Author

Ken Yeung

With two decades of experience in content strategy, project management, and journalism, Ken is a seasoned digital marketer. He spent time as a reporter for VentureBeat and The Next Web covering Silicon Valley innovations and personalities, and also served as Flipboard’s Assistant Managing Editor overseeing the platform's technology, science and health coverage. Ken has a genuine passion for storytelling and enjoys staying on top of the latest technology and business trends. Outside of work, he finds joy in photography, has a soft spot for startups, and loves exploring new places and networking.

Marketing

Keeping (or is it Kiip’ing?) Your Audience In Play Using Relevant Rewards

I’ll bet that you’ve played some sort of game on your phone, tablet device or even a laptop. And I’m betting that you’ve also probably played either Angry Birds or even Farmville. I’ll admit that I’ve placed the former, but what’s annoying is that on the Android marketplace, there Angry Birds version is filled with […]

Marketing

Buying & Selling On Empire Avenue: The Stock Market Approach To Influence

We all love playing the stock market. Here in Silicon Valley, companies love the stock market even more when their business begins the process of going public and getting ready for their Initial Public Offering (IPO). While a majority of people are probably interested in and have the capability of playing the stock market for […]

Marketing

Thoughts On Google’s +1 and The Gamesmanship of Search Marketing

In my last post, I alluded to Google’s +1 service as part of the search engine’s attempt to become social. While that post was primarily meant to briefly call out +1, the more that I thought about it, the more it seemed that it should be its post. Why? Because there are some issues at […]

Marketing

Google’s Social Strategy: If We Can’t Figure It Out, Then We’ll Make Everyone Pay

Word leaked out a few weeks ago about Google’s latest attempt at a social strategy: it would make sure that its success would be on the backs of their employees. Wait, what? Yes, Google’s efforts to develop a social strategy or at least have a product be launched without crushing it months later will be […]

Apps

Going Colorblind: How An App Once Had Promise, But Left Customers Confused

The world is full of promise. There are a lot of talented individuals waiting to produce the next Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Foursquare. It is the understanding that investors and people who want companies to succeed will pick the ones that will show promise and that people will understand. And here in Silicon Valley, we […]

Marketing

Apple Appears To Listen To The Social Web, Arrives At SXSW & People Flock

I’m almost set to head out to my third year at the South by Southwest conference and one of the things I had to write about was Apple’s somewhat “surprising” announcement that they were setting up an ad hoc store near the heart of the SXSW event that I was going to. When I say […]

Marketing

Happily Ever After: How Kawasaki’s “Enchantment” Can Shape The Way Customers Feel About Your Company

We’re all looking for evangelists to help promote our company and/or product. But what would the best one be? How does one really define what an evangelist is and is it only an individual or is it more widespread than that? And how does one leverage the tools at their disposal to bolster their company’s […]

Marketing

Adjusting Our Decisions: The Influencer Movement, Scores & People Who Decide It All

There’s been a lot of talk about influencers and how decisions are really made within the blogosphere. Finding influencers on the web has greatly changed how word of mouth campaigns are implemented over the past decade and now marketers are really interested in shaping our peers’ decision on buying their product. From an elementary standpoint, […]

Events

First Timers: Tips For Surviving South by Southwest Interactive 2011

In just one week from now, thousands of geeks, nerds, entrepreneurs, investors and marketers will be converging on Austin, Texas in one of the biggest celebrations of technology, innovation, social media and networking. For over 25 years, the South by Southwest conference has been one of the shining parts of the year that has helped […]

Enterprise

Creating Your Own Echo Chamber With The E2 Stream

We’ve all seen it. Companies are advertising on television or through their websites and when they say they have a Facebook page or Twitter account, they’re taking you to that service. You’re no longer centralizing that conversation. It’s going to be impossible for you to tie it all back together. Wouldn’t your community managers prefer […]