http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/2-0 2008-05-16T08:35:13Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38610-meditations-on-ahimsa 2008-05-16T08:35:13Z DJMattWerner <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H3E7uAYarVY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H3E7uAYarVY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38610-meditations-on-ahimsa"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43598" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Meditations on Ahimsa <br />A flow for those living a Conscious Lifestyle in the Web 2.0 Generation.</p> <p>Lyrics by Mike DP <br />Song produced by DJ Matt Werner <br />Instrumental sampled from 'It's Okay (One Blood)' by The Game</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38610-meditations-on-ahimsa">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38034-tips-for-getting-read-on-reddit 2008-05-16T08:32:09Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3INRGQyhNaw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3INRGQyhNaw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38034-tips-for-getting-read-on-reddit"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42969" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>If you feel that you can create web content with enough quality and originality to catch the attention of web users, you should explore the possibility of using social networking and bookmarking websites as a marketing tool.</p> <p>The power of buzz marketing in the Web 2.0 world allows even the smallest business the opportunity to make a huge impact.</p> <p>Founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, social news website Reddit offers several interesting marketing possibilities. In essence, Reddit users post links to content and other users then give the content an up or down vote. Enough up votes and the link rises to the Reddit home page while a lot of down votes will condemn the content to obscurity.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38034-tips-for-getting-read-on-reddit">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38033-6-tips-for-increasing-blog-traffic 2008-05-16T08:32:09Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vsj7JkxvqGc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vsj7JkxvqGc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38033-6-tips-for-increasing-blog-traffic"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42968" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>you've built a blog, your primary focus should be in developing a solid readership. Now that you have your blog running, you've been adding quality content, and you've been engaging your readers, what do you do now?</p> <p>You need to spend more time promoting your blog. When you market your blog, you're marketing yourself. You can't hide behind a faceless company which makes marketing so much more collaborative and difficult at the same time.</p> <p>Think of these six methods as a way of reaching out to your audiences and saying, "This is who I am. Come on over and let's chat."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38033-6-tips-for-increasing-blog-traffic">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37987-web-2-0-promotion-methods-that-get-results-video 2008-05-16T08:32:09Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XfgVFd-8Fl8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XfgVFd-8Fl8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37987-web-2-0-promotion-methods-that-get-results-video"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42909" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Anybody promoting or marketing products online knows that converting web site traffic is the key to survival and profits. </p> <p>However, for startup businesses, this is easier said than done. How do you target nameless, faceless customers and get them to visit your website — one of hundreds of thousands that overwhelm the internet? More importantly, how do you know what this invisible customer wants? </p> <p>Web 2.0 advertising and marketing offer entrepreneurs an effective means of attracting more visitors to their site and interacting with potential customers. It allows startup businesses to advertise their existence and promote their products to prospective clients who do not yet know the business even exists. </p> <p>There are several Web 2.0 promotion methods, which if used simultaneously, can bring surprising results.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37987-web-2-0-promotion-methods-that-get-results-video">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36705-optimization-techniques-for-web-2-0 2008-05-16T08:32:09Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gtXYugEFCs0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gtXYugEFCs0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36705-optimization-techniques-for-web-2-0"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41318" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Although search engine optimization (SEO) remains as important as ever, the ongoing development of Web 2.0 technologies has changed the way we look at optimization. Standard optimization techniques focus very little on the customer.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36705-optimization-techniques-for-web-2-0">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36704-3-principles-of-social-network-design 2008-05-16T08:32:09Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HV6Sxqkgnck&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HV6Sxqkgnck&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36704-3-principles-of-social-network-design"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41317" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Social software designers are learning that designing for group behavior and interaction is more complex than designing for individual users. Especially in social network design, the unpredictability in user response and group activities can pose design difficulties. In order for a social network design to be successful, there are several basic principles that should be followed.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36704-3-principles-of-social-network-design">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36696-get-visitors-to-stumbleupon-your-website 2008-05-16T08:32:10Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KDnSqFvuuCo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KDnSqFvuuCo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36696-get-visitors-to-stumbleupon-your-website"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41306" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Of all the Web 2.0 driven websites that have opened up the internet for marketers, StumbleUpon is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the best, free marketing opportunities on the internet.