BUSINESS

Big Bazooka Talk Keeps Investors on Edge
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45459599

Why Instagram Is So Popular: Quality, Audience, & Constraints
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/27/why-instagram-is-so-popular/

TECHNOLOGY

Galaxy Nexus and Android 4.0 gains fans
http://gigaom.com/mobile/galaxy-nexus-android-4-0-coming-soon/

Disruptions: Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It's Not Clear Why
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/disruptions-fliers-must-turn-off-devices-but-its-not-clear-why/

SOCIAL MEDIA

Most kids graduate to mainstream social networks at 11
http://wallblog.co.uk/2011/11/28/most-kids-graduate-to-mainstream-social-networks-at-11/

Could a Facebook smartphone threaten Apple, Google and Amazon?
http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/software-technology/11561.html

Paperlit brings print publications to a Facebook audience
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/11/27/paperlit-brings-print-publications-to-a-facebook-audience/?awesm=tnw.to_1C0gd

MARKETING
 We're watching: malls track shopper's cell phone signals to gather marketing data
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/11/were-watching-malls-track-shoppers-cell-phone-signals-to-gather-marketing-data.ars

Marketing, Journalism, and Truth as Competitive Advantage
http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/11/27/marketing-journalism-and-truth-as-competitive-advantage/

Slogans that Stick: Why “Three. Words. Rule.”
http://soshable.com/best-3-word-slogans/

SALES

Warning: Your Sales Techniques May Be Under Fire
http://rismedia.com/2011-11-27/warning-your-sales-techniques-may-be-under-fire/
 

CARTOONS

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BUSINESS

German 10-year bond auction a "disaster"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/23/us-markets-bonds-bunds-idUSTRE7AM0Y920111123?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&dlvrit=56943
 

China Becomes World's Biggest Smartphone Buyer
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204630904577055542190335680.html
 

TECHNOLOGY

 Siri follows in Kinect's tinkering footsteps. Will Apple?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-57330051-248/siri-follows-in-kinects-tinkering-footsteps-will-apple/

SOCIAL MEDIA

YouTube now serving up 3.5 billion videos a day
http://gigaom.com/video/youtube-35bn-videos-a-day/
 

Qantas marketing campaign on Twitter backfires
http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/qantas-marketing-campaign-on-twitter-backfires/

MARKETING
Copyright Fair Use and How it Works for Online Images
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/copyright-fair-use-and-how-it-works-for-online-images/
 

7 Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Marketing Campaigns
http://blog.sysomos.com/2011/11/23/marketing-compass/
 

VIDEO

New Android TV spot mocks the iPhone's customer base
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/11/23/mocking-the-iphone-queue/

SALES

What I Learned Building the Apple Store - Ron Johnson - Harvard Business Review
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/11/what_i_learned_building_the_ap.html

50% Of Ecommerce Site Visitors Are Logged In To Facebook
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/22/ecommerce-logged-in/

CARTOONS

The beast must be fed
http://www.robcottingham.ca/cartoon/archive/the-beast-must-be-fed/
 

BUSINESS

Microsoft, Intel Hit by Government Tech Cuts
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-21/microsoft-intel-inside-suffer-as-governments-cut-spending-tech.html

Start-Up New York?
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2011/11/start-new-york/536/
 

TECHNOLOGY

 3-D Projection Tech Makes Images Hover in Mid-Air, No Screen Necessary
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-11/3-d-projection-tech-makes-images-hover-mid-air-no-screen-necessary
 

One in Three Online Consumers to Use a Tablet by 2014
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008701&ecid=a6506033675d47f881651943c21c5ed4
 

 SOCIAL MEDIA

You Don’t Have to Tweet to Twitter
http://abovethecrowd.com/2011/11/15/you-dont-have-to-tweet-to-twitter/

Social media has evolved into the art of storytelling, and we must all become masters of it.
http://www.simplyzesty.com/social-media/social-media-has-evolved-into-the-art-of-storytelling-and-we-must-all-become-masters-of-it/

