The State Of The Art Of Version 1.0 iPad Apps

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Users who download asset manager iPad apps also download apps like CNBC Realtime and Bloomberg, according to Apple’s App store. Gulp. That sets the bar fairly high for a Version 1.0 app from a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF) company.

Three asset manager iPad apps have launched in the last few weeks. Since it’s been almost a year since I blogged about an iPad app (PIMCO’s), I thought I’d take a look at how the state of the art has evolved, as demonstrated by the apps from OppenheimerFunds, Franklin Templeton Investments and RidgeWorth Investments.
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25 Content Highlights Of 2011

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There are some people who are theatre people. There are some people who are music people. And—getting closer to the point of this post—there are the book-lovers. Me, I’m an online content junkie.

With this post, 12 months in the making, I delight in that special piece of content found swimming out there in a sea of perfectly average content. This is my list of what I found to be the best marketing, digital marketing and/or investment-related content—with a few wildcards—of 2011. It's an updated edition of a similar list published last year at this time.
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The Best Of The First Half: 5 Awesome Marketing Infographics

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Sometimes, the concept of strangers taking time during their workdays to “share” content with other strangers can seem a bit forced, especially if it’s as part of a deliberate program to get out there and be social.

In my case, the sharing instinct is genetic—I come from a long line of article-clippers whose get-togethers tend to start with an exchange of newspaper articles, cartoons and coupons. My enthusiasm for the state-of-the art today is that the social sites enable sharing with like-minded professionals, most of whom I don’t know. While it’s not uncommon for deeper connections to build, that’s not what’s behind my urge to share.

Online reading today for me has become a three-part act involving 1)the discovering of “awesome” content 2)the pointing of others to it and 3)the learning about cool stuff from others.
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For Inspiration, Profile And Even Tools To Use For Visual Story-telling: Visual.ly

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My affection for infographics has reached the point that I’ve put myself on a diet in terms of blogging and tweeting about infographics. And I’m making an effort to check my enthusiasm for the recent burst of sites that are launching in beta (Google+ and Spotify being two of the most hyped examples).

I understand that the arrival of a new site to be explored and mastered in order to understand its place in the universe is not good news to everyone. Fatigue has set in. On the subject of infographics, specifically, some are saying enough with the infographics already.
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Advisors And Social Media, Infographics, Logowear, Syndication, Wholesaling: What You Might Have Missed

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Welcome back to all you asset management digital marketers out on spring break last week! Here’s hoping your re-entry is easy and crisis-free.

To help you catch up, here’s a briefing on five items that you may have missed if you spent last week at a theme park.
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