September 2008

Digital Mission day 1 - or is that 2?

It is an interesting week to be in New York that's for sure. You can imagine the TV and press coverage here. But new challenges bring opportunities with them. As businesses re-examine their budgets and spending habits, companies with newer, more effective ways of doing things have scope to make gains.

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16 September 2008 by Benjamin Ellis

Digital Mission - departure arrival and day 1

30,000 Feet up in the air feels like a very odd place to be writing a blog post, but it is curiously appropriate. I'm halfway between London and New York as I type this. Around me are representatives from the Digital Mission companies. Already, just a few hours into the mission, there have been discussions about the challenges and opportunities of business between the UK and the US .

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15 September 2008 by Benjamin Ellis

Final preparations for Digital Mission

I'm sat here in the delectable new Chinwag offices, with the swirl of final preparations proceeding around me. More and more people are finding each other on the Web 2.0 Expo Crowd Vine site, and the agenda is continuing to grow (see the digitalmission tag on upcoming).

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12 September 2008 by Benjamin Ellis

New Media Sector Champion Joins Digital Mission

digialmission-unionjack-120.gifAs the Digital Mission to New York gathers pace, the agendas are printed, the bags are packed and some of the UK's top digital businesses head to the airport, there's a new addition to the party.

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12 September 2008 by Sam Michel

Digital Mission NYC events line-up revealed

Big Apple here we come! The Web 2.0 Expo in New York is less than four days away and the Digital Mission calendar is now looking good and poised to host some serious action...

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12 September 2008 by Deirdre Molloy

Sun Startup Essentials competition

The Future of Web Applications (FOWA) on the 3rd October is the premier showcase of new web technologies and emergent business trends. It’s the honey-pot event for European web professionals and attracts developers and creative types in spades.

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10 September 2008 by Suzanne Morrow

Legal boot camps for start-ups

You’re a young fledgling company, you’re just starting to get your head above water and keep afloat in the ever so fickle world of digital start-ups. The last thing you need is to fall foul of the law and have legal wranglings eating away at company time and profit.

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10 September 2008 by Suzanne Morrow

Digital Mission to New York: the London mixer

Digital MissionBefore that long flight to New York we thought it would be a great idea to get all the companies coming along on the Digital Mission together in one place so that we could break

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9 September 2008 by Suzanne Morrow

Search vs Recommendation: different strokes for discovery?

Over the next few weeks Chinwag will be getting to grips with search in all its forms; from mobile and geo-location to SEO and paid search marketing. We gathered for the first in the series, Search vs Recommendation, on Tuesday 2nd September in Soho to discuss the relative plus points of blanket search systems, recommendation and review sites.

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8 September 2008 by Suzanne Morrow

If 2.0 was surfing, 3.0 is swimming.

The rise of web 2.0 and the sheer volume of user generated content and outlets [Facebook, Youtube etc.] has been leapt upon by 'savvy' marketers looking to surf the wave of interest and opportunity. For many this has been successful, but, like surfing, it has meant skimming the surface of content missing out on the actual context or meaning of the content.

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2 September 2008 by Jamie Riddell