“Hulu for Magazines” coming from publishing industry?

October5

Mashable reports that the magazine publishing industry, which has been struggling to transition and continue to thrive in the digital age, is considering a “Hulu” for magazines joint venture.

The core of the plan would be to create an iTunes-style digital storefront where content can be bundled into subscriptions and delivered to customers on multiple…


Survey confirms that erotic service ads and scams top issues with online classified ad placement

September11

According to Website Magazine, a survey commissioned by eBay’s local classifieds site Kijiji.com, revealed some interesting factors that users consider before visiting an online classifieds site.

Apparently three in four U.S. adults (75%) claim to prefer to buy/sell items from a site that does not host erotic ads or adult services, and 53% of…


Company launches turnkey multimedia marketing system

September11

Cutting or eliminating a marketing budget can be fatal for small and big businesses alike. When companies struggle, it’s marketing that often gets the ax, making it all the more difficult to attract new customers and build revenue. However, more and more business-owners are grasping the dire consequences of such actions and now exploring ways…


It’s official… the new By Hand Media is live and direct

September4

For those of you who haven’t seen the new site, I hope you’ll give it a gander, and let me know what you think. I’ve added basically all of my best work from recent years, as well as some surprises.

Take a look at the new website – which I call V4:Work – at work.byhandmedia.com….


Potential solution for adding HTML code to your Facebook page

August26

Those of you looking to add Flash files, custom CSS styles and other customization to your Facebook page, I may have found a partial answer. I was researching how to add Flash to the Facebook Wall Tabs, and found this answer HERE. I haven’t tried this solution yet, but the application, Static FBML, does exist…

written by: Rene Carson on Aug 26th, 2009
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Here is a video on using simple methods to increase web traffic to your blog or website

August19

Matt Cutts from the Web Spam team at Google, gave a discussion at WordCamp San Francisco about how WordPress blogs are seen through the eyes of Google’s search engine, including basics on how Google search works and how you can boost your blog’s results on Google’s search results.

Most interesting are the segments on gaining…

written by: Rene Carson on Aug 19th, 2009
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Networking and competition site launched to advance student art

July15

Stating that students produce “trend setting art sparked by their experimental natures,” yet have few marketing channels exclusively showcasing their creativity, a veteran area designer/art director announces the introduction of www.pxldust.com, a global design networking and competition site exclusively for student artists.

Focusing on three key art mediums – illustration, graphic design and photography, the…

written by: Rene Carson on Jul 15th, 2009
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How to easily setup an affiliate program to encourage others to sell your products online

July9

I worked on a website project recently and the client was interested in setting up an affiliate program, to help them build traffic to their website. Today I randomly found E-Junkie, which might be just what the doctor ordered.

E-junkie provides shopping cart and buy now buttons to let you sell downloads and tangible goods…

written by: Rene Carson on Jul 9th, 2009
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Will the net become the next generation’s cable TV?

June26

I read this release from the ACA and I think it brings up an interesting debate on how to truly monetize video content on the web. The question is whether it makes sense to force broadband cable providers to pay a fee (which would ultimately be passed along to consumers) for “premium” web content sites….


Palm mobile to join Adobe’s Open Screen Project

February16

At the GSMA Mobile World Congress, Adobe today announced that Palm is joining the Open Screen Project – a broad industry initiative dedicated to enabling standalone applications and full web browsing across televisions, desktops and mobile devices taking advantage of Adobe Flash Platform capabilities. The work of the Open Screen Project will help deliver Adobe…


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