Tag Archive | "lisa whelan"
February 21, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Social Media
(1) Comment
Last year, I wrote a post with predictions for mobile in 2007 and beyond, using inCode’s “Top 10 Global Wireless Predictions for 2007” as a starting point. We’re almost 2 months into 2008, and it’s the perfect time to re-visit those predictions to see what came true, and make a few more predictions for 2008 […]
January 29, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Consulting,
Mobile,
Social Media
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Today is an exciting day for my client, ShoZu, who closed $12 Million in Series C funding in a round led by SEB Venture Capital in London. ShoZu makes uploading/downloading content to/from your favorite social networking sites very easy, and usership is growing rapidly amont those downloading the app from their mobile browsers (m.shozu.com). Plus, […]
January 22, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Social Media
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Tomorrow marks the 1 year anniversary of the publication of one of my most popular posts to date: “Using Social Media to Sell Products to Kids…Interesting but Potentially Dangerous.” In that post, I talk at length about how toy manufacturer Ganz is using the internet and social networking principles to market and promote its very […]
January 9, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Contest,
Mobile,
Social Media
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Treemo is a social networking site that’s all about digital expression – “sharing digital media, empowering self-expression, and transforming creativity into action” by creating and sharing video, audio, photography, words, and visual art. I like Treemo because there is an emphasis not only on creativity but also on mobile Yesterday, Treemo launched the “Alicia Keys […]
January 8, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Social Media
(1) Comment
Today, I got an invitation to try the closed ‘pre-Alpha’ of Loic Le Meur’s (former head of SixApart Europe and founder of Le Web) new start-up, Seesmic, which enables Video conversations on your phone. You can think of Seesmic as a video Twitter plus a load of forthcoming features to come. TechCrunch’s review from back […]
January 4, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Enterprise,
Social Media
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At the end of November, I published a Dear Abby-esque post on Plaxo Pulse. In it, my friend, Paul emailed me to get my opinion on Plaxo Pulse, and I didn’t have many (okay, ANY) positive things to say about it. So, it was with great amusement that I read Michael Arrington’s post on TechCrunch […]
December 22, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Social Media
(1) Comment
There’s a great article out on Clickz.com summarizing two reports recently published on mobile social media. It’s well worth reading. Unsurprisingly, the US is behind Europe when it comes to social media on phones, and teens and University-aged students are the most active users. ABI Research reports that the audience for social media on mobiles […]
December 22, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Consulting,
Contest,
Events,
Social Media
(3) Comments
My client, ShoZu, has been nominated in the Crunchies Award as Best Mobile Start-up. This award is co-produced by TechCrunch, Read/Write Web, VentureBeat and GigaOm. Major sponsors include: Adobe, Microsoft, Sun and a few venture funds. Please head to the voting link, http://vote.crunchies.techcrunch.com/ scroll to the mobile category and vote for ShoZu. You can vote […]
December 21, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Enterprise,
Social Media
(1) Comment
With all my talk in earlier blogs about the benefit of companies employing a social media strategy, I thought that it would be a good idea to review a product that enables companies to build their own social media empire. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to see a demo of a great new product from […]
December 16, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Advertising,
Consulting,
Developers,
Enterprise,
Social Media
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Check out the post I wrote on SocialMedia Networks’ blog about how social application developers can maximize their advertising revenue returns.
