Lycos
In three and a half years at Lycos, I worked on a variety of web site destinations and associated projects. Below are links to the sites and applications I worked on:
Marketing Manager - Personal Publishing:
As Marketing Manager, I was responsible for the management of all consumer facing marketing communications including advertising, public relations, promotions and email/direct marketing for the Homepage building services Tripod and Angelfire. In addition, I was involved in marketing research and brand equity research studies for these properties along with some loyalty programs aimed at Tripod's best web page builders.
- Tripod - One of the
top homepage building sites on the internet, demographically targeted
towards the average page builder.
- Angelfire - Another
of the top homepage building sites on the internet, demographically targeted
towards the younger teen marketplace.
- Tripod's HTML Gear - A web page building accessories site that gives users various "widgets" that they can add to their site, including Guestbooks, E-Mail forwarding, Event Planners and many others!
Product Manager - Broadband, Multimedia & Mobile Services:
As Product Manager, I was responsible for the Lycos VideoCenter, the Lycos Network's Streaming Video Player, and Lycos' wireless portal website Lycos Anywhere. In addition to these assigned products and services, the Multimedia & Mobile Services team was driving several "forward looking" initiatives and projects including streaming pay-per-view video, live video webcasts, and broadband gaming, of which I had some exposure to.
- Lycos Video Center Screenshots
- An innovative service that enabled users to create, edit and share personal
streaming video with friends and family. the service was in existence
from August 2000 through October 2001, when the partner went out of business
due to market conditions beyond my control.
View Press Release
- Lycos Video Player Screen Shots
- The Lycos Network's standard streaming media platform application used by various Lycos destinations to deliver and
display streaming media. Below are some examples of different destinations
utilizing the video player. In addition to the examples below, I also released the player for the Lycos Finance and LycosZone Kids destinations while working at Lycos. Since I left the company, the business decision was made to remove the Lycos Finance execution, while the entire LycosZone Kids destination was shut down all together.
- Terra (Spanish) Video Player - Version of player used on the Entertainment section of Terra.com
- RCN Broadband Video Player - Branded version of media player used by cable/broadband ISP RCN
as a component of its RCN Broadband portal site, powered by Lycos.
- Praise for my work on this project
- View Press Release
- Terra (Spanish) Video Player - Version of player used on the Entertainment section of Terra.com
- Lycos Mobile & Wireless Screen Shots - The Lycos mobile portal and premium mobile services included Lycos Anywhere wireless portal and the Lycos Anywhere Ringtones service. Lycos Anywhere is the online wireless portal for Lycos, giving users information on how to access Lycos via a wireless phone, text message delivery to a mobile device, ringtones/logos, and voice services. Lycos Anywhere-Ringtones & Logos was a premium service component of Lycos Anywhere enabling users to select and purchase ringtones, logos, and pictures for download/delivery to their mobile device.
