Media in the New Millennium

posted by Doyle
So, I went to see The Dark Knight in IMAX today. Not that this is a movie review site, but it was AWESOME.
However, the jerks — and I do mean jerks — at Fandango really irritated me on the ticket process.
Turns out, when I bought tickets to the IMAX showing on Fandango, two [...]

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posted by Doyle
Today, my wife got the same letter I a few days ago which prompted my rant. I like Bill Green’s comment, and he might be right. If he is, it’s no longer stupid and now a bit devious. Either way, I think it’s ridiculous.
Then, I realize that not only are they putting all [...]

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posted by Doyle
I use an Express Toll device in my car (of course I do, it’s just one more gadget!) to drive on the toll road from Boulder to the Denver Airport. The road saves a ton of time, and the little box I get to place on my windsheld saves me stopping at a [...]

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posted by Doyle
Jerry Lewis, formerly with the Boulder County Business Report, is now writing an interesting blog we like to follow called the Boulder Report. He joined us for our New Media Summit last week (thanks for coming, Jerry!), and wrote about what he took away on his blog. As you’d expect from a writer, [...]

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posted by Doyle
We were fortunate to have TV Week’s Daisy Whitney join us for the Metzger New Media Summit this past week. During a conversation about online video, we discovered that we shared a mutual belief:
“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”
I find myself counseling clients with that advice often, especially as it gets [...]

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posted by Elaine
Dean Rizzuto of Metzger Associates and Zena Weist of EMBARQ did a great job of outlining an underutilized application by marketers – the mobile phone.
The most salient point of the presentation to me was that sometimes simple marketing using SMS is the most poignant way to reach people. After two separate unsuccessful trips [...]

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posted by Elaine
Monika Maeckle, Business Wire’s vice president of new media, gave a great presentation for beginners.  Below are sites that came up in the presentation.
Twitter.com - A microblogging service that lets you blog in 140-characters or less.  You can follow the panelists on Twitter: Brian Morrissey, Daisy Whitney and Doyle Albee. You can follow [...]

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I hope many of you can join us for the Metzger Associates/Business Wire New Media Summit on Monday, July 14, at the St. Julien Hotel in Boulder. Here’s a rundown of what where doing:
2-2:30: Registration and networking
2:30-3:30: New Media 101 with Monika Maeckle, VP New Media, Business Wire
3:45-4:45: Mobile Strategies with Zena Weist, EMBARQ, and [...]

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Just dropped by the Apple Store again today. The line is down to about 30 minutes and moving quickly. Since I had a meeting (sometimes jobs can be such a pain!) I couldn’t wait, but my buds at the Apple Store tell me that by 5 or so, I should be able to stroll right [...]

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I just tried to get a new iPhone, but the line at the Boulder Apple store was at least a block, and the AT&T Store sold out of their first 60 in the first hour. Plus, I hear they’re having trouble with the activiation servers.
Maybe later today, maybe tomorrow…

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