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

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 […]

Marketing

Groupon’s $3 Million Super Mistake That People Won’t Save Money On

The Super Bowl is one of the biggest commercial spotlights in all of advertising’s history. In the past couple of posts, I’ve written about commercial faux pas and interesting success stories in dealing with brands. However, who would have thought that on the heels of designer Kenneth Cole’s infamous tweet that there would be a […]

Marketing

Network Solution’s GoGranny Lays The Smackdown Touchdown On GoDaddy

Tomorrow is the big day. It’s the day most people have been waiting for. It’s Super Bowl XLV and millions of people around the world tune in just for two different reasons: one for the game and others for the ads. That’s right, the ads. The commercials are very expensive to air during the game […]

Marketing

Social Media Blunders Like Kenneth Cole’s Shows The Jokes Really On Them

For those of us abreast on the world of social media, we’re aware of what happens in this industry and how we can make good news compared to what turns into bad news. In fact, you can tie it all back to what our parents told us about the Internet back in the day…be careful […]

Email Marketing

How NudgeMail Takes Priority Inbox To A New Level By Sending You More Email

We all get email. Sometimes we get too much email. And we’ve all tried to find some way to put together some sort of system or process to get around to the ones that are important. And while we can’t quite reach the proverbial “inbox zero” as quickly as we’d like or as often as […]

Marketing

Tips For Building A Mobile App & Why You Want To Have One

Chances are that you have a smartphone. And I’m not just talking about an iPhone, but also an Android device, Blackberry or even a Windows Phone. And you’re probably using it for something way more important than simply making a phone call. Just this weekend, Apple announced that it sold it’s 10 billionth app from […]