Blogging, podcasting, Twitter, Second Life, etc. are but a few new galaxies that I have voyaged to over the last six months or so. But I just can’t bring myself to become part of Facebook. Living in the present is fine but being ambushed by someone from my high school in Facebook would just unleash [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Jun
25
This news was too good not to share with everyone. You may recall a month ago we wrote about a user generated contest for the movie “Disturbia” that utilized the mash-up technology from Eyespot.
Recently, Lucasfilm announced it was partnering with Eyespot to allow users to “make their own” Star Wars creations. Eyespot will make about [...]
Jun
12
Frequently, I’m blown away at how simple an amazingly creative idea can be. This week I found from the UK sponsored by Orange a different type of advergame.
Derek’s movements are tracked and shared in real time on the site which helps in making your “bull spotting” prediction. The site also features an amusing “expert analysis [...]
Jun
6
Last week I wrote about some tips that Sponsors can use to build into their user generated content contests online. Continuing my search for contest reference on social media sites this week I came up with 0ver 230,000 tags for the word “contest” on MySpace.
So, for Sponsors, here’s a few thoughts on the benefits of [...]
Jun
1
I recently did a search on YouTube for the word “Contest” and came up with over 1,500 results. Take a look at many of the contests on YouTube and you may be overwhelmed by the music and graphics of some of these sites. Clearly, music and entertainment companies have been quick to embrace this [...]
