Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

  • 5 Top Marketing Tips of 2004

    I just got off a conference call and there’s always some nugget I can take back and put in my mental RAM. So I started thinking of what are the major marketing nuggets I’ve learned this year? 1. Seeing a search engine box as a virtual storeshelf. People go to Google looking for something just […]

  • BlogExplosion: Fraud?

    ProBlogger sez that BlogExplosion is a fraud – they stole $5 from him – anybody else have similar experience?

  • Pre-Teens Whoring for Buzz at Slumber Parties

    I hope this is a joke – found in Jason’s rant about BzzAgent: Girls Intelligence Agency. They hold Tupperware-style slumber parties for girls and use them to push products into the hands of nubile youth. Ick. Maybe I’m just old-fashioned. I find this repulsive. My daughter would be so grounded.

  • IE 6.0 Doesn’t Display Yahoo! Mail HTML Formatted Email

    Well, I’m not losing my mind. I set up a test account after a few newsletter recipients said they were receiving blank emails. I sent emails to a Yahoo account that I created and everything was fine – in Mozilla. When I switched over to Internet Explorer suddenly the emails were showing up blank. Anybody […]

  • BzzAgent: Word-of-Mouth

    When I first heard about BzzAgent I immediately signed-up because I wanted to know how the hell are they going to do this? They were recently featured in The New York Times. In short – BzzAgents are ordinary people that self-qualify and sign up to receive free samples and information and then perhaps – maybe […]

  • Bloggers Need to Chill

    David asks the rude question we all keep thinking: (via Corporate Blogging) If blogging is such a powerful medium, then it probably doesn’t need a gaggle of bloggers blogging about how big a deal it is.

  • Another Blogging News Round-up

    Falling a spell behind my usual blogging news intake – I’m developing my plans for next year, etc. Here’s a report-out: Should Your Non-Profit Launch a Blog? (via Fredrik) also Should Your Nonprofit Launch a Blog? Blogging is less a business model than a thoroughly compelling communications model that keeps users coming back two and […]

  • Blogging and Public Relations

    Finally got the audio mixed down from our interview last week with Steve Rubel from Micropersuasion. I’ve already got calls scheduled for January and February – join the newsletter for the latest updates! Blogging and Public Relations: Interview with Steve Rubel (28 minute mp3, 26 MB) 00:00 Introductions 02:29 Business cases for blogging Blogs mentioned: […]

  • Self-Directed Learning is Hogwash

    I have the good fortune of working for a cabal of extremely smart people. These folks are brainiacs. I finally got my boss to start a blog as a way for us to reach out and spread the good news of blended learning. He’s posted three articles so far and here’s an excerpt from the […]

  • Easy Bake Weblogs Now Available in Handheld Flavor

    I installed Alex King’s WordPress Mobile Edition and browsed it in my old Palm V and it didn’t look too bad! Take a look-see: http://easybakeweblogs.com/mobile/