Socialmediaworx

So we've been talking a lot lately at the Lab about the close relationship of web design and marketing. Throughout our discussions, I have been trying to formulate a thoughtful and articulate blog post on this topic. But then I stumbled across this video, thanks to Adverblog, by The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper). In this video he raps about "how web standards and proper design can ...

Alright, so it's Friday, and not only that, it's the Friday before a much-needed three-day holiday weekend. With that in mind, it seems only appropriate to rock out. As such, I wanted to share the first single - Pork and Beans - off the new Weezer album. It sounds pretty awesome, and the group has put together an equally solid music video spoofing some of the most popular ...

So I promised myself I would stay off the blog and away from a computer for this holiday season. But then I found this, and just couldn't help but share it with you. One of my favorite artists, bringing in the Christmas season just right.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Merry Christmas", url: "http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2007/merry-christmas/" });

After snubbing iTunes, Radiohead is making their upcoming release available for, well, whatever you want. "The results of (Radiohead's online, pay-what-you-wish) experiment will be hard to judge unless the band reveals how many albums it sells and what people paid. It should share that information because it could be vital to the health of the music industry. There's a wide gap between the demand for music and the public's ...

Sixtysecondview is a experimenting with a new way to measure online influence. Tracking the number of links was fine for a time, but that couldn't account for the ideas and influence taking shape through Twitter, Del.icio.us or Digg. Through a score card that measures strength of blog, Facebook ranking, mini-updates like Twitter, LinkedIn ranking, Flickr ranking and Digg score, they've developed a weighted index to analyze who influences the ...