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Andrew Breitbart: Victim Of The New Media Culture War?

March 2, 2012Erik Kain

Conservative internet publisher and avid blogger Andrew Breitbart died yesterday. He was 43. Friends and acquaintances described the Big Hollywood founder as intense – a passionate conversationalist who never left work no matter where he went. But Breitbart was hounded by health problems and high blood pressure. The intensity of his personality was matched only by […]

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Why You Should Build Brand Loyalty Before Worrying About SEO, Especially In The Age Of Social Media

February 29, 2012Erik Kain

Megan Garber has yet another fantastic post up in The Atlantic. She notes that revenue is up for the Times, and that the ability of that publication to build a strong brand, rather than cater simply to the whims of SEO, has made it a stronger company for the long haul: If I search for […]

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Why It Doesn’t Matter That Google+ Users Only Spend Three Minutes A Month On The Site

February 28, 2012Erik Kain

The big news today is that Google+ users only spend an average of three minutes a month on the site – a pretty shabby showing compared to Facebook or Pinterest, and one of the lowest time-scores of any social network. Compare Google’s 3 minutes to Facebook’s 405 minutes, or Pinterest and Tumbler’s nearly 100 minutes […]

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Can You Kick Your Pinterest Habit? Giving Up Social Media For Lent

February 24, 2012Erik Kain

People used to fast for Lent, give up meat, and often some other thing that made their lives to comfortable. Catholics and many other Christian denominations do this so that they can be thankful for what they have, and think more about the blessings God has bestowed upon them. Giving up something you love makes […]

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How Storify And Pinterest Are Cultivating The Wild Web, And Why Social Media Will Civilize The Internet

February 23, 2012Erik Kain

The buzz these days in the tech universe has been all Pinterest all the time, and with good reason. Pinterest gives people the ability to curate photos on various online pinboards easily and quickly, and to follow pinboards curated by others. Instead of asking users to set up their own account from scratch, Pinterest users […]

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Star Wars Steampunk On Pinterest

February 7, 2012Erik Kain

This is via the AMC Theatres Pinterest pinboard: Pinterest is really quite clever, by the way, though I’ve only just begun exploring it (if you’ve begun wandering about the site yourself you can follow me here though I have yet to post anything myself.) Will there be room for another social network like Pinterest? Given […]

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