Archive | October, 2009

Was Unsummit Perfect?

15. October 2009

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From the comments in our usual post event video, you would have to believe that the recent Unsummit was an example of pure perfection in conference land. In reality, there very well may be some issues that founder Don Ball and organizers Mykl Roventine and Meg Canada should address…but damned if I know what they [...]

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Adaptive Avenue’s Next Generation Ad Technology

13. October 2009

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Adaptive Avenue is a twice-patented online advertising technology that takes the concept of a display advertisement to the next level through a uniquely engaging experience. Such ’smart’ ad technologies represent the forefront of online advertising — they strive to improve relevance, consumer engagement, click-through, and conversion rates. In the case of Adaptive Avenue, the format [...]

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Champagne Presence on a Beer Budget

11. October 2009

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Unless you’re independently wealthy and cost is no object, in these tough economic times you probably are interested in saving money. Add to that the acceleration in all of us doing more and more of our work virtually — and that work is moving toward a time when we’re more like “free agents” than employees [...]

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast 54: Live from #UnSummit ’09

10. October 2009

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The Minnov8 Gang was delighted to report on, and be a part of, the UnSummit ’09 unconference, held today at the incredible facility at the Hennepin County Central Library in downtown Minneapolis. Hats off to Meg Canada, Don Ball and Mykl Roventine — as well as all of the sponsors — who made it such [...]

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Liveblogging Unsummit ’09

10. October 2009

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If you’re trying to stay warm on this chilly Saturday and couldn’t make the Unsummit, three of the Minnov8 Gang are liveblogging Unsummit ’09 here.

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mIQ: Best Buy’s Cloud-based Sync & Backup

8. October 2009

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Vendors like Apple and Google recognize that the cloud is central to the mobile experience. Without the ability to access ones data, sync to the desktop, laptop netbook (and soon, a tablet?) with our mobile smartphones whether we’re stationary or mobile, our digital life is fraught with nothing but frustration. The center of the action [...]

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MIMA-Thanks For the Take-Aways

7. October 2009

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As we bask in the afterglow of another MIMA Summit here is a quick video of some new and old friends of Minnov8 (meeting twice weekly at a church basement near you) and their “take-aways” from this year’s event.

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Blogwell Minneapolis Videos & Presos Now Available

6. October 2009

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This just in from our pals at Gaspedal in Chicago (the group who also runs the Social Media Business Council): The August 13, 2009 Blogwell event held at General Mills (and covered here buy Minnov8 in our liveblog) videos, presentations and Gaspedal liveblog/per event are up on this page. For those of you who attended [...]

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A Recap of MIMA Summit 2009

6. October 2009

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Yesterday was the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) Summit 2009 called “Migrate” and it was not only incredibly well done, but there were over 1,000 attendees, the largest turnout for an event of this type I’ve yet seen in Minneapolis/St. Paul. The Minnov8 team was there with a booth and a plan to liveblog the [...]

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Minnov8 Gang #53: A Chat with Mark Kurtz

3. October 2009

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The Gang talks with Mark Kurtz, Chief Growth Officer and VP of New Media at Gage where he’s responsible for strategy, execution, and revenue measurement of digital media experiences across a Fortune 500 client base. Mark has held senior marketing roles across technology and ad agencies in Australia, Asia, and the US. We talk about social media, [...]

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