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Web Development

AddThis

(Note: This code is meant to be put in your Wordpress Template. However, it should be easy to modify it for other uses.)
Awhile back, I tweeted about how I wasn’t a huge fan of the AddThis button and I felt the need for more actionable social sharing buttons. That led to a few conversations with [...]

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7 Awesome Twitter Plugins for Wordpress

by Jon Bishop on March 13, 2009

in Blogging, Plugins, Twitter

Twitter Wordpress Plugins

TweetSuite
TweetSuite is an excellent plugin developed by ’social & viral marketing scientist’ Dan Zarrella. It started off as a plugin that returned all ReTweets of a post and has turned into a complete Twitter/Wordpress solution.
Features include:

Server-side (no-JS or remote calls) TweetBacks
ReTweet-This buttons for each TweetBack
A digg-like Tweet-This Button
Automatic Tweeting of new posts
A Most-Tweeted Widget
A Recently-Tweeted [...]

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Too Much Trash In Your Sidebar

I’ve made this mistake in the past and it may have cost me a few readers. People get trigger happy with their plugins and readers can’t get to the content.
You need to remember that the content is the main reason someone might be reading your blog at any one point in time. If your blog [...]

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Introducing Commentwitter

by Jon Bishop on March 5, 2009

in Free, Plugins, Social Media, Twitter

The other day I was thinking that it would be great if Twitter could be used as a communications platform for discussions around blog posts. I mean we already do this but lack organization. We all know organization isn’t Twitter’s strong suit.
Ultimately I think it would be beneficial if everyone tweeted their blog comments. Currently [...]

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Variable Video

by Jon Bishop on July 7, 2008

in Flash, How To, Internet Marketing, Variable Video

I’ve talked about variable video and personalized video a little in the past. Now let’s look at some more examples and break down some of their components.
Here are some examples:

Inspiring Escapes
Dexter
Haunted house
Walts wisdom
Carmen has a crush on you
News3Online
Disney World – New
I Love You – New

There are 4 main effects that can be achieved in a [...]

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Interactive at Drupa

by Jon Bishop on May 22, 2008

in Flash, Internet Marketing

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve had the privilege of working on a cross media marketing campaign for Canon Europe. In true ‘I can do anything’ fashion, we at Magicomm decided to throw everything we had into it. The campaign is going to be showcased in the Canon booth at Drupa.
I’m not only excited [...]

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I talked awhile back about personalized video and how it could be (is) the next big marketing medium. The benefits of personalized video are obvious, you’ll get better quality personal information and it is very viral.
The key here is personalization and interactivity. The internet took a turn a few years back with the rise [...]

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