by Pat Kitano on August 17, 2009 in Advertising, Breaking News, Hyperlocal, Local advertising, Marketing, New business models, Social Media, Trends, Twitter
Fast Company’s Michael Gluckstadt’s article “Can Anyone Tap the $100 Billion Potential of Hyperlocal News?” points out the problems when a national advertiser like the New York Times, or local news aggregators like CitySearch, Topix or Outside.In developing “community” try to build a sticky hyperlocal website. Answer: there is little incentive for anybody in the [...]
by Pat Kitano on August 10, 2009 in Breaking News, New business models, Social Media, Trends
Here are some sample definitions of what constituted “online presence” through the Internet ages: 1998: Started an internet company 2000: Personal website 2003: Search engine optimized website 2005: Search engine citations, MySpace takes off 2007: Blog or MySpace page 2009: Blog + Twitter + Facebook + LinkedIn + relevant social networks The 2009 Conclusion: Online [...]
by Pat Kitano on July 27, 2009 in Breaking News, Social Media, Twitter, Web tools
This is a bit.ly primer for those who regularly use Twitter to broadcast topical or relevant breaking news to their community or client base. Business people who consistently post breaking news – like CNN, TechCrunch or Gizmodo – related to their community, industry or specialty earn the following of their peers and customers. bit.ly has [...]
by Pat Kitano on July 5, 2009 in Advertising, Breaking News, Facebook, Hyperlocal, Marketing, Mass Media, New business models, Publishing, Social Media, Trends, Twitter
Community media exists today in its traditional formats of local TV, radio and newspapers. Almost anybody can attest to the reality that most local news and events coverage still happen through these traditional media. Community 2.0 media, where the community itself participates in local conversation, is evolving through several specific, established online channels: Online newspapers [...]
by Pat Kitano on June 22, 2009 in Breaking News, Events, New business models, Social Media, Twitter
Mark Madsen noticed all the media coverage devoted to the crackdown on Iran over the weekend and decided to build Breaking Iran News in a few hours. We’re pleased to see him provide a way to show how the world and humanity is changing. Breaking Iran News aggregates the Twitter, Twitpic, Flickr and Picasa feeds [...]
by Pat Kitano on June 16, 2009 in Advertising, Breaking News, Hyperlocal, Local advertising, Marketing, New business models, Publishing, Real Estate, Social Media, Trends, Twitter
We see Twitter positioning itself as a local advertising platform: it’s simple to use, requires little time commitment to Tweet, and free. Here’s a guide for local merchants on how to use Twitter to reach their local audience: 1) How different local merchants should use Twitter 2) How to build a local Twitter consumer community [...]
by Pat Kitano on June 13, 2009 in Advertising, Breaking News, Hyperlocal, Local advertising, Marketing, New business models, Newspapers, Social Media, Trends, Twitter, Web tools
Craigslist has become the standard for community classifieds; it’s more efficient reaching a local audience than any other local advertising media, and it’s free. But it does have problems: Craigslist advertisers / posters are generally anonymous, and thus less credible. Craigslist advertisers don’t have track records or eBay feedback ratings. It can take a long [...]
by Pat Kitano on May 30, 2009 in Advertising, Breaking News, Domus Consulting Group, Hyperlocal, Local advertising, Marketing, Mass Media, New business models, Publishing, Slideshows, Social Media, Twitter
(This is an audio presentation – click the Play button) How to make Chambers relevant to their members and the community View more OpenOffice presentations from Pat Kitano.
by Pat Kitano on May 25, 2009 in Breaking News, Events, Hyperlocal, Marketing, Mass Media, New business models, Social Media, Television, Trends, Twitter, Web tools
Breaking LA News is aggregating Twitter feeds for the Lakers /Nugget game 4 this Memorial Day. Hyperlocal breaking news are ideal for broadcasting local interest events, and have the additional benefit of attracting a huge national audience. We assisted in augmenting the traffic to the site with two well placed comments (albeit more like ads) [...]