Learn.com Fetches $125 Million Taleo to buy Learn.com for $125MSilicon Valley / San Jose Business JournalPrintEmailReprintsRSS FeedsLinkedInShareCommentsRelated NewsAnti-corruption work booms as business grows overseasAlibris to buy Oregon sales software company MonsoonRenewals define S.F.’s office leasing landscapeS.F. real estate story line: Flight to qualityInt...
The Frager factor - 7 hr 50 min ago
What's In Your Life Bag? Great info at the right time from one of my favorite blogsWhat is in your life bag?Rating: No RatingPosted by Mark A. Leon on September 1, 2010 at 10:52pmView Mark A. Leon's blogThis is a personal evaluation of your life.As you look at your career, family, social life, health and fitness, are you in a place you want tobe.We are in un...
The Frager factor - 8 hr 2 min ago
Is Apple Ushering In A Rebirth for dotTV??? Via one of my favorite feeds-- AppleInvestorNews.comApple Roundup: Steve’s Big Media PushNY Times - Start-Ups 6 minutes agoApple Will Program Your TV, Stock Will Fetch $337Forbes.com News 17 minutes agoTwitter for iPad brings clever UI elementsMacNN | Apple News 1 hour, 6 mins agoApple Launches Apple TV, Lets NetFlix PlayRed Herring ...
The Frager factor - 8 hr 21 min ago
HDTV Direct From Domain Via Airplay Another innovation from Apple-- the innovator that never quits.According to AppleInsinder:Apple's upgraded wireless media streaming feature, now known as AirPlay, will soon offer video and photo streaming to Apple TV directly from iOS 4.2 devices, and allows users to send music and album art to third-party hardware.Announced on Wedne...
The Frager factor - 11 hr 37 min ago
Ping (.com) and Apple's Trademark Infringing Naming Strategy Via WSJ: What's In A Name. For Apple, a lot.Apple’s fight with the Beatles over the Apple trademark is legendary. But on Wednesday, Apple avoided any such problems over its Ping social network for music — by making sure that it had an agreement with the golf company that holds the Ping trademark beforehand.Associated PressPing has a ...
The Frager factor - 11 hr 44 min ago
The Practice of Public Relations is Changing. Are You? Three years ago I took these notes at a conference as a panel argued that this is the best, most exciting time to be in the PR business. Funny coming across it as we are doing all of these things for our Frager Creative Group clients as I type this.the premise1. The present media landscape might seem new but it is actually something ...
The Frager factor - 21 hr 44 min ago
DomainShane writes "I think Owen Frager is insane……..or brilliant. I just can’t tell some days" W... I can not let DomainShane impugn my character. So I rebroadcast a post by my pal Jeff Zbar at ChiefHomeOfficer.com taking you inside the mind of Frager. Jeff spent the better part of the day here and videotaped it. Here's what HE concluded:Of Google and T.R.A.F.F.I.C. and Your Best Ideas…CreativityOctober 22nd, 2007 Talking with my f...
The Frager factor - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 0:5
Chris Pirillo to Headline Panel at Epik.com Domain Developer Conference Chris Pirillo to Headline Panel at Epik.com Domain Developer Conference0 votenowBuzz up!SEATTLE, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Chris Pirillo, founder of LockerGnome.com, a technology blogging network and, Gnomedex.com, a conference that showcases emerging technologies, will head the 'Internet Marketing and Monetization' panel at the 1st An...
The Frager factor - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 13:41
Are Type-Ins Over? Think ATT Here's a sermon I found in the huge folder of prospective content I've saved for days like this when paying work gets in blogging's way. Probably penned in 2000 or 2005.It's not in infancy it was market tested in 1988 and we use it everydayWhat it means:Game over for mostBurst 2.0 for many sites, blogs, free services dependent on eye...
The Frager factor - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 21:48
The Frager Creative Team Inks Results For ExperienceNapa.com With the power of hand-regged power domain ExperienceNapa.com, founder Stephanie Weiner supplied me with a draft of copy with instructions to "Fragerize." This is a common request and our specialty at FCG. What we've earned a reputation for is the unique ability to make things sound bigger, more compelling and more important. All the...
