Archive for September, 2008

TOP 5 Digital Marketing Trends Caribbean Companies can’t ignore ( Updated)

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The Web has become a dynamic place, the Mobile Phone the desired third screen many are moving to conquer, both are core elements of any digital marketing strategy, necessary tools that Caribbean brands must be quick to understand and leverage.

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Calacanis: Collapsing Economy Will Kill 50%-80% Of Startups

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The following is reprinted from Jason’s List, Jason Calacanis’s email newsletter. Sign up here. (The) Startup Depression
.Since stock market gyrations and the elections seem to be making everyone rightfully nauseous and depressed, I thought I would take this email to discuss the biggest ramifications of these challenging times: depression.


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GarysGuide.org- Events Calendar for Tech and New Media Professionals

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This is a site that has claimed the number one status. GaryGuide.org says it’s the #1 Events Calendar for Tech and New Media Professionals in the United States. Based on the comprehensiveness and details I believe him.

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Seth Godin has a new book out next month called Tribes-We Need You to Lead Us

tribes-book.jpgSensei Godin is at it again.Tribes, his new book will be out on October 16 and is described as  ” a 147-page, anecdote-filled call to readers to become leaders of a movement, or “tribe.” Hmmm…sounds like a further endorsement and dissection of social media, but we’ll see.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Caribbean Dotcom Boom? Caribbean Social Networking? A Rebuttal

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I found this on Knowprose.com written by Taran Rampersad, a Caribbean blogger who also has the most comprehensive list of Caribbean blogs online right now. He’s responding to the post I wrote on Look Who’s Betting on a Caribbean Dotcom Boom.  Have a read of his response. He makes some quite valid points. Let the debate begin

Popularity: 5% [?]

JamaicanJokes.com the most successful Caribbean Facebook App to date

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JamaicanJokes.com is the Caribbean’s most successful Facebook application to date and I judge success here by virtue of the fact that it’s creator Internet pioneer and entrepreneur Sandor Panton got it developed, marketed it and now has over 40,000 daily users of the app and did this in a period of nine months. The app was launched on December 4, 2007.

Popularity: 3% [?]

I FOUND HURRICANE GILBERT ON STORMPULSE.COM

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This year is the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Gilbert hitting and devastating the many homes of friends, families and fellow Jamaicans. Not a fond memory at all for me, as my family, we lost the roof of our home, many possessions and precious photos that September, yet it was the first thing I searched for on Stormpulse.com.

Popularity: 2% [?]

VISITJAMAICA.COM -The $16M JAMAICA TOURIST BOARD WEBSITE

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Visitjamaica.com -the new Jamaica Tourist Board website was launched on September 4th. I like the design, the concept and the music of course. I heard it was done at a cost of US$230,000 / JA$16.1 million website, that’s fine too, the only question I have is… how much of that money was spent locally, because the design and programming talent exists in Jamaica big time!

Popularity: 12% [?]

HOW MUCH IS YOUR SITE WORTH? WEBSITEOUTLOOK.COM CAN TELL YOU.

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I just found this site websiteoutlook.com and what it does is give a snapshot sale valuation of any website. Clearly I just ran amok, typing in the domain names of any and every site that came to my mind. So is it accurate, well, you be the judge. Here’s how it works

Popularity: 27% [?]

WANTED: Angel and Venture Capitalists for Caribbean Tech Companies

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FLASHBACK POST:

They can’t wait on the banks, because they are not interested or simply do not understand. Some can do it with Credit Union Loans. Others sell their friends and family on the “ investability” of their ideas.

Popularity: 5% [?]

PleaseDress.Me-A Tshirt search engine is launched.

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As a woman who just loves a good tshirt and always in search of cool ones  I can appreciate this site - pleasedress.me.  Gary Vaynerchuck,the video blogger behind Wine Library TV has just launched a T-Shirt search engine called PleaseDressMe along with with his brother AJ and Digg.com’s Joe Stump.

Popularity: 2% [?]

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