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Austin Captivates Film, Music & Gaming

Wednesday, 11 September 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Sunday, October 6, the future of the digital entertainment industry realizes it’s home in Austin with the premier of Captivate at Austin’s Palmer Events Center. In an era where voiceover contracts, micro-transactions, crowdfunding, augmented reality, and 3D printing converge are defining the future of entertainment, Captivate takes a unique look at the convergence of film,

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SXSW ’11 Panel to Watch: Left Brain Search = Google. Right Brain Search = X

Monday, 28 February 2011 by Paul O'Brien

Ever wonder why Google isn’t very helpful in finding something to do? While search engines are pretty good at finding information, they are terrible user experiences for those hoping to conveniently consume and digest that information (sorry for the food analogy). The solution lies in the sentiment of the audience. Mood based discovery engine Moodfish

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See You At TechCrunch50?

Thursday, 10 September 2009 by Paul O'Brien

Monday and Tuesday next week, September 14-15, the industry’s exciting technologies and entrepreneurs converge on San Francisco and the San Francisco Design Center Concourse for one of the most influential events for startups and web services. Last year, TC50 hosted 250 start-up and early-stage companies, pitching to thousands of 2,000 attendees and buyers, VCs and

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Starting Your Business When Times Are Tough

Wednesday, 08 July 2009 by Paul O'Brien

What might we learn from companies successfully started in tough, turbulent economic times? More than you’d think when you consider Fedex, HP, and Apple rose from ashes similar to those we’re experiencing now. Lan Nguyen, today, outlines some great Tips for Downturn Entrepreneurs on TheStreet.com including, to name a few: Study the market Take the

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Published in Conferences / Events, Industry, Social Media, Startups

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Local Search Behind MTV Campus Daily Guides Reaches College Demographic

Tuesday, 26 August 2008 by Paul O'Brien

With a tremendous amount of fanfare (I had a parade come through the office this morning), I’m excited to share that Zvents has partnered with MTV to deliver a comprehensive local search experience to Campus Daily Guides published by mtvU. Creating a unique opportunity to reach the affluent college demographic, Zvents is powering the local

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Published in Fun, Local, Search

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Getting your events and promotions online

Thursday, 14 August 2008 by Paul O'Brien

I’ve had the distinguished honor of having an article featured in this month’s edition of Event Solutions Magazine bringing to their audience some of the most basic online marketing tenants that we so easily forget as still being foreign to most marketers. What are the basics? How does one get started? Here’s an excerpt: Most

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Published in Insights / Research, Local, Natural Search / SEO, Paid Search, Search, Social Media

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Conferences

Friday, 30 November 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Yes, it is that time of year again. While most are stuffing turkey and braving the malls for holiday gifts, we in the online marketing community prepare for back-to-back-to-back… to back conferences. Admittedly, with the whirlwind of activity, I’ve even neglected to mention one most important, underway as we speak. This week at SES, Zvents

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Published in Conferences / Events

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