Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

Several weeks ago I was onsite in San Francisco with one of the big Web 2.0 companies. We were talking about how they were re-centering their business around their users after spending the previous year focused more on product development. They realized that a rabid userbase is a key component of the success of any […]

Also add to your calendar: I’ll be presenting as part of the Microsoft Small Business Summit via satellite telecast. Details…

Not sure what this whole ‘social media’ nutty-ness is about? Flummoxed over Facebook? Distraught over Digg? Podcasting maven Leesa Barnes has put together a gaggle of experts to take you on a guided tour of the internet marketing landscape exploring topics like social bookmarking, social networks, virtual worlds, podcasting, blogging, branding – the whole shebang! […]

The market is telling them what it wants – they’ll continue to not listen: China Mobile, the No. 1 cell company in China, claims there are 400,000 unlocked iPhones running on its network. That’s more than 10 percent of the 3.7 million Steve Jobs announced Apple had shipped through mid-January.

Hmm. Take action. That sounds like one more thing to do. Just what you don’t want – another thing to be added to your ever-growing “to do” list. But, this isn’t what you think. Vinny Goldsmith, writing on SEOMOZ, penned a great article entitled, Give Your Readers Something To Do. It’s about writing content that […]

Andrew of Astereostudio in his Revive blog takes a look at WordPress as more than just a blog – using it as a CMS or content management system.  Take a look at some the creative ideas he puts forth on how people are taking this platform one step beyond ….  As I always say – […]

Nitin Pai over at Tech Tracer 2.0 posted a fantastic article about all the things you can do within Google Search. Let’s say you want to find a file by type – DOC, PDF or PPT. It’s as easy as typing in the subject of what you’re looking for followed by filetype: doc Example: blogging […]

One of my most popular posts of all time has nothing to do with marketing or blogging or anything connected to any of my interests. I was probably lurking Metafilter and saw a thread about Crest Pro Mouthwash turning people’s teeth brown. I blogged it as an example of a large consumer products company most […]

Skellie, writing over at NorthXEast, recently posted a fantastic article entitled, 31 Days to Becoming a Better Blogger.  Each day is a mini-assignment that you can undertake to make your blog the best it can be.  When you look through the list, it might seem a bit daunting at first – especially if you were […]

Andy passed along an interesting post to me the other day – 10 Totally Stupid Online Business Ideas That Made Someone Rich. I don’t really know how stupid they are — some of them are rather interesting. My favorites were the SantaMail idea and the FitDeck. I know there are a lot of creative ideas […]