Archive for the “Mike Arrington” category
The Why’s And Wherefore’s Of Taking On TechCrunch
by Tony Hung on February 21, 2008
Interesting debate today — for a small period of time — BubbleGeneration’s Umair Haque leveled some interesting assertions at Mikey A et al. over at TechCrunch, and subsequently took the post down … but was then put up again, in (…)
Blog Marketing Rule #42: He Who Is The Most Controversial Wins (Bigger Bloggers Are Best)
by Tony Hung on February 18, 2008
Over a year ago, I had the opportunity to step into the rarified boots of Darren Rowse for a week while he was one vacation. During that week, one of my more popular posts was one called “how to market (…)
The Power Of Techmeme Over Bloggers is … Pretty Astounding.
by Tony Hung on November 24, 2007
In what must be the softest headlining story of the month, Mike Arrington’s story of how Digg users are having a look at a Digg clone called Mixx has made it to the top of Techmeme. I have nothing to (…)
The Truth About Viral And Social Marketing? Its All About The Sock Puppets.
by Tony Hung on November 22, 2007
Over at TechCrunch a guest poster, Dan Acker Greenburg, has revealed how the company he works for creates viral videos on YouTube. Go and read the details, but it basically boils down to marketing tricks, and less to do with (…)
BlogExpo’s Mea Culpa Puts “Forgot-Gate” To Rest. I Hope.
by Tony Hung on November 11, 2007
So, in spite of all of the interesting debate — typical of a tech blogger’s weekend (where’s Jason Calacanis, though?) — around Mike Arrington’s not showing up at BlogExpo, thoughts about this being a deliberate link-grab notwithstanding, it turns out (…)
Is TechCrunch Still A “Blog”?
by Tony Hung on September 21, 2007
In a bit of blogging-centric news, TechCrunch has recently hired Erick Schonfeld as its co-editor, Mr. Schonfeld being the former editor of the late Business 2.0 magazine. It does beg the question with the hiring earlier this year of Heather (…)
Does Going To A Conference Make You A “Real” Blogger?
by Tony Hung on September 16, 2007
So I’m a tech blogger of the new media persuasion. And there’s a conference that many new media bloggers are going to — perhaps you’ve heard of the one Mike Arrington and Jason Calacanis is putting together, TechCrunch 40. Now, (…)