April 6, 2013
Chris O'MalleyCarmel-based Strategic Marketing & Research Inc. is among firms tapping the capabilities of video-enabled smartphones
to gain insights into consumers’ thoughts and emotions. They’re doing this by having consumers use their phones
to shoot a video diary of their product experiences.
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January 12, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe ever-evolving information/answers service ChaCha Search has launched a startup within the 7-year-old company. Social Reactor
will match advertisers with participating celebrities and other “social influencers,” who will use social media
tools such as Twitter to drive fans to advertisers. Verge founder Matt Hunckler was tapped to get it rolling.
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September 8, 2012
J.K. WallThe drugmaker recently drafted social media guidelines it hopes can help it expand its use of social media to more of its
employees—without running afoul of regulators.
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August 25, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisMore small businesses are turning to technology to connect with clients. Nationwide, over half of firms with fewer than 100
employees use social media, according to a 2012 survey from research firm SMB Group Inc.
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August 11, 2012
Chris O'MalleySearch-engine optimization remains part of Slingshot SEO’s name. But one of the region’s fastest-growing tech
companies is abruptly shifting strategy—in part because changes by Google have undercut its core business.
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May 18, 2012
Bloomberg NewsFacebook sold 421million shares to raise $16 billion, giving the company a $104 billion market value. After the debut, underwriters
bought the stock to keep it from falling below the IPO price.
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March 24, 2012
Bruce HetrickEver the junkie for news, behind-the-scenes details, snarky comments and additional perspective—and increasingly unwilling
to wait for an evening newscast or morning paper to get my fix—I often sit with my iPhone close at hand, checking feeds
from Twitter and Facebook.
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January 25, 2012
Scott OlsonA social media command center will monitor the digital fan conversation via Facebook, Twitter and other platforms, and respond
to visitors who need assistance.
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October 29, 2011
J.K. WallRepuChek software tracks, analyzes what's being said about doctors on the Internet.
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October 12, 2011
Greg AndrewsTraditional retailers are trying to connect with customers, however and whenever they want to do business.
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September 17, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe Indianapolis Colts' Jim Irsay is among only a handful of NFL owners tweeting and has three times as many followers as
such high-profile owners as the Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones. His offbeat tweets are seen as marketing genius by some.
Others wonder if they ramble a bit too far out of bounds or undermine Irsay's staff.
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August 27, 2011
J.K. WallThe for-profit school formerly known as the Indiana Business College has overhauled its online interface.
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July 23, 2011
IBJ StaffThe publication Online Media Marketing & Advertising noted that Indianapolis is home to about 70 companies in the sector.
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May 21, 2011
Erik Deckers / Special to IBJWhere were you when you first heard about Osama Bin Laden? Did you hear about it on Twitter and Facebook? On TV? Or did you
see it on the front page of the morning paper, 10 hours after the rest of the world?
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February 24, 2011
Scott OlsonBoost Media & Entertainment's MyStationApp targets independent radio stations such as WTTS-FM 92.3 in Bloomington, which is
having success with the product.
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December 8, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinSince joining Twitter last week, the Indianapolis Colts owner has talked about player injuries, compared his team's season
to an epic boxing match and made reference to a former drug habit.
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November 27, 2010
Chris O'MalleyUpstart firm helps its clients meet onerous content demands of social media, other online marketing channels.
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November 6, 2010
Tim AltomI never thought of online business networking site LinkedIn as having an ethical dilemma attached to it, until one day when
I received an invitation from a client to connect to him.
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August 2, 2010
Associated PressIndiana State Police report ticketing only one driver for violating the cell phone ban, and a state agency that tracks infractions
for 160 police departments could find just two other citations.
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July 31, 2010
Jim CotaSeems like almost every day a new social media platform is born. If you added them all up, you would easily be in the hundreds.
Obviously, all of them are too much for all of us to pay much attention to, but there are a few you should not only know about,
but participate in.
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July 10, 2010
Anthony SchoettleAt a time many local advertising agencies are struggling, one firm is growing with an unusual new division aimed at measuring
the effects of social media on movies and actors. Bradley and Montgomery late last summer launched Fizziology as a stand-alone
enterprise.
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July 10, 2010
Chris O'MalleyZankit, on online classified ad firm that thinks it has a better solution than Craigslist, was hatched only last month and
plans a late-July launch. It’s the product of six strangers who met at Indianapolis Startup Weekend just last month.
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May 18, 2010
Indiana Lawyer StaffCourt-watchers can get legal updates in 140-character bursts instead of 140-page legal documents detailing court business.
Indeed, times are changing.
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November 21, 2009
Tim AltomCompanies are using Facebook as an alternative way of reaching a vast audience, not as a replacement for their own Web sites.
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November 7, 2009
Tim AltomA half-hour perusing the various social media sites can give you carloads of information about your sought-after individual.
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"And the success of the Indiana GOP to not allow an expansion of Medicaid had nothing to do with Indiana hospitals' financial woes? Fixed that for you; editorial bias rebalanced. Seriously, there are so many things wrong with Obamacare that the only way one can view it as a success is to assume that it was designed to fail our way into a government single payor healthcare system. The system is complex, creates huge regulatory burdens and overhead and yet still does not have adequate means to control escalating health care costs. But then when you elect a 10th grade math drop out with no quantitative reasoning skills to be President of one of the world's most important economies in troubled times, you can't really be surprised by blatant stupidity.
No NIMBYs here to chase off a decent development. We don't need tons of parking and we'd happily play the role of host to a downtown Whole Foods.
Whatever you do, don't change a single thing about Broad Ripple. I want it to look just like it did in the late '70s, with 30% of the north side of Broad Ripple Avenue burned out and plenty of places to park. That's right Broad Ripple, NEVER CHANGE. Let the world pass you by, don't improve your empty, abandoned lots full of weeds. Someday someone will want to film a zombie movie here.
Hollywood could step in and make a movie about the history about this forlorn series. It could be a full celebrity cast of characters. WOW. http://www.advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/02/indiana-taxpayers-forced-to-pay-for.html
This shouldn't come as a shock to many. Austin is a great city, and Indy needs to take some notes. Austin invests in decent transit options, has a highly educated workforce, embraces a creative class, and --despite being the state capital-- is not micromanaged by rural and suburban legislators. Want Indy to grow? Invest in the city (i.e. spend money). Raise taxes a bit, and use the money to improve education. And keep the state legislature out of Indy the other 9 months of the year.