Category: General

  • EFT and Blogging

    Oops. Plum forgot to post the audio link to our call with Gary Craig, Maryam Webster and I on how to use blogs to promote EFT – the Emotional Freedom Technique energy method. Download the audio. (MP3 format, 8.3 MB)

  • Marketers Scan Blogs for Brand Insights

    (via Slashdot) Paying tens of thousands of dollars to companies that scan blogs helps companies decide on products and advertising, the Wall Street Journal reports. Also of note: Intelliseek’s Pete Blackshaw says companies used to dismiss vocal complaints from one or two consumers as an aberration. But now, they have to pay attention because now […]

  • Exclusive Call-in: Michael Port from Book Yourself Solid

    We’re goin’ offline! I spend a lot of time on my blog and in this newsletter talking about online marketing, online publishing, online expression… but I want to shake things up a bit and bring in more ‘offline’ strategies and talk about how those can be maximized in the online world. I hope you’ll join […]

  • TypePad Adds Kanoodle Text Ads

    TypePad just added a quick and easy way to add text-ads to their blogs. Available for TypePad Pro users only.

  • Podcasts on Creativity

    Bookmarking this for later: podcasts on creativity and innovation.

  • Qumana Tool Launches

    Amy points to this new blog tool: Qumana.

  • Blog Networks List

    Duncan’s compiled a list of all them bloggie networks out there. Sure is tempting to jump into the fray…

  • Filipinos Go Ga-Ga For Arroyo Ringtone

    Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo may be struggling with record-low popularity, but a simple two-word greeting attributed to her has shot to the top of the charts in the cellphone-mad country… the clip taken from a recording at the centre of allegations Arroyo tried to fix the result of last year’s election.

  • Newspaper Wiki Shuts Down Due to Trolls

    Dan notes: So the bottom feeders have polluted the LA Times’ experiment with wikis sufficiently that the newspaper pulled them down, “at least temporarily, because a few readers were flooding the site with inappropriate material.” The trolls of this world are happiest doing damage. I wish the newspaper had gone ahead with its experiment, however, […]

  • How to Leave FeedBurner

    FeedBurner has added a way for users to leave their service and also providing a ‘this feed has moved’ notice.