MARKETING
How to Design a Killer Keyword Strategy for Paid Search
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/28941/How-to-Design-a-Killer-Keyword-Strategy-for-Paid-Search.aspx

Behavioral Targeting: A Guide To Remarketing Strategy
http://www.getelastic.com/behavioral-targeting-a-guide-to-remarketing-strategy/

SALES

When Selling Is The Worst Way To Win Customers
http://www.businessinsider.com/when-selling-is-the-worst-way-to-win-customers-2011-11

Designing a Business Card that Converts into Sales
http://learnaboutus.com/designing-business-card-converts-sales.html
 

CARTOONS

Saved By the Facebook Timeline
http://mashable.com/2011/11/19/facebook-timeline-cartoon/

BUSINESS

 Angie’s List Surges After Pricing Shares at Top of Range
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-18/angie-s-list-surges-after-pricing-shares-at-top-of-range.html
 

How Apple's Siri Could Destroy Local SEO
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/220756
 

GE begins foray into data software
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4647a796-1096-11e1-8298-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

TECHNOLOGY

Google and Microsoft Talk Artificial Intelligence - Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39156/page1/

Flipboard for iPhone is "Forthcoming," Personal Accounts in Today's Update
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/flipboard_for_iphone_is_forthcoming_personal_accou.php

E-Reader Display Shows Vibrant Color Video - Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39135/
 

SOCIAL MEDIA

Social Media Early Adopter, Majority Adopter, Late Adopter or Laggard?
http://socialmediatoday.com/suecockburn/385963/social-media-early-adopter-majority-adopter-late-adopter-or-laggard
 

The Best Blog Growth Strategy is to Say Thank You … a Lot!

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2011/11/15/the-best-blog-growth-strategy-is-to-say-thank-you-%E2%80%A6-a-lot

MARKETING

How Apple's Siri Could Destroy Local SEO
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/220756

SALES

Selling In The Age Of Facebook
http://www.openforum.com/articles/selling-in-the-age-of-facebook

CARTOONS
 

Cartoon by Cham
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story_attachment.asp?c=1&storycode=418149&seq=1&sectioncode=26&hastext=0&type=P

BUSINESS

Postal Service Logs $5.1 Billion Loss
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204190504577040350312660374.html

Early LinkedIn investor dumping $275 million stake
http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/15/technology/linkedin_second_offering/index.htm

Warren Buffett's 6 New Investments
http://www.thestreet.com/story/11310580/1/warren-buffetts-6-new-investments.html?CM_VEN=AD%7CTWR%7CJC
 

TECHNOLOGY

Start-Ups are Weakening as Job Creators
http://smallbiztrends.com/2011/11/start-ups-weakening-as-job-creators.html
 

HTML5 for publishers: Drawing on the screen
http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/11/html5-for-publishers-canvas.html

Amazon's cloud is the world's 42nd fastest supercomputer
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/11/amazons-cloud-is-the-worlds-42nd-fastest-supercomputer.ars
 

SOCIAL MEDIA

10 Words That Will Increase (or Decrease) Your Twitter CTR
http://danzarrella.com/10-words-that-will-increase-or-decrease-your-twitter-ctr.html

Bank Of America Just Had The Ultimate Social Media Fail
http://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-google-plus-page-2011-11

Best Ways to Engage Your Customers on Facebook
http://smallbiztrends.com/2011/11/best-ways-engage-customers-facebook.html

 MARKETING

Infographic: Millennials Are An Entrepreneurial Generation
http://under30ceo.com/infographic-millennials-are-an-entrepreneurial-generation/
 
The 5 Deadly Sins of Email Marketing
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/28766/The-5-Deadly-Sins-of-Email-Marketing.aspx

12 Marketing Predictions for 2012
http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2011/6359/12-marketing-predictions-for-2012

SALES

Can Paid Customer Acquisition Work With Freemium?
http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2011/11/15/can-paid-customer-acquisition-work-with-freemium/

