Megazoa - Online Marketing & Love

Update: LinkedIn Applications Now Workin'

It must have just been launch day snags, because the 2 LinkedIn Applications I added to my profile appear to be fully operational. The Company Buzz application, which is just a feed of twitter searches returning tweets with your company names, is pretty limited since the search returns too many false positives and the links in tweets aren't active. Still, I could definitely see something like this being useful enough to spark more users logging in daily. Typepad's blogging application is just a straightforward blog feed, and hopefully by posting about it here I can create a recursive vortex.

Test Driving Myspace Ads Platform

I just finished running a test campaign on Myspace's new self-serve ad platform. Their interface was slow to load and a bit cumbersome, but it gives you far more flexibility in designing an ad than Facebook's platform. The niche targeting options are similar but not quite as specific as Facebook. From the limited test I did CPC and CTR seemed to be very similar to my results on Facebook. Overall I still prefer Facebook's platform, but this is defintiely a move in the right direction and an advertising option to keep in mind for future campaigns.

Palin Haunts Me

So, my beautiful and talented girlfriend is now working @ 236.com. Which is excellent, except for the fact that she has brought home a lot of Sara Palin cutout masks, and put them up around the apartment.
I know they are there, but it never fails to scare me when I open the door or round the corner.

1 Potato, 2 Potato, 3 Potato, 4

I was nuking some sweet potatoes for dinner last night and I realized my microwave had a handy "potato" button on it. I was very excited until I found that it only goes up to 4 potatoes. WTF??! Why can't I microwave 5 potatoes if I want. Hey microwave makers, stop trying to tell me how to live my life!

LinkedIn Fail - What if Your Resume Has Technical Difficulties?

LinkedIn launched a much anticipated application platform today, but when I tried to add 2 of the 9 available applications to my profile both had "technical difficulties". I'm sure this is a glitch and it will be working soon, but it got me thinking. If I was hiring how would I feel about someone having lots of dead beta apps all over their online resume?

The LinkedIn platform certainly has potential to be a useful tool, but I wonder how long it will be till we start reading stories about people not being hired because they added Mobsters to their profile?