MySpace or Facebook

I am a MySpace user all the way. I like the way you can design it and make it to look like your own website. It is edgy and colorful and allows for music and videos. FaceBook however seems to be more popular with my fellow college students and international users. I am curious what the rest of the world thinks. Tell me what you use and why?

The New Newspaper

Newspapers have been online for a while now but with the wide spread decline of readers, these businesses are finding creative new ways to stay alive online. Based on a recent interview for a paper I learned of the ways a local paper can use global online companies to sell more advertising to local businesses. By working with say Yahoo a paper can sell advertising to local businesses that will offer global exposure. This might be a saving grace for small companies trying to stay a float in today's economy! There are many aspect a company can utilize this ability. They can search the world for qualified employees using the connection between the classified ads and hotjobs for example.

WebTrends

Webtrends a company that does web analytics and marketing developed the first ever model for measuring a companies online marketing effectiveness and efficiency called The Digital Marketing Maturity Model (DM3). I am trying to read more on the subject but it sounds very interesting. The CEO, Alex Yoder has created his own blog that I have started following in order to learn more about what this facinating company is doing for the Internet Marketing World. To get an idea on what they have planned check out the company's website: and the article: Webtrends Proposes Measurement Standard for Digital Marketing on business wire.

First blog post

I have set this blog up because I am taking CMPT1700, Podcasting, Vodcasting, Blogging at the University of Toledo. I am taking the course in order to improve and enhance my online skills so that I will be better prepared and more marketable when looking for a career in some type of Internet Marketing. I believe that Internet Marketing is a huge part of our futures and I also enjoy it. My experience thus far with blogging is limited to my post on MySpace, but I do have a lot of experience with different related programs. I hope to learn as much as I can about how to make the best use out of the internet tools available.