Web Strategy Micksup

Mick Liubinskas on technology, community and business models.

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Workshop: How To Use Web 2.0 Tools

March 17th, 2008 · No Comments

charade #16 answer
Originally uploaded by ndrwfgg

(Note: If you are one of my really geeky friends, you can probably click away, but you’re friends might be interested.)
Recently I did a workshop for Government people who wanted to know the basics about web 2.0 applications (blogs, micro, wiki’s, etc). It was good fun and there [...]

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Tags: Apps · events · social

How to Safely Play with Web 2.0

February 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments

test tube flowers
Originally uploaded by cyancey
I did a presentation this morning to a great bunch of marketing and media people in Australian Government organisations.
One of their biggest challenges is that they want to do more web 2.0 stuff, but the legal eagles won’t let them try and the IT guys won’t help them [...]

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Tags: Apps · Customers · social

Fake Social Ads and The Businss Model Balance

February 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Fake Social AdsOriginally uploaded by bigmick
Direct-Advertising, where a web page is built just so it gets search click throughs and then has more ads on it, was a highly profitable abomination. It dilutes the value of the Internet and that’s where I work and play so I don’t like it.
Fake social ads are [...]

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Tags: Apps · Business Models · Customers

Afraid of Super Wall and Social Metrics

February 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Afraid of Super Wall?
Originally uploaded by bigmick
Just noticed this when Super Wall tried again (in vain) to be added by me. Not a chance!
“Afraid of abuse..?”
Wow, that’s pretty powerful. I must say I feel Facebook knows what’s going on inside it’s app and reacts pretty quickly to give customers the option to ditch [...]

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Tags: Customers · social

Sydney Facebook Developer Garage

January 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Dave McClure on Facebook
Originally uploaded by bigmick
Last night I attended the first ever Sydney Garage for Facebook Developers. It was a reasonably good event, but a little too much seminar and not enough barcamp, although with some Barcamp Sydney vets in the crowd it nearly broke out into a Barcamp.
The crowd was mostly [...]

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Tags: Apps · Australia · Customers

2008: Year of Going Outside

January 4th, 2008 · No Comments

stupid sign: “caution door opens”
Originally uploaded by berbercarpet
This is going to be a big year for big companies venturing outside their own websites. They’ll discover that the Internet is about connected open networks of people, not connections between closed networks. Some are testing the waters with MySpace and Facebook profiles, but [...]

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Tags: Apps · Customers