slides automatically advance every 20 seconds. Talk about a bit of pressure…

[Read more…] about Igniting Innovation at Ignite Lansing 2.0 #ignitelansing

• Microsoft: Google Chrome Frame makes IE less secure (Ars Technica)
• The Wisdom of the Crowds? (PR 2.0)
• Economic Growth Slows In U.S. Cities. Plus, Fewer Claims For Unemployment. (NPR Planet Money)
• Twitter Raising Massive, $100 Million Round At $1 Billion Valuation (Silicon Alley Insider)
• Great Blog Content vs. Search Engine Optimization (Web Worker Daily)
• When the lack of comments damages your news brand (Online Journalism Blog)

[Read more…] about Internet Strategy, Marketing & Technology Links – Sept 28, 2009