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Your Location:
Boston
Occupation:
Internet technology, social media, web 2.0
Company:
Garfield Group Interactive
Website:
http://garfieldgroup.com
About Me:
Web 2.0 & social media expert - President at Garfield Group Interactive - Founder of MITX Exchange - MITX Board Member - New Dad - Terrible Golfer...
Check out my blog: deanwhitney.com
Favorite flavor of ice cream?
Napoleon Dynomite
Are you currently a MITX member?
yes

About Dean Whitney

An early pioneer in interactive media, Dean Whitney is the President of Boston-based interactive agency GGI. A Web 2.0 technology evangelist formally at Publicis Groupe's Digitas, MITX board member and a regular speaker to audiences that know little or nothing about the subject of Web 2.0. Enjoys writing biographies in the 3rd person.

You can read his blog at www.deanwhitney.com.

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MITX Event - Web Marketing on a Shoestring

Photos from the June 24, 2009 MITX Marketing Technology Series Event: Web Marketing on a Shoestring - Being Scrappy with Free Tools and Techniques.



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This was a great event, started off quite but become very lively with lots of interaction with the the panel and attendees. I learned some great stuff from the other presenters. The moderator was Jeff… Continue

Posted on June 30, 2009 at 8:00am —

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The 6th Annual MITX Technology Awards

An overview of events, at the 6th Annual MITX Technology Awards program in Boston, Massachusetts



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A big thank you to the students in the Web Design & Interactive Media program, at the New England Institute of Art -- who volunteered and created this quick overview of the MITX Technology Awards!… Continue

Posted on June 26, 2009 at 9:30am —

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Social Media Marketing (SMM)

"Create fans, not customers," describes the goal of social media marketing.
Every company has a personality that consumers can identify and describe. For that reason, marketing is not so much about getting people to make purchases as it is about getting people to like and trust you.

New media marketing comes in many varieties: online banner advertising, viral marketing, social networking, interactive Websites, blogs, podcasts ... the list goes on. But no matter the tactic, the purpose is the sa… Continue

Posted on January 6, 2009 at 11:45am —

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Our Holiday Flash Site for a Good Cause

Garfield Group Holiday SiteThis year, Garfield Group is teaming with Heifer International to donate farm animals — cows, goats, sheep and even llamas to families in need. Providing a sustainable way to fight poverty and hunger in the U.S. and developing countries. But we… Continue

Posted on December 18, 2008 at 5:30pm —

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MITX Exchange visitors up 146%

With over 3,000 visitors last month MITX Exchange site activity is up 146% for the period from Nov 5 to Dec 5. On average visitors look at 4.6 pages, which in the media world is considered very impressive, ahead of big media sites like the Wall Street Journal. Our bounce rate, or the percentage of site visitors that leave from the same page they enter the site, is 46% which is quite low on average.

This month included the MITX Awards and I'm sure… Continue

Posted on December 6, 2008 at 2:16pm — 1 Comment

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At 9:06am on June 26, 2009, Nelly Arnold said…
Appreciate the welcome, Dean. Just getting to know MIXT, but am thoroughly enjoying it so far. We are down in Philly fostering innovation here. Seems like Massachusetts has really jumped ahead in the past couple of years. How can I get more involved with MIXT?
At 10:33am on February 25, 2009, Bo Tsang said…
Thank you for the kind words and warm welcome. I'm so stoked that there is a strong online community in Boston.
At 8:53pm on December 3, 2008, Laura Ragno said…
Thanks for the warm welcome!
At 8:17pm on November 30, 2008, leanne said…
Thanks for the welcome! Glad to find an interesting new online community.
At 10:04am on November 25, 2008, Brian Kenyon said…
Thanks Dean. I was very impressed with the MITX awards ceremony and it was an honor being a finalist and a winner this year. What are the next actions I need to take to become a full member of the MITX organization?
At 6:02pm on November 21, 2008, El Consultador said…
Senor Whitney... very nice to meet you. You want deathmatch fight for belt buckle? BRING IT. I will bring PANTHER.
At 4:54pm on November 10, 2008, Brad Blake said…
Dean - thanks. Yes, would be great to catch up. Been making headway on a few things here. If you're going to be downtown, drop me a line and we can get coffee or something...
At 6:07pm on October 24, 2008, Dave Sawyer said…
Hi Dean,

Thanks for the welcome note. I'm all booked up with web projects for a while but I'll let you know if things change.

I also work for ImprovBoston - We've been busy helping to plan a very fun MITX awards ceremony this year!

I look forward to meeting you.

All Best,
Dave Sawyer
At 10:46pm on September 22, 2008, Michael J. Russell said…
Dean,

Thanks for your warm welcome, and for your work in making MITX a reality.

All of the Mzinga folks I've communicated with to date have been unfailingly gracious and professional. Very gratifying to see many of the original clients we worked with from the WELL Engaged/Prospero period still loyal and on board there.

Would be greatly interested to learn more about how Garfield is implementing social media -- including online communities -- for your clients, as part of your overall interactive, branding and PR practices.

Best,

Mike Russell

P.S. Working hard to break 90(-ish) on several of our beautiful, central PA courses here before the season ends.
At 8:26am on August 18, 2008, Chrystie Terry said…
Dean,

Do you know anyone who does design work, including Flash? Looking for a contractor or freelancer, or even company that would work for small company to put together graphics and Flash presentations.

Thanks,

Chrystie
 
 

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