The Frager factor - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 21:38
"Someone Thought Up The Same Names As You And You Thought Them Up First, So You Got The Chance To... From Rick's private forum circa 2000Boy did I get THIS right!Re: Your NamesHooking up type-in names to make money from traffic is one business model. It's not my business model. I suspect that Rick's names don't appeal to you because he's a very focused expert in this area which we are not. So we don't understand them from his perspe...
The Frager factor - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 15:6
Mike Berkens: Considering Trends? Forget The 3D Market. It's The "End Times/Apocalypse" Market Th... Uber Domainer Mike Berkens is someone who understands the times we face. In a recent DomainSuccess.com interview host Jeff Zbar asked him how he is preparing for the recession or even a depression:According to The Independent UK: "The 'apocalypse industry' is growing again, with one US firm about to open Europe's first nuclear-bomb-a...
The Frager factor - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 7:45
Yet Another Conference To Attend: ComputerKunst 2.010 My buddy, Digital Media Artist GARTEL, participates in ComputerKunst 2.010. The Exhibition is produced in association with the International Society of Electronic Arts (ISEA).
The Frager factor - Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 20:52
Making The Rounds: Bubble Beach (.com) Bubbles over Stinson Beach, music by Incompetech.com. This impressive video's been making the rounds lately so you may have seen it already. A beautiful beach in Northern California, colorful giant bubbles, and a soothing soundtrack. It's defintely worth checking out,Stinson Beach Bubbles (canon 550D) from markdaycomedy on Vimeo.
The Frager factor - Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 23:18
Frank Schilling and The Truth About The World Nobody wants to hear bad news, so the news makes sure you don't hear it. All of the stories below are from today in mainstream media that you read, but likely you haven't read these stories. Alone each is a cause for concern, but together they make a remarkable case for seeing the movie Collapse and preparing yourself for rough times...
The Frager factor - Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 16:25
Move Over Barbara Walters. This IS The Zbar/Reynolds Interview: Chief Home Officer Interviews The... Today's guest post is taken from a DomainSuccess.com interview between host Jeff Zbar and domain pioneer Jeff Reynolds. For those who think there are no new domains or ideas left out there, Jeff explains how he finds them today by understanding trends and human behavior. Domain Success will return in the fall with a new all-video for...
The Frager factor - Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 12:48
Our Most READ Posts; But Have YOU Ever Read Them? Relive TFF's classic moments in Internet History:"I'd like to be a fly in the wall in history class in 100 years when someone tries to make sense of all this.'"Bush Costs Kids $1.4 Bil/dayPrepare for the DepressionWhen I Was 17, it Was A Very Good YearWhat's Everyone Reading This Summer?Edited: The Next Domain Billionaire (s)Law Firm...
The Frager factor - Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 10:52
Getting Out of A Rut: Record August In All Business Units The past two years during the recession have been very hard. Harder than I've ever seen in all my years in business.PPC payouts dropped to 1/3 of peak levels in spite of the fact that more people discovered online shopping and traffic kept growing and growing as Google declared record sales and profits. Corporate accounts demanded mo...
The Frager factor - Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 1:12
MUST SEE The Lost Steve Jobs SEX Tapes WOW this is a Very RARE video! Steve sure knows how to make a brand SEXY. In this rare gem pulled from YouTube, and thanks to @AndrewWarner for sharing, Steve shows how you can do it too. Steve Jobs, back in the day, telling us how simple brands really need to be. Be inspired by a brilliant rhetor, innovator, and strategist.
The Frager factor - Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 0:22
Jay Lohmann: Google Says It's Time To Get Real If you havent heard by now, Google has re-released Realtime search. Our agency has been teaching best practices in getting ready for this in terms of leveraging social, so nothing new here, but something to keep in the back of your mind when you are out there tweeting and posting.Be extra diligent in using keywords in your tweets. (S...
The Frager factor - Friday, August 27, 2010 - 17:57
