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Move over Craigslist, There’s a new Bird in town
May 20th
I’ve met several of my closet friends through Craigslist. Being a San Francisco girl, Craigslist helped me find several roommates after college in 2002 and sell my first car, a dodge neon.
Craigslist was one of the first social media platforms that connected people to buy, sell, rent and more. It’s now grown to be the 35th most popular site according to google. Has Craigslist gotten too big for its britches? Maybe… but it also seems a bit old school for me, as it brings back memories of Top Ramen and living with 5 people, 3 cats and 3 bathrooms. My hat still goes off to Craigslist as this “list” definitely paved the way for more innovative listing platforms.
Watchout Craig Newman! There’s a new bird in town, Adbirds. The Austin-based company has Craigslist capabilities with a bit more feathers.
Adbirds features utilize social media’s sharing capabilities with buttons to share items for sale with friends on twitter, facebook, digg etc. Its an easy way to get your items in front of more buyers. The interface is amazingly simple and easily connects you to where you want to be. Want to add 10 pics and embed video links? No prob.
The free accounts come with a unique user name and URL address, and easy pay features. Any Free account can run 5 ads at a time.
Did I mention community love? All Adbirds users are encouraged to help build awareness of a local favorite organization with name and web link using the “favorite charity” identifier from the account manager. So while you’re trying to make a few bucks off your old baseball card collection you can support your favorite charity, the name and link of the charity will appear at the top of every ad.
Join AdBirds Today Adbirds.com
Are your needs being met?
Jan 26th
I’ve always been fascinated with Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs in life… checkout his pyramid of needs. Are your needs being met? This sequential hierarchy of needs doesn’t usually happen in today’s society. 
When I think of needs, I think of: Starbucks, whitening tooth paste, Google search, and my iphone. I actually have all levels in the pyramid covered multiple times.
How amazing is it that Starbucks found its way into being in my life’s pyramid of needs? Now that is impressive Branding! Starbucks provides every level of the Pyramid.
Let’s start with the basics, Physiological, they provide food and water. Moving along to Safety, I stay alert and productive because I get my Starbucks coffee every day and my co-workers are safer once I have my coffee.
Next is Love/belonging, this is my favorite one! When I order a tall half-caf, skinny vanilla latte, it shows that I am an insider and belong in “the club” I often ramble my long obnoxious order carelessly as I update the Baristas on the latest celebrity gossip. I feel like a Rockstar (loved) because they remember my name and know how to spell it.
Now we are really getting into the magic of this brand, Esteem, watching those Barista’s aim to please me is exhilarating and when they call out my name I get that gitty feeling like Bob Hope just called me up to the Price is Right. The first sip of the not-so-great tasting coffee, shoots my confidence sky high and I am ready to take the day.
The last need is Self Actualization, I accept Starbucks for what it is… it’s mediocre coffee with long lines and no parking… but it brightens my day everyday, sometimes twice a day.
What’s my point? Not only should we all have invested in Starbucks in the 70’s but Starbucks is a strong brand because they meet numerous core needs simultaneously. Does your Brand do that?
Twitter Grows Up and Puts on a Business Suit
Jan 20th
Stocktweeting, an innovative website that lets you interact with investors about publicly traded companies on top of the micro-blogging service Twitter has officially gone from alpha to beta status this past holiday weekend while unveiling a slew of new features in the process.
One new feature that we think will become an instant hit in the Twitter world is their new stock voting concept. The website now boasts a social voting feature to rate publicly traded companies by tracking if users post tweets with a ‘+’ or ‘-‘.
Example
$INTC+: Indicates that you are bullish on Intel’s stock
$JPM-: Indicates that you are bearish on JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s stock
$AAPL=: Indicates that you recommend holding or are neutral on Apple’s stock
“Putting a plus or minus after a ticker symbol will quickly become a very popular twitterism – the same way that adding a dollar sign in front of a publicly traded ticker symbol became such an industry standard in ‘09.” said Matt Hagens, CEO of Stocktweeting.com. “This idea is still fresh; however, we will soon have the ability to track thousands of votes simultaneously to see if shareholders are bull or bear on a particular stock. We are not limiting this to just our site stocktweeting.com, our algorithm will calculate every vote within the freewheeling masses of Twitter stratosphere. This would essentially make guys like Jim Cramer obsolete. I’ll take a community’s sentiment over one guy’s opinion any day of the week.”
About Stocktweeting
Stocktweeting leverages the power of the Twitter community and its real-time aspect to generate investment ideas by using common word filters to bring traders together over their network. Stocktweeting is an Austin, TX based start-up business self funded by Matthew Hagens of HagensMedia, LLC. Mr. Hagens has a strong background in both web2.0 technology and finance, with a sound passion for Twitter and social media.
Stocktweeting.com Weekly Community Voting Sentiment Summary
$GOOG+ Bullish – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)
$KFT+ Bullish – Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT)
$CSCO+ Bullish –Cisco Sytems (NASDAQ: CSCO)
$DAL- Bearish – Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL)
$BIDU- Bearish – Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU)
$SRZ- Bearish – Sunrise Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: SRZ)
Free Wi-Fi – Google’s X-mas Gift
Nov 10th
A special gift has arrived from Google, just in time for the holidays! Google has announced it will be offering free Wi-Fi to travelers across the United States starting Tuesday (TODAY) at 47 airports. Google says the Wi-Fi will be available until January 15, 2010 and plans to extend the free Wi-Fi offer to Virgin America flights within United States.
Google’s dedicated Free Wi-Fi for the Holidays Website shows the following airports are that will have free wi-Fi.
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One hundred million people are estimated by the FAA to travel this holiday season. This will definitely make any delayed flights and layovers much more pleasant. I hate paying $10 – $20 for Wi-Fi at the airport.
So Google didn’t do this alone, it has partnered with the airports (obviously), as well as Time Warner Cable, Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group and a few others I assume.
This offer comes on the heals of Yahoo’s generous offer to New York Times Square goers… On Tuesday, Yahoo announced that it would provide free Wi-Fi for an entire year in Times Square.
Happy Travels!!