7 ideas to turn PowerPoint slides into social media marketing gold
http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/11/15/7-ideas-to-turn-powerpoint-slides-into-social-media-marketing-gold/

Apple's iPad sales: Time for 'pricing stimulus'?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apples-ipad-sales-time-for-pricing-stimulus/63449

CARTOONS
Cartoon of the day

http://jeffesposito.com/2011/11/16/cartoon-of-day/

NewsChews for Tuesday. Nov. 15, 2011

BUSINESS

Android Success Surges, Smartphone Sales Rise

http://247wallst.com/2011/11/15/android-success-surges-smartphone-sales-rise/

Start-ups aim to change how you bank
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/start-ups-aim-to-change-how-you-bank-2011-11-14
 

TECHNOLOGY

5% of U.S. Adults Use QR Codes, Up From 1% Last Year [study]
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/5_of_us_adults_use_qr_codes_up_from_1_last_year_st.php

Siri sibling Trapit launches as intelligent discovery engine for the web’s content

http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/14/trapit/

Heavenly Music in The Clouds: iTunes Match, Amazon Cloud Drive & Google Music

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/heavenly_music_in_the_clouds.php

SOCIAL MEDIA

“Social media influence might be less important than we think”

http://www.eyefortravel.com/news/europe/%E2%80%9Csocial-media-influence-might-be-less-important-we-think%E2%80%9D

Five Social Media Trends for 2012

http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-trends/

MARKETING
The Secrets to Stellar Marketing Automation
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/28659/The-Secrets-to-Stellar-Marketing-Automation.aspx

Siri, What Can You Teach Search Marketers?
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2124902/Siri-What-Can-You-Teach-Search-Marketers

Links Posted By Big Facebook Pages Have A 0.14% CTR, 1 Click Per 1000 Fans
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/14/page-post-ctr/

SALES

The state of iPad sales: Think disruptive
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57324887-37/the-state-of-ipad-sales-think-disruptive/
 

The One Sales Question You Should Never Ask
http://www.openforum.com/articles/the-one-sales-question-you-should-never-ask?extlink=sm-openforum-tw

How cold calling (properly) works better than AdWords
http://blog.asmartbear.com/cold-calling.html

CARTOONS
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NewsChews for Tuesday. Nov. 8, 2011

BUSINESS

Wall St. Pay Is Expected to Fall 20% to 30%

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/wall-st-pay-is-expected-to-drop-20-to-30/?seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimesdealbook

EuroCrisis Spotlight Moves From Greece to Italy
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/11/eurocrisis-spotlight-moves-from-greece-to-italy.html
 

IPOs: Back on
http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2011/11/technology-ipos?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fbl%2Fbackon

TECHNOLOGY
Republic Wireless Officially Unveils $19/Month Service: Unlimited Everything, No Contracts
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/07/republic-wireless-officially-unveils-19month-service-unlimited-everything-no-contracts/

With $1.5 million investment Google Ventures thinks Milk will make a splash
http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/07/google-ventures-milk/
 

7 Things to Know About Google+ Pages for Brands
http://wp.me/p15Eep-Br

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twice as many get their news via Facebook compared to Twitter
http://wallblog.co.uk/2011/11/08/twice-as-many-get-their-news-via-facebook-compared-to-twitter/
 

56% Of Young Professionals Won’t Work At A Company That Bans Twitter And Facebook

http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-at-work_b15549

What Encourages Facebook Engagement?
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008677

SALES and MARKETING
How To Make Freemium Work: Niccolo de Masi, CEO of Glu Mobile
http://www.sramanamitra.com/2011/11/08/how-to-make-freemium-work-niccolo-de-masi-ceo-of-glu-mobile-part-6/

50% of social media fans will purchase from a brand they follow. Is that all?
http://www.simplyzesty.com/social-media/50-of-social-media-fans-will-purchase-from-a-brand-they-follow-is-that-all/

Know When Your Customer Will Say "Yes!"
http://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/how-to-know-when-your-customer-will-say-yes.html

INNOVATION

3 Key Business Lessons From Steve Jobs: Intuition, Reinvention, Focus
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/3_key_business_lessons_from_steve_jobs.php

CARTOONS
 Calvin and Hobbes on the creative process....
http://curiositycounts.com/post/12501860687/calvin-and-hobbes-on-the-creative-process

Compiled daily by Kevin Hawkins, Senior Director of Corporate Communications and Marketing at Imprev., Inc., a Bellevue, WA based marketing technologies firm serving more than 200,000 real estate agents and brokers worldwide.

