After a short holiday Bas returned to the show. Today Bas and Roy talked to Mel Carson who is “Community geezer for Microsoft Advertising”. Mel talked about what Microsoft is doing on the social front and online office and the guys discussed Twitter Earlybird, Times Paywall issues and much more.
The shownotes are below.
Listen to the show here
Links and topics discussed:
Mels’ credentials:
Mel Carson Twitter account
http://www.melcarson.com/
Links discussed in the show:
Different Microsoft topics discussed:
http://community.microsoftadvertising.com/Communities/Advertisers/adCenter/Default.aspx
http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/leuka-mini-masters-golf-day-2010-with-dougray-scott-and-bing/12auo4976?from=en-gb-Bing
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/
http://community.microsoftadvertising.com/Blogs/Advertising/archive/2009/09/23/microsoft-lookingglass-helps-businesses-catch-the-social-media-wave-at-advertising-week-2009.aspx
Times Paywall issues
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jul/20/times-paywall-readership
http://searchengineland.com/search-engines-newspapers-perfect-market-46477
Twitter Earlybird
http://blog.twitter.com/2010/07/earlybird-ready-to-fly.html
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