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ISF HOLIDAY DINNER

A group of ISFers gathered for a wonderful holiday dinner at Osso Bucco, a terrific family-style Italian restaurant. We talked a little shop but really just enjoyed good company, good food and good fun. We took this picture late but still got several smiling faces.

“LET’S TALK ABOUT VENDORS” ROUNDTABLE

A group of ISFers got together to discuss vendors and service providers so that we could learn from each others experiences. We discussed many types of companies but Content Management System vendors , Search Engine Marketing Firms, and Search Technology Providers were the 3 hottest topics. In general, most people were dissatisifed with their organization’s… Read More »

MARCH 1, 2016 – NYC MEETING

New York City Meeting – Roundtable Meeting Date: March 1, 2016, Tuesday Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Members-only meeting. Apply to Join ISF Sharing Knowledge and Building Relationships   The ISF strives to create an environment where our members learn from each other and build relationships. At our meetings, we always have an Interactive Roundtable session… Read More »

ISF-NY DINNER GET TOGETHER

A group of NY-ISFers got together for a great time at Todai, a terrific Japanese restaurant with an amazing buffet. Internet strategists from the media, financial services, and retail industries attended and we discussed hot topics ranging from “emerging web technologies” to “which marketing techniques actually work” to “where does a web team fit into… Read More »

SECOND LIFE

Nic Fulton Chief Scientist, Reuters David Leip Chief Innovation Officer, IBM.com Nic and David gave awesome presentations about Second Life to a packed house of attendees and many more online via our webcast. We learned about the big picture business and branding opportunities as well as “what’s reality vs hype.” Nic and David shared a… Read More »

ISF HOLIDAY DINNER

We had a great holiday dinner at Osso Buco, a family-style Italian restaurant in the Village. It was nice to get out of my conference room and to share some holiday cheer with everyone. Enjoy the high quality photo taken from Lee’s cell phone with no flash.

GENERAL MEETING AND INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE

We had a packed conference room with eighteen Internet Stategists from a diverse group of leading organizations (see below for list). There was a great energy in the room as we discussed all the latest hot topics including: Social networks, user generated content, coopetition with Google, SEM/SEO, blog monitoring, online videos/advertising, behavioral targeting, Second Life,… Read More »

CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT: NEW TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Presenters: Harun Asad, Director, AOL Media Networks Tim Peter, Director Internet Product Development, Cendant Hotel Group (includes Ramada, Wyndham, Days Inn) Harun and Tim gave AMAZING presentations about “Customer Engagement.” It was the perfect blend of new concepts, best practices, and real-world execution. Harun talked about “26 media choices”, compared new and traditional ROI metrics,… Read More »

ISF HOLIDAY DINNER

A bunch of ISF-NYers got together for a delicious dinner and great conversations about e-commerce, audience measurement, podcasting and online videos. Chantal Haberman, Standard&Poors, Director Internet Marketing Lee Huang, VNU eMedia, Director eBusiness Jochen Sprecht, Siemens, Manager Web Strategy Raanan Bar-Cohen, Dow Jones, Director Product Strategy Paul Hutton, Scripps Networks, Director Research Harun Asad, AOL,… Read More »

ONLINE VIDEOS AND USER GENERATED CONTENT

Our guest speaker, Steven Rosenbaum, CEO of Magnify Networks, gave a very insightful presentation to twenty five people about market trends and monetization opportunities for online videos/UGC as well as provided an insider’s view on his company’s innovative network of user-generated videos. The presentation was followed by our interactive roundtable session where attendees described their… Read More »