achen's latest updates
Speaking at Startonomics and guest blog post: 5 startup tips for maximizing ad revenues
I will be giving a talk in October at Startonomics, run by Dave McClure, which is a conference described below: Startonomics is a one-day workshop designed by entrepreneurs for entrep (more)...
Quotes from entrepreneurs and friends about Futuristic Play
Organizing a blogI've slowly been working on the blog infrastructure I have set up, including at some point moving to Wordpress. Recently I've just focused on organizing the essays and information I've written so far, including making a big directory...
Weekend links from my Twitter
Just an update to the random links I've been posting to my Twitter account over the last week or two - no guarantee that they have anything to do with work! Mostly a grab bag of nerdy/biz/news stuff.If you want...
Ad targeting talk from Community Next: People Not Pages
I have this talk earlier today at Community Next, and included the slides below. CommunityNext: People not Pages View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.
Giving a talk at CommunityNext in 2 days (free spots available for publishers)
I'm giving a talk this Thursday at CommunityNext::Monetize to cover an overview of the ad targeting landscape. Tickets are currently free for publishers, and there's 2 days left. You can register here The outline of my talk will be... People...
Recent random links from my Twitter feed
I have been posting random links to my Twitter account over the last week or two - no guarantee that they have anything to do with work! Mostly a grab bag of nerdy/biz/news stuff. If you want to get these...
Internet Advertising Bureau and Bain on pricing in online ad markets
For folks who are working in the online advertising space, see below for a great summary on the dynamics between ad networks and publishers. There's a full document from the IAB and Bain. Here's the the Executive Summary: Overall, 2007...
YouTube vs Webkinz: Case studies for new product adoption
Time slicing Google Insight queries Yesterday I wrote about the use of Google Insight to see how widely products had reached in the US. Inspired by a recent post by Erik from Seattle on the growth of Twitter from month-to-month,...
What web product does this Google Insight map represent??
I was looking for a site where it'd be popular in Montana, Alaska, Dakotas, but not California. I hit the jackpot. I will post the answer as an update to this post... Discuss ;-) UPDATE: Too easy! Randal correctly guessed...
Early adopters vs the Mainstream: Google Insights points out websites only used by Silicon Valley nerds
Intro to Google Insights I have recently been playing around with the insanely useful Google Insights for Search product. You should definitely try it out if you haven't. It's basically Google Trends on steroids, and shows you a ton of...
