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Oh Snap!

Brady Brim-DeForest — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:36:10 +0000

Have you ever wondered what those nifty little thing like this are? It’s called a Snap Shot, it’s accessed by 100 people around the world, every second, and it’s brought to you by the folks at Pasadenca based Snap – sponsors of Twiistup 4. Named as the #1 Niche Ad Network by Comscore, Snap Shots products can be found on over 2 million websites worldwide. Snap’s network reaches over 9% of the U.S. audience and 35 million unique global viewers each month.

Snap Shots are contextual – meaning that the ads they serve complement inline content. This enables publishers to monetize their content with value-added, non-disruptive, advertising.

Word on the street is that Snap is looking for a Marketing Director – and they’ll be making information available about their Gold Publisher Program tonight at Twiistup. See you all in a couple of hours!

Now, a word from our sponsor: FreshBooks

Francisco — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:12:47 +0000

We knowledge workers tend to be an unruly crowd, often preferring to work as freelancers or start our own companies, rather than submitting –horrors!–to the demands of “the man.” Unfortunately, that sometimes means that we need to get “the man” to pay us. The team at FreshBooks has felt our pain (having been through it themselves a few times), and they’ve created the ultimate service for, as they call it, “painless billing.” FreshBooks is an online invoicing, time-tracking and expense-tracking service, designed for creative and service-oriented professionals. They currently look after more than 400,000 customers. And — get this– if you have three or fewer clients yourself, you can use them for free! If your business is more robust, FreshBooks is available in a number of subscription packages, after a free trial period.

FreshBooks’ online toolset is very impressive. With it, you can automate invoicing, allow clients to access their invoices and account histories online, and even collect online payments using services such as PayPal and Verisign. You can also create professional-looking online estimates, track time and expenses, and maintain client contact information and history. Bonus points for the ability to brand your pages and your materials with your own logo: as we all know, looking professional is key to maintaining credibility! FreshBooks is also populated with some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. After all, they’re a good Canadian company, and I personally have never met a Canadian I didn’t like, eh?

We’re delighted to welcome FreshBooks as a sponsor for Twiistup 4, and hope you’ll pay a visit to the site. They’re also offering a special promo for Twiistup attendees who’d like to sign up for one of their subscription packages. Simply used the all-too-appropriate promo code SUNBURN when you sign up, and you’ll get $20 off.

Attendee Badge

Francisco — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:29:20 +0000

Slap this temporary tattoo on your site and let your fans and followers know where you’ll be on July 17.

Here’s the code:

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LA Times tech blog

Francisco — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:35:33 +0000

Received word from LA Times Staff Writer Alana Semuels that they’ve launched a new blog devoted to technology. Looks like they’re going to cover more here about ‘The Business and Culture of our Connected Lives’ than they were able to in their print version. If you have post ideas, send them along to Alana.Semuels@latimes.com.

FYI: LA Times recent ran a story about Twiistup here:
Where SoCal techies let loose

Recent posts by Alana:
Testing Second Life on a mobile phone (get ready to text!)
Apple named most gay-friendly brand
Celebnet, more reading material for the celebrity-obsessed