09 Mar 2015
How I helped take a startup from 0 to 40M+ pageviews and got it acquired by Google
How I helped take a startup from 0 to 40M+ pageviews and got it acquired by Google Before I start this article I want to say that LukeW, Jeff Cole and the entire team at Polar have done an incredible job building and running Polar. I attribute the success of Polar solely to them and their
09 Mar 2015
18 incredibly useful tools for getting to know your audience better
18 incredibly useful tools for getting to know your audience better You may have heard it said that understanding your audience on social media is one of the keys to success with social media marketing. (We may have even said it ourselves a time or two!) Makes a lot of sense. The more you know
09 Mar 2015
SocialRank is launching Instagram follower analytics and you can get early access
SocialRank is launching Instagram follower analytics and you can get early access Update: The first 100 codes are gone but SocialRank will still give your sign up priority if you use the TNW100 code here. Original story follows… We last wrote about SocialRank when it launched its Tech Startup Index, tracking Twitter data from the world’s most
09 Mar 2015
7 SEO strategies to implement in 2015
7 SEO strategies to implement in 2015 Search Engine Optimization (SEO) sounds a bit like rocket science. With the right combo of this widget and that module, add in time, subtract theory and maybe the equation will produce a solution better than the last. Like most technology, what was applied last year in online marketing
09 Mar 2015
4 free tricks to find the best business blog topics
4 free tricks to find the best business blog topics If the engagement in your company’s blog posts resembles a graveyard – you are far, far behind your competition. This assumption has tons of research behind it; did you know that companies with active blogs see 60 percent more online sales, as well as earn
09 Mar 2015
What we found when we analyzed the top 1,000 posts on LinkedIn
What we found when we analyzed the top 1,000 posts on LinkedIn Distributing compelling long-form content on LinkedIn can be a powerful way to build your company’s brand, showcase products, demonstrate thought leadership, and boost your own career. Marketing automation company HubSpot has also found thatLinkedIn generated the highest visitor-to-lead conversion ratescompared to Facebook and
09 Mar 2015
Google launches Player Analytics and custom native ads tools for game developers
Google launches Player Analytics and custom native ads tools for game developers Appropriately announced at today’s Game Developer Conference 2015, Google unveiledupdates for developers on its Google Play Games platform, with a focus on more effective audience targeting. Coming to Google Play Developer Console in a few weeks, the new Player Analytics tool is designed to give developers reports of
09 Mar 2015
Google revamps Contacts with new design, integrates emails and meetings
Google revamps Contacts with new design, integrates emails and meetings ogle today announced a huge, long-overdue update to its Contacts app that featuresMaterial Design and makes it easier to keep track of details for people you know. Still in preview mode, it also integrates calendar appointments and emails. One awesome new feature is that the
09 Mar 2015
Google will stop updating Chrome for Android 4.0
Google will stop updating Chrome for Android 4.0 Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) approaches four years old, Google has announced today it will no longer release updates for Chrome on the operating system. In today’s announcement, Google said that it’s released twenty-four versions of Chrome for Android 4.0. The last version of Chrome to land on ICS will
09 Mar 2015
Google’s new Maps API lets developers follow the road for smoother routes
Google’s new Maps API lets developers follow the road for smoother routes Google has announced its newGoogle Maps Roads API that allows developers to create better route visualizations in their apps from raw GPS data by following actual roads. The new API addresses the problem of GPS jitter, where inaccurate or insufficient data causes apps