Rethink the term “Young Entrepreneur,” folks, because Cole is an 11 year old man-with-a-plan. This past weekend, Cole took his and his brother’s idea for a musical instrument tutorial site to the 48 Hour Launch. Now, he has a domain, a Facebook page, Twitter (@bandtutor), and some real momentum behind his clever idea. Listen in [...] [...more]
We’ve given this start-up a lot of attention in recent weeks, but rightfully so. Our February Breakfast guest was Aaron Prather, CEO of stiQRd and QR Code know-it-all. When we last spoke to him for our Social Expedition podcast, his team was preparing for 48 Hour Launch. If you missed the podcast, StiQRd is a [...] [...more]
This go ’round, we added just a smidge of structure to our still very casual monthly meetup: We went around the room and asked everyone to name one “Yay!” and one “Boo!” they’ve found in the webosphere recently. For “Yay’s,” folks tossed up… The new Twitter platform A virtual meeting site called TalkShoe The just-announced [...] [...more]
Are you sitting down? Well stand up and get going to one of the multitudinous events happening around the Mid-South! Autumn is BarCamp season, social media is in the air, and many of the tickets are free. TONIGHT! The WordPress Memphis Kickoff!! – 6pm at the LunaWeb offices, 5180 Park, Suite 305 (FREE) LaunchMemphis presents [...] [...more]
The Expedition ventures into the world of video with Chris O’Conner and Prodigi Arts! Chris showed our attendees today just how powerful the impact of video can be over a still image. Even adding a little animation to a company logo can add the pizazz needed to make the impression you want. Chris suggested a [...] [...more]
Woo! Fresh blood at Twilight Camp! We were delighted to have some new-comers, and of course, always great to see some of our regulars. Once again, we did not get kicked out of Davis Kidd, which is really a shame because… The next Twilight Camp will be at the LunaWeb office! Though I suppose it [...] [...more]
This week, the Social Expedition explores the idea of unplugging from technology – a difficult feat for most of us. We’ve got an update from WordPress, a glitch in Intuit, and a bit of irony from Mark Zuckerberg. We argue some finer points of the Android versus iPhone debate, only to find that the prodigal [...] [...more]
We braved the pollen Wednesday to make it out to the April Social Expedition breakfast, featuring guest speaker Rod Kirby and his thoughts on blogging. Rod’s presentation was titled “The Four Pillars of Blogging Success.” He broke down those four pillars — Content, Community, Design and Scalability — into step-by-step guidelines, beginning with creating quality [...] [...more]
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