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36696-get-visitors-to-stumbleupon-your-website">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36695-facebook-s-advertising-and-marketing-potential 2008-05-16T08:32:10Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/217-5ywiX_A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/217-5ywiX_A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36695-facebook-s-advertising-and-marketing-potential"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41305" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>FaceBook is quickly becoming the giant of all social networking sites, and as its popularity grows, so does the marketing and advertising opportunities it offers to businesses of all sizes.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36695-facebook-s-advertising-and-marketing-potential">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36694-how-to-maintain-a-successful-blog 2008-05-16T08:32:10Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K8PAbA5bjOo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K8PAbA5bjOo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36694-how-to-maintain-a-successful-blog"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41304" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The success or failure of a blog depends on a combination of several different factors. These factors include your blog's topic as well as its layout. An equally important factor is the ability to promote your blog to reach a large, and interested, audience.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36694-how-to-maintain-a-successful-blog">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36692-3-simple-steps-to-increase-your-blog-readership 2008-05-16T08:32:10Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ru194xi0fnQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ru194xi0fnQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36692-3-simple-steps-to-increase-your-blog-readership"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41302" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Blogs are an integral part of Web 2.0. Companies who were once skeptical about the effectiveness of web 2.0 are quickly acknowledging the value of blogging on the internet.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36692-3-simple-steps-to-increase-your-blog-readership">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36691-using-squidoo-for-web-2-0-marketing 2008-05-16T08:32:10Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ddf4pWbrniU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ddf4pWbrniU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36691-using-squidoo-for-web-2-0-marketing"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41301" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Squidoo plays a major role in Web 2.0 marketing. This innovative website allows authors to create a 'lens', which is a one page website that highlights a single subject. A specific lens can glean information from several sources and assemble it all together on one page so that it makes for easy viewing and reading. What makes this service even better? It's free.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36691-using-squidoo-for-web-2-0-marketing">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36690-using-myspace-for-web-2-0-marketing 2008-05-16T08:32:10Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/90cUeQ9sK0U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/90cUeQ9sK0U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36690-using-myspace-for-web-2-0-marketing"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41300" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>MySpace, an exciting social networking site, offers its members creative ways of building a network of friends who communicate with each other by posting blogs and sharing photographs. While this is the general nature of MySpace, internet marketers can use these features in innovative ways to market their products to MySpace users and starting getting traffic to their websites quickly.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36690-using-myspace-for-web-2-0-marketing">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36689-use-wikipedia-to-market-your-website 2008-05-16T08:32:10Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J5cxHE2oLJY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J5cxHE2oLJY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36689-use-wikipedia-to-market-your-website"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41299" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Without a doubt, one of the biggest Web 2.0 success stories of recent years is Wikipedia. Since it was established in 2001, it has grown into the largest reference website in the world by far.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36689-use-wikipedia-to-market-your-website">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36679-using-facebook-to-promote-your-business 2008-05-16T08:32:10Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BsEbtPOqF5g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BsEbtPOqF5g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36679-using-facebook-to-promote-your-business"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41280" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>FaceBook, a powerful social networking service, is fast becoming one of the most effective networking tools for businesses to create awareness and interact with their community.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36679-using-facebook-to-promote-your-business">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36678-how-to-spice-up-your-myspace-corner 2008-05-16T08:32:10Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JSpPKa0GHP0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JSpPKa0GHP0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36678-how-to-spice-up-your-myspace-corner"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41279" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>With an abundance of easily available tools and templates, it's fairly simple for MySpace users to generate a basic website quickly.This is perfect for people who only intend to use their MySpace site for keeping in touch with old friends and for making new friends. However, individuals who are involved in internet marketing should consider offering their visitors more than just a plain website.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36678-how-to-spice-up-your-myspace-corner">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36598-web-2-0-ignites-small-businesses-marketing 2008-05-14T03:30:22Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sKqlb1d3Nxc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sKqlb1d3Nxc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36598-web-2-0-ignites-small-businesses-marketing"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41095" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Though still in its infancy, Web 2.0 has completely altered the way businesses market online. It puts business collaboration not only in the hands of managers and employees, but also customers and potential customers, decentralizing the chain-of-command into more of a spider-web effect.