Archive for August, 2008
Who the Heck is Gavin Rossdale?
So, I look like Gavin Rossdale. Who the heck is Gavin? I had to look him up on Wikipedia.
MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities
Will Seesmic Catch On
I can’t remember how I found out about Seesmic, but it was a few months ago when I started checking it out. It’s not like I needed another social media site to be a part of to suck more of my time, but the idea of video updates - instead of text updates such as [...]
When Twitter Daters Meet….
CEO Blog of the Day: Williard Marriott
CEO’s can blog too. Even CEO’s of large multi-national corporations with global name brand recognition and revenue comparable to small nations. And in many ways blogging is a lot more effective when the person at the top of the organization starts to engage people on the web. Not only will there be a positive impact [...]
News Readers Migrate Online, Newspaper Readership Down 40%
This afternoon I was talking to one of my co-workers about the decline of newspaper readership and circulation. She just joined us at AIR from one of the local publication and had some pretty cool insights on the world of newspaper publishing. In the course of our conversation we talked about how neither of us [...]
How to Ruin a Stop Sign
How corporate speak - and lack of common sense can ruin a project. A funny take:
Who’s at fault here? The marketing agency for not standing up to what they’re missing or the company reps who’ve lost sight of the goal?
Making $45,000 per MONTH by Blogging
Meet Timothy Sykes, a 26-year-old investor, author, and blogger claims that he made $45,000 last month on his blog. Here are the numbers straight from his blog:
Trading Gains: $3,213
Penny Stocking DVD + TIMalerts: $35,031
Website Advertising & Affiliate Sales: $5,076
An American Hedge Fund Book: $1,616
Total: $44,936
Daily Blog Tips interviewed Tim and it’s a great read. The [...]
Five Links for Friday
It’s think out loud Friday so, here are some of the interesting things that caught my attention on this beautiful Friday morning and my thoughts:
Flickr Releases Handy Embeddable Slide Show by Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb: It’s about time! I’ve always thought it was a shame that they have not offered this feature sooner. Not everyone [...]
Facebook Introduces Engagement Ads
Facebook is rolling out a new type of ad called “Engagement Ads”. The idea behind the ads is that Facebook users get to interact with the ad in one shape way or form. For example users can leave comment on the message, forward a virtual product etc. Here are details from Jeremiah Owyang’s blog:
Engagement Ads [...]
Blogs Perception Problem
I think blogging still has a perception problem. This is especially true in the business world. Despite all the hype surrounding corporate blogs and blogging for business, many marketing managers do not appreciate how powerful a tool blogging can be if used properly. If you’re wondering whether blogging is useful as a marketing tool then [...]
