Ben Behrouzi

Another powerful use of social media and Twitter.  LeapFish has teamed up with the Make-a-Wish Foundation to empower Twitter users with the ability to grant an ill child’s dream to go to Disneyland.  A Tweet-A-Cause that just hit the wires and is beginning to climb through the Twitosphere. Jacob, who is four years of age, has a rare and life-threatening disease that has affected him since birth. He has one big wish in life — to go to Disneyland with his family.  LeapFish is donating 5 cents per Tweet to the Make-A-Wish Foundation until $10,000 has been raised and Jacob and his family can go to Disneyland. Social media is powerful and this is another great utilization of Twitter to bring awareness and momentum to a very good cause. The charity campaign will run from Nove... (more)

LeapFish - The Web’s New Search Engine

The Web has evolved.  It used to be a place where people came to just search for simple information.  Now it’s a place where people come to also share information.  Information today that is multi-media and more complex.  Information today that is real-time and social – recommended by people who know, and people you know.  I refer to this new place as “The Living Web” and recently our te... (more)

25 Years After Escaping Iran

Its hard to imagine that its been almost 25 years since my parents secretly smuggled many of our family members out of Iran due to brutal religious persecution.  Persecution that is unfortunately picking up once again in todays time. A reader asked me to provide more info about this portion of my background and so I offered this short post. The 1979 revolution of Iran put in place a the... (more)

Real-Time Search and Five Reasons Why “We” Will Change the Web

Search on Ulitzer If you don’t understand why the Real Time Web is huge, you will soon. Thanks to micro-blogging sites like Twitter, a constant stream of human-posted content has infiltrated the Web. This growing infiltration has created a bottoms up approach to content creation that via the progressive support of rapidly developing applications has and will continue to empower every in... (more)

Reply.com Continues Growing at Unprecedented Rate

Reply.com lifts Beta off its locally-targeted online marketing platform as it posts enhanced features and significant profits.  In the face of a struggling economy, Reply.com has posted over 50 percent revenue growth in the Automotive and Real Estate categories and significant profits over the last several quarters. Since its founding in 2001, Reply! has been a leader in pioneering locall... (more)