cameron peron

Detroit 2.0

Cameron — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:40:26 +0000

I really admire Detroit. Up until the early 80s Detroit was a place to start a life and create a future like my family did 100 years ago. These days its a shadow of economic power house it once was. Despite this, Detroit has the necessary infrastructure, human creativity and work force to become a game-changing [...]

Amercia: The World’s Most Successful Startup Country

Cameron — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:57:43 +0000

America is truly the country in the world that cherishes the concept of the individual so much, that that the country’s entire infrastructure is designed to make each individual’s dreams come true. America is the world’s most successful “startup country.” In principle the sociological, political, commercial and legal environments in the United States were structured in [...]

Maybe Jerry Yang Wasn’t the Problem

Cameron — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:04:56 +0000

Since Jerry resigned as Yahoo CEO, the dark cloud that circled over Yahoo’s stock value and brand doesn’t seem lift. In reality, Yang was a symptom of the underlying problems that lay in Yahoo’s top level management: lack of focus and poor execution.

How To Win The 2009 Israeli Election for Prime Minister – Copy/Paste obama.com

Cameron — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:56:59 +0000

Despite intense mud slinging, dirty tricks and outright name calling, there is a great lesson in online tactics from the 2009 Israeli Prime Minister election. Leading political parties in Israel have not just picked up successful online tactics form the 2008 US federal election, but also literally copy/pasted them into their campaigns strategies. The [...]

IslamCrunch: An Expression of Moderate Islamic Learning and Activism

Cameron — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:55:48 +0000

IslamCrunch is an excellent example of a web-property that targets a deep and narrow niche and applies effective communication tools to build a loyal and vibrant traffic base. It's one of the effective projects utilizing web tools to push a religious point of view online today. The brainchild of Mikael Pittam, IslamCrunch is a web property that provides information on Islamic learning and grass roots activism.

Online Media: 5 Predictions for 2009

Cameron — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:04:04 +0000

2009 will be a land grab year for both smart businesses with money to spend and entrepreneurs with business models built on performance marketing.

Best Financial Advice: Take All Your Money From The Market And Invest In Jack Daniels and Budweiser

Cameron — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:45:56 +0000

The difference between now and the 9/11 recession, the recession of the 90s or Great Depression is that we are at a major technological advantage to learn and act financially. With finance 2.0 management and research tools like mint or yahoo finance with have the ability to get highly personal up-to-the minute information and the ease to act on what we learn. The real issue is our skill in interpreting information, making responsible decisions and investments for the long term.

Google Starts A/B Testing Flash Game Traffic for Eveyrone Else

Cameron — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:52:52 +0000

How do you monetize a huge volume of users that aren’t in the mood for seeing or interacting with ads? Ask Google. They announced earlier today that they’ll start running ads with flash games. It’s an attempt to copy/past the success of AdSense in a market undervalued by larger players. What this deal is really [...]

Surprise!!! The Google-Yahoo Deal Under Anti-Trust Investigation

Cameron — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:57:31 +0000

Can't say I'm shocked. In the best case scenario the fact the DOJ is reviewing the case may give an incentive for an adjustment in the market without intervention. Maybe Google will back down and Yahoo! consider new options for strategic partnerships with other media companies. Worse case, a poor decision will be handed over by officials who barely understand how the internet works let alone have the wisdom to see it's direction in the next few years.

Yahoo! Media Deal – 3 Reasons Why Everyone Loses.

Cameron — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:54:39 +0000

The Yahoo! Google deal is just another another desperate and cheap attempt by Yahoo! to raise stock value in hopes of landing some magic deal. Time will tell if this is their first step in becoming a giant Google Adsense publisher.