This is truly one of the hottest topics on the Net today, and will remain a hot topic for some time to come. But I cannot believe people who are already taking positions on Wireless Advertising. The whole medium (including the Internet) is just getting underway. This is like saying in 1950 that TV Commercials
Executives from major companies around the United States love to say it, as a way of showing that they get it, writes Scott Werner of Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing. They love to say, The Internet has changed everything. Three years ago, the dot.com kid geniuses were being millions of dollars in venture capital and
What is the common element to the headline of this article? asks Jeff Stanislow, vice president of bluechip interactive, a Troy interactive marketing company. The answer is media. Many marketers have been caught up in the hype of the Internet over the past few years, and rightly so. The Net has brought on a whole
At the recent annual meeting of Automation Alley, I challenged our members to start being more positive about Michigan in their everyday communications with those outside Michigan, writes Joan Trusty, board president for Automation Alley. Brag about your great schools, the wonderful fall weather, the company you work for, the challenging work you do, I
As founder and CEO of a high profile Internet professional services firm, plenty of business plans cross my desk each year, writes Enlighten President Steve Glauberman. The good news: Michigan is home to a number of creative, innovative entrepreneurs ready to take their latest concept from the drawing board to boardroom at full-tilt Internet speed.
The prime motivation behind the Detroit Chapter of First Tuesday is to help create more startups, writes Chapter President Godfrey Nolan. If we're not seeing even a modest increase in startups throughout Southeast Michigan, then frankly First Tuesday is not succeeding in Detroit. On October 3rd at 6.30 pm at the Majestic Cafe, First Tuesday
The excitement is building, writes Doug Rothwell, CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. The buzz is reverberating across the state. Developers, university officials and businesses leaders from Houghton to Kalamazoo are bringing their brightest minds together to submit a proposal for the MEDC newest high-tech initiative, Smart Zones. SmartZones, formerly known as Smart Parks
By L. Brooks Patterson The Big 3 automakers - Ford, General Motors and DaimlerChrysler, are spearheading an effort to launch a new Business-to-Business (B2B) exchange that will create a multi-billion dollar auto purchasing alliance. Covisint, as this new organization is called, is looking for a chief executive officer and a location for its world headquarters.
Pro Air Thursday announced a special $19 one-way Internet fare sale for travel on its daily nonstop service between Detroit City Airport and Chicago Midway Airport. But its not forever. Pro Air is offering the special fare to the first 10,000 customers who book their ticket on the airline's website www.proair.com . The special rate
"The IT Roundtable is part of our proud history, the I-TE@M is our future." With those words the transition was completed on May 9. For nearly four years, the IT (Information Technology) Roundtable served the needs of the IT industry -- the original objectives of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), formally the Michigan Jobs