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Qajack- The Video Game With Excellent Messaging

Last night I got an email from Adam Martin of Qajack, a newly launched "video game" based on Questions and answers. Think of it as Yahoo Answers meets 12seconds. Something like that.
Here’s what they say it is:

Qajack uses video to play with what you know and what you want to know. It’s deliberately simple, no [...]

FastPitch Networking Robocall- What Do You Think?

So, here’s the situation. I was plowing through emails this morning and had an email from FastPitch Networking. Here’s what it said:

All right. No big deal, right? You get stuff like this all the time, no? But then…….
My phone rings. I answer it.
“Hi this is Bob Poole from FastPitch Networking…..”
Wait, does Bob somehow know that [...]

Video Post- Gmail Video Chat and Twitterank/Twitter Grader

Okay, so I’m still trying to figure out this whole video thing and I’m not entirely comfortable with it. But I think this format is at least a step in the right direction. This is just a quick video talking about exactly two things:
1. Gmail Video Chat
2. Twitterank and Twitter Grader
So, here goes:

Related Links:
Twitterank Creator [...]

Video Podcast Episode 1: Managing Expectations


Using Social Media Tools To Promote A User Acquisition Campaign

All new social networks and community-focused services face the same challenge: attracting a loyal user base. Having the latest and greatest facebook+twitter+flickr+whatever is great, but worthless without an active community of users. While there are many different ways to run a user acquisition campaign, this article will focus specifically on using a contest to attract [...]