Musings from the World of Advertising

Ben Zagorski

Ben Zagorski
Location
New York, New York, USA
Birthday
September 06
Title
Sales Professional
Company
Salon.com
Bio
I work in the wonderful world of digital media in advertising sales for Salon. I enjoy spending time with my wife; collecting, then not reading, books; cooking; and playing bocce ball.

JANUARY 13, 2010 1:50PM

Haiti and the Community Web

I wanted to post a quick note about mobilizing and activating the community web in the wake of the tragedy that afflicts Haiti.  For up to the minute, expert coverage of the earthquake and what is happening on the ground, please visit Salon's coverage of the event.

From the Salon sale

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JULY 15, 2009 5:09PM

Bernie Madoff's New Fashion Line

New Bernie Madoff Merchandise. Spotted on the F Train, LES NYC.

Bernie Madoff Gear

A closer look:

bernie closeup

I find this cooler than an ironic T-Shirt....

JUNE 25, 2009 3:29PM

AdSense & Conversational Marketing

As someone from the sales side on Salon/Open Salon, I thought I might add a few words on the introduction of Google AdSense to your blog posts.

 Kerry does a fantastic job of explaining how this all works, why we're doing it,  and answering the various responses from thi… Read full post »

benzagorski: RT @dherman76: I love this infographic about Twitter: http://bit.ly/rcg0D
benzagorski: John Bell/Ogilvy: paid media w/ adjacency to earned media performs 3-10x better. Need to find out what our users are talkin bout #ommasocial
benzagorski: At #ommasocial trying to find better ways to incorporate Open Salon into Salon.com and our partner's campaigns
benzagorski: RT @mikemadden Twitter won't bring down Ahmadinejad: http://bit.ly/jZKHI
benzagorski: RT @thomasatsalon Amazing Iran Tweetmap, shows you who's Tweeting, where: http://www.mibazaar.com/irantweets.html
benzagorski: @dherman76 if they haven't had the oh shit moment before it rolls out, they're in trouble....
benzagorski: RT @mikemadden: I would NOT be disappointed if Salon spent the whole summer running "Mad Men" ads. ... Response: Me neither.
benzagorski: RT @michaelmiraflor: Mad Men returns Aug. 16 @ 10PM. Only on AMC..... exciting!
benzagorski: congrats to my wife, @ampentz the new CEO of @startingbloc. follow her for the latest in social entrepreneurship and innovation.
benzagorski: vitamin water just answered the kobe v. lebron build up: http://bit.ly/eiXm6 #vitaminwater
benzagorski: @joseph lacey that's cause I added the wrong link. intel, toasters, http://bit.ly/151zM1 Make more sense now?
benzagorski: Intel VP Deb Conrad kept talking about chips in cpu's, phones, toasters, etc. at #cmsummit didn't make sense till now: http://bit.ly/2Pjjh
benzagorski: Extra tickets for the Mashable event anyone? Need two and they closed the doors #mashable
benzagorski: RT @ischafer The man who motivated MichaelJordan. "In tenth grade,I beat out MJ for the last spot on our varsity team" http://bit.ly/X1Uid
benzagorski: Did I hear the #cmsummit presentations were going to be somewhere online? any clues?
benzagorski: latest/greatest on Salon: Tiller murder; Taguba/Torture by Benjamin; G. Greenwald vs. J. Rosen (TNR);... if you don't know, you better ask
benzagorski: RT @jaymcampbell Google Wave: What email and IM would look like if it were invented today http://bit.ly/2lNB15
benzagorski: OpenSalon: 2nd Place at the Nat'lMagAwards for Interactive Feature. @OpenSalonPicks. Ok, so there wasn't a 2nd place, but we were a nominee
benzagorski: Battlestar Fans, Frack this Prequel: http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/04/21/caprica/
benzagorski: RT@om Internet Macro Trends, Twitter Acq Rumors, King Kong rolled into one: http://bit.ly/DKGFf
benzagorski: RT @mikemadden, Not George Bush's budget: http://tinyurl.com/aqa7jk With great Bill Maher branding btw...
benzagorski: Hello, transparency: http://bit.ly/J3bwt This very well could have been accessible before Pres. O, but they never tried to drive me there.