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May 19, 2010
Posted by Ryan Graves

In Stream Advertising: My (first) Ad.ly Tweet

Last week I got an email that requested that I post a very specific tweet to my followers. In fact I would not have the option to tweak or edit the tweet at all, but they were willing to reward me for it, with cash. I’ve gotten a lot of request in the past to [...]

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Posted Under Economics Technology

December 29, 2009
Posted by Ryan Graves

When an algorithm won’t cut it

Most people know that Google’s precious search algorithm is a secret, sacred, thing that they’ve worked very hard to protect. In fact their behavior around that algorithm has been similar to Golum’s behavior towards his “precious” ring. You know, the one that will ‘rule them all’. This algorithm and others allow Google to provide very [...]

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Posted Under Brands & Marketing Entrepreneurship

November 3, 2009
Posted by Ryan Graves

Ethics, Virtual Goods, and Advertising Schemes: You’ll want to follow this

This weekend @Mollstar and I had a long (relative to the amount of time I can usually get her to talk about the web) conversation about how we don’t really understand who plays all these Facebook games. Other than Poker from Zynga, which I play a decent amount of, I don’t understand who grows virtual [...]

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Posted Under Brands & Marketing Economics Mistakes & Lessons

January 18, 2009
Posted by Ryan Graves

Celebrity advertising on Twitter

There is no way in hell that I’ll believe this tweet wasn’t paid for. I’m not sure if it was paid directly from Babooshbaby.com, or some 3rd party advertising company, but it was paid for, I’m convinced. There has been many a theory that the introduction of celebs on Twitter will mess it all up. [...]

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Posted Under Brands & Marketing Technology


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