King Tut Day - 308 days down, 57 to go

BUSINESS

Real Estate as a Longer Term Investment
http://www.kcmblog.com/2011/11/04/real-estate-as-a-longer-term-investment/

Bank of America Changes it's Mind: No Debit Card Fee
http://freefrombroke.com/bank-of-america-changes-its-mind-no-debit-card-fee/

Groupon Raises 30% More Than Sought, Prices IPO Above Range
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-04/groupon-raises-30-more-than-sought-prices-ipo-above-range.html

TECHNOLOGY
Android hardware fails more than iPhone, BlackBerry; repairs cost carriers $2 billion
http://www.bgr.com/2011/11/03/android-hardware-fails-more-than-iphone-blackberry-repairs-cost-carriers-2-billion/

Apple Releasing Two New iPads Next Year: iPad 2S And iPad 3 [REPORT]
http://www.redmondpie.com/apple-releasing-two-new-ipads-next-year-ipad-2s-and-ipad-3-report/

Amazon Kindle Owner’s Lending Library offers 5,000 borrowable books
http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-kindle-owners-lending-library-offers-5000-borrowable-books-03192673/

TRENDS

Why Your "TQ" May Matter More Than Your "IQ"
http://blogs.hbr.org/schrage/2011/11/why-your-tq-may-matter-more-th.html

NetSuite: The new SAP as ERP goes cloud?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/netsuite-the-new-sap-as-erp-goes-cloud/62649

SALES & MARKETING
 Exclusive: Majority of YouTube views from Non-English audience
http://gigaom.com/video/youtube-global-language-stats/

Why Twitter could win the online identity race
http://gigaom.com/2011/11/02/why-twitter-could-win-the-online-identity-race/

Apple’s First Freebie IPhone Pits Once-Premium Brand Against Bargain Fare
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-04/apple-s-freebie-iphone-pits-premium-brand-against-bargain-fare.html

 How LinkedIn Brought $72,000 in Sales for PostcardMania
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-linkedin-brought-72000-in-sales-for-postcardmania/

WEBSITES
Google’s New Algorithm Update Impacts 35% Of Searches
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/03/googles-new-algorithm-update-impacts-35-of-searches/

7 Content Marketing Tactics To Rank Higher In Google’s New Fresh Results
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2011/11/7-content-marketing-tactics-to-rank-higher-in-googles-new-fresh-results.html

REALLY?

Weaponized UAV Drones in the Hands of Local Police
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/11/weaponized_uav.html

FUN
 'Call of Duty' to let gamers compete across platforms
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/tech/gaming-gadgets/call-of-duty
 
Cartoon of the Day:
An amazing social network
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1612.html

Compiled daily by Kevin Hawkins, Senior Director of Corporate Communications and Marketing at Imprev., Inc., a Bellevue, WA based marketing technologies firm serving more than 200,000 real estate agents and brokers worldwide.

NewsChews for Thurs. Nov. 3, 2011

Today is National Sandwich Day

http://tinyurl.com/3hhv59d

BUSINESS

Four Destructive Myths Most Companies Still Live By
http://blogs.hbr.org/schwartz/2011/11/four-destructive-myths-most-co.html

How to Fix the Housing Mess
http://www.businessweek.com/finance/how-to-fix-the-housing-mess-11022011.html

Yes, There Will Be A Student Loan Bailout
http://www.businessweek.com/finance/occupy-wall-street/archives/2011/11/when_will_the_student_loan.html

TECHNOLOGY
Build Your Own Mobile App With Appsbar
http://smallbiztrends.com/2011/11/build-your-own-mobile-app-with-appsbar.html

