Archive for May, 2009

Internship in Social Media & Marketing

Posted in Careers, What's New on May 15th, 2009 by Jordan – Be the first to comment

NowPublic.com: Social Media & Marketing Internship

NowPublic is looking for interns!

Want to develop your skills in new media? Interested in helping to shape the future of news? Live in the Vancouver area?

NowPublic.com is the world’s largest participatory news network and an Emmy-nominated leader in crowd-powered media. We’re looking for interns with a passion for social media, online news, and the real-time web to work in NowPublic’s head offices.

NowPublic’s internship program is a minimum 3-month commitment of 16-20 hours per week. Interns will work closely with NowPublic’s Editorial Team to produce and promote NowPublic content across the social web; recruit new site members; source multimedia content for featured news coverage; and contribute news stories to the site. This is an unpaid position.

Interns are expected to have working knowledge of social networking and an understanding of how to manage feedback from online sources.

Qualifications:

· Strong communication skills

· Experience with social media and networks, including: Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and social bookmarking sites

· Experience in the blogosphere and writing for the web would be an asset

· A good eye for newsworthy photos and video

· A pro-active and flexible approach to work

· An eagerness to learn about social news and community building

To participate in the Intern program you should:

· Be available a minimum of 16-20 hours per week

· Be willing to commit to a 3 month program

· Have a laptop computer

· Be able to legally work in Canada; non-Canadians must hold a valid student work visa or equivalent

To apply, send us an email with a paragraph or two about you and what you do, including links to your blog and online work. We look forward to hearing from you!

Contact: intern*at*nowpublic.com

You are more than your pigeon hole

Posted in Industry News on May 4th, 2009 by Michael Tippett – Be the first to comment

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Google Is Getting "Smarter" !! | Photo 03

Google Is Getting "Smarter" !! | Photo 03

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According to Advertising Age, new research shows that the best way to predict media consumption is not demographics but personality.  It seems like an obvious statement but now research has confirmed it.   According to studies by Mindset Media, the profile of a typical internet user could be described like this:

Top web users rank high in openness, and to a smaller degree, those who rank high in bravado are top users, too. Those highly open people who favor the web are 153% more likely to always buy organic products and 104% more likely to drive a hybrid car.

Low-level consumers of the internet tend to rank high in dogmatism, and are described as socially conservative people who tend to look to a religious or moral authority for guidance. “People who are more liberal are more likely to have the internet as the most consumed media,” Ms. Welch said.

Source: adage.com

And then there is the typical TV consumer:

Dynamic people don’t watch TV. Neither do people who rank high in openness and leadership.

Source: adage.com

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