Conferences
The Future-Mobile Web – ILM 08
The first talk today was with Mike Liebhold, Senior Researcher, Institute for the Future. He and Peter Krasilovsky had a nice discussion on where Mike sees technology going. To sum it up it is a mobile web. Mike said “…see in 5 years everyone will be able to afford a mobile computer like the iphone” [...]
SuperForum II: Local Video/Out-of-Home Explosion – ILM 08
The second SuperForum dealt with local video. I learned a lot but at the same time came to the conclusion I had before-there are a ton of options and I do not know what is best yet. The forum started with Brad Inman, Founder and CEO of TurnHere. He had a great presentation talking about [...]
Angie's List and ServiceMagic – ILM 08
This was a nice panel discussion of with these two directories. It was a nice introduction for those not familiar with them. (I have not used them yet). I had a chance to speak with Angie Hicks of Angie’s List beforehand (this will appear in another post). ServiceMagic works with the consumer and service provider [...]
iPhone Apps – ILM 08
I do not have an iphone. Do I want one? They are pretty cool….I got to see one up close and play with the features. This panel discussion highlighted some nice applications (apps) that are available on the iphone. If you have a small business, I think you need to make sure you can be [...]
SuperLocal Forum I Overview – ILM 08
The end of day one was a very interesting forum. I missed the opening remarks but here is what I took away: The Web 2.0 Equation: Community and Viral Effects: Mike Edelhart, CEO, LiveDeal; Matt Howard, CEO, SMBLive; Darren Waddell, VP, MerchantCircle Do-it-yourselfers (diy) unite! These business believe that the diy is strong business model [...]
The Value of Interactive Local Media – ILM 08
Kara Nortman, from IAC spoke on where things are in the local media and where they think things are moving. First off she showed what is working and what is not. Successful in local: organic traffic unique distribution self-service products direct access to merchant budge lost cost burn Struggling in local: SEM only traffic another [...]
State of Interactive Local – ILM 08
Well ILM’08 has begun. Matt Booth began the conference by commenting on some numbers on local ad spending. Right now local is 32% of the total market in the US, representing $92 billion dollars! From a survey of 1000 small businesses in the US, showed that their usage of online media was beginning to show [...]