A Watched Inbox Never Fills: 5 Tips To Get Those Emails Answered
http://womengrowbusiness.com/2011/11/a-watched-inbox-never-fills-5-tips-to-get-those-emails-answered/

Hands-on: the new, keyboard-free Kindle gets out of the way of the book
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/reviews/2011/11/cant-touch-this-the-new-keyboard-free-kindle.ars

SOCIAL MEDIA
Five Social Media Mistakes Your Startup Must Avoid
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/220640

Study: Fortune 500 Social Media Usage Leveling Off
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2011/11/study-fortune-500-social-media-usage-leveling-off.html

SALES/MARKETING
Facebook, Social Networks Get Greater Share of Online Ad Spend
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008669

Facebook, Social Networks Get Greater Share of Online Ad Spend
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008669

Social commerce : we’re all talking but is anyone buying?
http://www.simplyzesty.com/social-media/social-commerce-were-all-talking-but-is-anyone-buying/

WEBSITES

Convert Website Visitors to Buyers With Landing Pages
http://smallbiztrends.com/2011/11/convert-website-visitors-to-buyers-with-landing-pages.html

HUMOR
Underwear with pockets keeps your wallet and passport safe
http://www.redferret.net/?p=29632

Cartoon of the Day
http://www.invisiblecompany.com/public%20images/fun/techcartoon03.jpg

Compiled daily by Kevin Hawkins, Senior Director of Corporate Communications and Marketing at Imprev., Inc., a Bellevue, WA based marketing technologies firm serving more than 200,000 real estate agents and brokers worldwide.

NewsChews for Wed., Nov. 2, 2011

BUSINESS

 ADP Jobs Report Beats Expectations At 110K
http://www.businessinsider.com/adp-report-for-october-2011-11

Here's What Groupon Is NOT Telling IPO Investors: It's Core Business Is Shrinking...
http://www.businessinsider.com/groupon-core-business-is-shrinking-2011-11

How Apple Has Changed Under its New CEO Tim Cook
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/11/02/how-apple-has-changed/

Is It Really Time to Buy a Home?
http://www.kcmblog.com/2011/11/02/is-it-really-time-to-buy-a-home/

TECHNOLOGY

Tablets to Outnumber Desktop Computers in Schools Within 5 Years
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tablets_to_outnumber_desktop_computers_in_schools.php

 "Siri, how much data do you gobble up in a month?" Ars investigates
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/11/how-data-heavy-is-siri-on-an-iphone-4s-ars-investigates.ars

Video: inPulse thinks it's time for wearable displays
http://gigaom.com/mobile/inpulse-smartwatch-wearable-display-review-video/

SOCIAL MEDIA

Positioning v Niche: Which Blogs Gets The Best Returns?
http://bloggertone.com/sales/2011/11/02/positioning-v-niche-which-blogs-gets-the-best-returns/

Are you listening? Twitter users want complaints read, addressed
 http://www.maritzresearch.com/shared-content/Press-Releases/2011/Are-you-listening-Twitter-users-want-complaints-read-addressed.aspx

SALES/MARKETING

Facebook's Uphill Battle for Big-Brand Advertisers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204294504576613232804554362.html

Four Methods Of Strategic Brand Building
http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/2011/11/four-methods-of-strategic-brand-building.html

CHART OF THE DAY: These Five Companies Control 64% Of All Online Ad Spending
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-these-five-companies-control-64-of-all-online-ad-spending-2011-10

COOL FACTOR

World’s largest glasses-free 3D display shown in Japan -200 inches
http://www.slashgear.com/worlds-largest-glasses-free-3d-display-shown-in-japan-01192433/

Cartoon of the Day

http://larrycuban.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/aba0678l2.jpg

Compiled by Kevin Hawkins, Senior Director of Corporate Communications and Marketing at Imprev., Inc., a Bellevue, WA based marketing technologies firm serving more than 200,000 real estate agents and brokers worldwide.