</p> <p>Entrepreneurs looking for innovative ways to launch their businesses benefit greatly from this feature of Web 2.0. It gives them the competitive edge against larger corporations that are run in an inflexible top down manner.</p> <p>An early 2007 poll revealed that several established companies believed Web 2.0 was over-hyped and were convinced it would have no impact on their business or any other start-up business. Traditional thinking industry leaders found it difficult to believe that blogs and social networking could have world wide consequences on any level—start-up or otherwise. A few months later, Web 2.0 marketing has sky-rocketed, proving them wrong and leaving them scrambling to strategize and integrate this once innocuous marketing structure into their existing models.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36598-web-2-0-ignites-small-businesses-marketing">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36599-web-2-0-its-significance-for-the-retail-marketer 2008-05-14T03:30:22Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/blwCrArLAC0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/blwCrArLAC0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36599-web-2-0-its-significance-for-the-retail-marketer"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41096" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Though relatively new, Web 2.0 has taken the world by storm. Familiar old technologies such as Flash and newer technologies such as AJAX and RSS feeds offer ground breaking new ways for retailers and consumers to connect with each other and communicate. These features are changing the face of online marketing.</p> <p>The distinct characteristic of Web 2.0 marketing is that it is spearheaded by innovative means for keeping open the channels of communication between marketers and buyers. As the choice of communication channels increase, retailers are forced to think more about revamping their traditional online marketing campaigns. Blogs, social networking sites and RSS feeds are the three main areas of Web 2.0 that have the strongest impact on retailers.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36599-web-2-0-its-significance-for-the-retail-marketer">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36600-imedia-and-the-web-2-0-revolution 2008-05-14T03:30:22Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0p7VEF6cO74&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0p7VEF6cO74&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36600-imedia-and-the-web-2-0-revolution"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41097" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>No matter how good a product or service may be, it's the first impression that counts. Though much has changed in the way businesses advertise and market their products or services, the one thing that has remained constant over the years is the value of first impressions.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36600-imedia-and-the-web-2-0-revolution">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36596-web-2-0-is-vital-to-internet-marketers 2008-05-14T03:30:22Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Seig0dJKCcI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Seig0dJKCcI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36596-web-2-0-is-vital-to-internet-marketers"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41093" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Contrary to popular belief, Web 2.0 does not signify a replacement to its 1.0 predecessor. The term Web 2.0 implies the web has changed but not in its entirety. With an immense number of web pages and millions of website owners, the web will more than likely always be a merging of the new and old. </p> <p>Web 2.0 brings a new definition to the term web usability and the innovative technologies that drive it. Web 2.0 is more of a concept rather than a version and is more closely defined by dynamic web pages that encourage user interaction. </p> <p>Unlike its Web 1.0 forerunner, where the primary option available to users was reading static web pages, Web 2.0 has been compared to readers helping write a book instead of being restricted to only reading it. <br />Web 2.0 is characterized by blogs, wikis (brought about by the success of Wikipedia), social networking sites such as MySpace, and RSS feeds, where organizations offer a variety of delivery and targeted news options. These seemingly innocuous technologies are expected to sway the enterprise for completely unexpectedly reasons.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36596-web-2-0-is-vital-to-internet-marketers">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36597-gap-analysis 2008-05-14T03:30:22Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4POKd5trXfI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4POKd5trXfI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36597-gap-analysis"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41094" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Where is our organization now? Where do we want our organization to be? The difference between the two is the Gap. In education, gap analysis can be a resource and assessment tool to help the school district or university to compare its current success with its potential future. All educational institutions are finding that they must increase services while cutting budgets; as in Colorado and many other states, this creates a difficult scenario for directors. Most of whom know much of their gaps but cannot find the funding or convince the powers that be, that better use of gap analysis could make them more competitive. This is especially true in higher education where market segment is similar, as well as products.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36597-gap-analysis">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36594-3-key-elements-of-web-2-0 2008-05-14T03:30:21Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-np8D1IkW2Q&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-np8D1IkW2Q&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36594-3-key-elements-of-web-2-0"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41091" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The three key elements of Web 2.0 are the re-invention of the Web, its social and collaborative nature, and the read and write characteristics of Web 2.0</p> <p>Re-invention of the Web</p> <p>Using the web as a platform, Web 2.0 re-visualizes the internet from the perspectives of the developer, the supplier and the user, giving each of them innovative ways to use the internet. Web 2.0 takes the huge spectrum of interconnected devices of the web and provides a comprehensible and accessible programming model for the developer, a flexible and rapid deployment apparatus for the supplier and a powerful, all-absorbing experience for the user. </p> <p>Continuously increasing bandwidth means the richness of content that can be sent over the internet is continuously increasing. Starting with images and music and moving to video and voice, Web 2.0 has dramatically changed the old internet of text and one way communication.