About Tom George

Head of Inbound Advertising North America at Internet Billboards. Pioneering inbound advertising as well as an avid content curator who enjoys finding those digital gems out there in cyberspace and sharing them with others.

Room 1839 – The Diva Lounge

I haven’t read the book I admit, nor have I scene the new film however this post so intrigued and captivated me I fell to it’s charms and just simply had to curate it. From the article. If you’re Jay Gatsby and trying to impress a certain Daisy Buchanan, then there’s only one address you [...]

Why the half-life of a Pinterest pin is thousands of times longer than a tweet or Facebook post

Pinterest is a stunning visual curation platform. And when you tie in the social media aspect of it, it’s no wonder the site is so heavily trafficked. I often find myself spending way more time on the site then I know I should. It can be a little addictive. There is a lot to look [...]

Transformative Behavior Begins When You Stop Following the Masses

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The world and the internet are full of sycophants and megalomaniacs. I get it, oh know not another cliche. No wait I get it. I have never read any one of Seth Godin’s books, but I admit after visiting his blog today, I was a little jealous. Is that bad? Perhaps, but I don’t think [...]

Why Content Marketing Right Now Is a Must For Every Business

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Banner ads have grown rather stale. I cannot even remember the last time I clicked on one of them. If your like me you cannot wait for some of the new and interactive ad types that are headed to a website near you. Until then though content marketing is the new advertising. Companies are beefing [...]

Twitteration Some Latest Tweets From Internet Billboard Curator’s

Twitter might just be my favorite social darling. I find it very useful, as do many of the curator’s on Internet Billboards. Twitter users send on average 400 million tweets a day. Also did you know after meeting someone their interested in 11% of us adults will follow them on Twitter. One more interesting Twitter [...]

Some of The Most Beautiful Beaches In Italy Await the Renowned Traveler

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Surrounded by water on all sides, Italy has a unique coastline with nooks and crannies that create quiet swimming coves and picturesque seascapes. Italy participates in the Blue Flag Program, so travelers can easily identify beaches that are safe for swimming by the distinct blue flag. Italy’s beaches are most crowded during July and August [...]

Happy To Have Such A Great Friend And Fellow Content Curator Giuseppe Mauriello

Happy Friday everyone! I wanted to take a minute to pause to give thanks and to reflect. I am so happy to have made so many wonderful connections online. It amazes me how close intellectually I feel with so many wonderful people in the curation community, and I want to take a quick post to [...]

7 Essential Tools for Publishers a Guest Post From Ian Cleary On the Zemanta Blog

From the beginning of time almost, for man the creation of tools has had a life changing impact on our ability to not only survive as a race, but to thrive. Think about it, from the simple tools that were created to cut food, as in knives made of wood and sharpened stone, to weapons [...]

Hands on with Microsoft Office for iPhone, as the productivity suite finally comes to Apple’s smartphone

Today Microsoft released Office for iPhone. The Microsoft productivity suite has walked a long road to Apple’s iPhone, and its arrival will surely delight some while bedeviling those who are not able to access it. Office for iPhone, what Microsoft calls “Office Mobile for Office 365 subscribers,” will be available only to current, paying Office [...]

Why Content Curation and Crowdsourcing Will Change Everything

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After having spent the better part of four years curating content from renowned bloggers, journalists and authors as well as building a platform here on Internet Billboards, which has evolved into a wonderful community of content curator’s, I believe the future of digital, mobile, publishing as well as content marketing is beginning to become crystal [...]

Looks like now Google is buying Waze for $1.3 billion — Tech News and Analysis

A month after rumors emerged that Facebook was close to buying mapping data company Waze for a billion dollars, a new report from Israel’s Globes Online says that now Google is looking to acquire the company for a whopping $1.3 billion. At this point we shouldn’t treat it more than just a rumor. Waze was [...]

Through a PRISM darkly: Tracking the ongoing NSA surveillance story

It was a relatively quiet week for internet news until Guardian blogger Glenn Greenwald dropped a bombshell on Thursday, with a story that showed the National Security Agency was collecting data from Verizon thanks to a secret court order. But that was just the beginning: the Washington Post later revealed an even broader program of [...]

What is Blippar Augmented Reality App?

Blippar is the world’s leading visual discovery application/platform and an exciting new content medium to empower brands and media owners to better engage with consumers. Blippar transforms physical images into interactive experiences that consumers proactively request and pull directly to their mobile devices. See demo videos here. In our first year since launch, Blippar has [...]

Awesome content marketing lessons from Gary Vaynerchuck

Gary Vaynerchuck is a a famous self-made marketing expert and entrepreneur. Forbes.com, the go-to information source for the world’s best business leaders, broke news on the new social media strategy of Mr. Vaynerchuck. And, guess what: it’s a social content strategy. But there are more sources I gathered for you to learn some (really) awesome [...]