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Recent Posts Tagged With 'socialspark'
Performance Marketing for Blogs, IZEA Innovates Again
When I first invested into IZEA, I liked the parallel between Google's sponsored search (pioneered by GoTo/Overture) and IZEA's sponsored content. Google's sponsored search pays for all the other cool free stuff they offer, and is the foundation fo...
HP's Ultimate Filmmaker Kit & 3Minutes2Launch Contest
My daughter's kicking off a webshow, one nephew is a director and another is a parkour nut with his own blog/videos. I guess that explains why the HP Channelbee.com contest caught my eye over at SocialSpark. One lucky entrant of 3Minutes2Launch who...
Human Powered Cause Discovery
As I waited for its release, I've always felt SocialSpark held great potential for spreading the word about good causes. I just didn't realize how easy it would be.I created a free Spark (organic post idea) about Human Powered Cause Discovery and as...
VC FAQ: Venture Capital Valuation
I received a couple more VC FAQ questions. This time from an entrepreneur and investment banker who saw Angie's List close a $35M round with Battery Ventures. That large funding, and others in the social media space, left her wondering how value is...
VC FAQ: From Developer to VC and Back?
As SocialSpark was in private alpha I wanted to try out their Spark feature. Even if you aren't looking to monetize your blog, Sparks allow you to highlight a hot topic, pose a question or share a good cause -- providing a true "marketplace of ideas...
SocialSpark Launches: Do You Smell What the Spark is Cooking?
So, today's the day Sparky is let out of his private alpha chains...IZEA's latest innovation is being unleashed today at Ad:Tech, San Francisco, and the stars of advertising and blogging are already lining up to meet Sparky and the world's first Soci...
That Just Happened -- SocialSpark that is...
"What does that do, does that blow your mind? That just happened!"~ Ricky BobbyThat is IZEA's announcement today of SocialSpark.com (codenamed Argus) -- the future of online advertising. Ricky Bobby's quote to Jean Girard kept running through my hea...
