Posts Tagged ‘New York’

Internet Week NYC Events: Best Bets

Well, hey there! Whether you’re a denizen of the Big Apple looking forward to meeting up with old faces or you’re in from far away to make new friends, Internet Week NYC is an exciting event–bringing together everyone from affiliate marketers to techie journalists to start-up-minded dreamers. Here is a fairly accurate guide to all [...]

Mississippi Kills Affiliate Tax

Today’s a big day for affiliate marketers: The state of Mississippi has struck down the affiliate tax, shortly after big states like New York passed their own version of the tax and California was shown to be mulling a similar tax. While this doesn’t exactly predict one thing or another for the fate of affiliate [...]

2010 in Review: A Breakthrough Year for Marketers and Consumers

As we get ready to to break out the champagne and prepare to toast to the new year–2011 is less than 48 hours away!–we’d be remiss in not looking back at how the internet evolved from another mode of communication into a highly influential branding platform.

Top Education Stories From the Web

- The world of online education keeps growing as a company debuts Anatomy Practice–an online suite of anatomy-based teaching and learning materials–targeted toward higher education. [MarketWatch] – 5 incredible apps to help make classroom management easier for teachers. [Mashable] – To aid in turning around “dropout factories”–that is, schools where less than 60% of students [...]

The Perks of Being Located Next to the Men’s Room at ad:tech New York

The Blue Phoenix Media team is back from another successful ad:tech. This year, we were among the 295 companies or so who exhibited. And we’re still reeling from both how tiring it was–but also how successful it was. In case you missed the show (and a chance to enjoy a night out in NYC), here’s [...]

Measuring the ad:tech Twitter Hype

In the days leading up this year’s ad:tech New York, Twitter has been abuzz (a-tweet?) with excited exhibitors and attendees populating the #adtech channel. A sampling of some of them: – Direct from @adtech, one of the highlights of the first day: ad:tech NY November 3-4 @ Javits Convention Center. Wednesday’s Lunchtime Keynote: John Furey, [...]

An ad:tech Checklist: What to Bring to NYC

Just shy of two weeks before the ad:tech circus starts up, there’s no time like the present to make sure you’ve got everything in place. If you’re an exhibitor (and we are! Booth #2100!), it means skimming through the Exhibitor Services Manual and making sure you’ve ordered your booth furnishings and electricity. But beyond that, [...]

ad:tech Adventures: 5 Great Things To Do While You’re In NYC

As with every tradeshow, even at ad:tech, the circuit of industry parties can get a little exhausting. But New York is unlike most other cities, in that it allows enough distractions that any digital marketer in need of a little thinking space need only walk or cab it several blocks (uptown, downtown, crosstown–that’s totally your [...]

4 Great Places to Eat During ad:tech

Food! Food is an exciting and confusing part of any tradeshow regimen. From dawn to dusk, the opportunity to land that career-changing deal is incredibly high–as you’re essentially navigating a sea of people who are opening themselves up for shop talk. Most people, outside of a tradeshow setting, aren’t so receptive to pursuing every lead [...]

AM Affiliate: The Ultimate Social Media Map, Allegedly Exclusive Affiliate Summit East Parties, & More

– Navigate the social media wilderness with this handy map. [Gizmodo] – July was a terrible month of web browser trendsetters: Firefox and Chrome lagged while Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari gained momentum. [DM Confidential] – An interesting counterpoint to this piece about expectations in Affiliate Managers. [PPV Playbook] – Affiliate Summit East is six [...]