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36594-3-key-elements-of-web-2-0">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36595-web-2-0-marketing-get-the-right-tools 2008-05-14T03:30:21Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xxAxr1MS6b8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xxAxr1MS6b8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36595-web-2-0-marketing-get-the-right-tools"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41092" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>As an entrepreneur in today's rapidly changing world, you need to be quick if you want your business to succeed—especially online.</p> <p>In a scenario that has already been revolutionized by the Internet, Web 2.0 is changing all the dynamics. New ideas, new techniques and new tools—it's a completely new way of thinking and doing business. By exploiting these new techniques and tools and putting them to good use, you can create more marketing buzz and increase your profits exponentially. </p> <p>Though Web 2.0 marketing tools are readily and easily available, the key to your business success is knowing how and when to use them. It is important that you only start utilizing Web 2.0 marketing tools if and when you are prepared to support the Web 2.0 technology on a consistent basis. More importantly, though, you need the content that it will require to succeed.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36595-web-2-0-marketing-get-the-right-tools">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36592-empower-your-marketing-with-web-2-0 2008-05-14T03:30:21Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RdAEs2Lfozs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RdAEs2Lfozs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36592-empower-your-marketing-with-web-2-0"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41089" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Although Web 2.0 has been publicized as the "next big thing", interestingly enough, it lacks a crisp definition. Web 2.0 refers more to the changes in the way the web is used as a platform by end users and software developers rather than an actual web technical specification update. In an increasingly mixed future, Web 2.0 represents just one phenomenon that is hard to define but is nonetheless here to stay.</p> <p>With rapidly growing internet usage and an increasing number of web technologies being made available for and by businesses as well as individuals, the internet has become an important marketing platform. With the shift from limited bottlenecked distribution to infinite open distribution, Web2.0 is increasingly becoming a critical component of the infrastructure and strategy of every successful business establishment today. </p> <p>Web 2.0 redefines the market and generates entirely new opportunities, making it important for marketers to have a better understanding of the way the web can be utilized and integrated with other marketing strategies.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36592-empower-your-marketing-with-web-2-0">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36593-7-crucial-tips-for-web-2-0-marketing 2008-05-14T03:30:21Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4dKhNBOdYAY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4dKhNBOdYAY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36593-7-crucial-tips-for-web-2-0-marketing"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41090" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Web 2.0 offers the next generation of online marketing tools—enabling businesses to harness the power of the Internet to reach customers in unique and varied ways.</p> <p>Web 2.0's primary focus is getting people together to share their expertise and thoughts through social interaction. Web 2.0 principles embrace those tools and services with a social networking application. <br />Just as the open source movement changed the face of software development, so has Web 2.0's open source content model changed online marketing—change which has the potential to accelerate your business' profits.</p> <p>Think YouTube, MySpace, del.cio.us, Technorati, Digg and Flickr. These are only a few of the more popular services which have revolutionized the way businesses are reaching their online target markets. <br />If you are considering jumping into Web 2.0 marketing, use the following tips to help you integrate Web 2.0 into your marketing arsenal.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36593-7-crucial-tips-for-web-2-0-marketing">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36590-steps-to-create-a-web-2-0-marketing-friendly-website 2008-05-14T03:30:20Z David Skul <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WdE_Dq3IZUM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WdE_Dq3IZUM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36590-steps-to-create-a-web-2-0-marketing-friendly-website"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41087" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The good thing about creating a Web 2.0 marketing compatible website is that you don't have to overhaul everything completely or immediately. Small changes introduced incrementally can be just as effective.</p> <p>The following list describes ways in which you can take advantage of Web 2.0 marketing to outfit your website for maximum interactivity.</p> <p>Introduce yourself and tell people who you are. Setting up an 'About us' page that lists your skills and achievements endorses your credentials and helps potential customers know more about you and relate to you better.</p> <p>Install a blog and begin publishing a few high quality articles on a regular basis. Provide an action button for every article on your site which will take your readers to the submission page of a bookmarking site.</p> <p>Provide your users with a forum for meeting and discussing your services and products. Get your forum registered at BoardTracker, a forum search engine.</p> <p>Give your users the opportunity to rate and review your products; this will help you manage your inventory as you can add or remove inventory based on customer reviews or opinions.</p> <p>Providing RSS feeds for newly launched products, forum postings or blogs will provide potential customers with teasers of your content. Interested users will scan your teasers using RSS readers and if it draws their attention, they will be tempted to visit your site to glean some more information.</p> <p>Publish your feeds at Feedburner. Feedburner provides an advertising network for all RSS feeds, which enables you to monetize your contents if they are of high quality.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36590-steps-to-create-a-web-2-0-marketing-friendly-website">Watch the video</a>