Archive for October, 2009
Friday, October 30th, 2009
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UPDATE: The event was a success, and while I don't have an official total, we expect the Sports-a-Thon raised an amount in the "five figures." Thanks to you blog readers for your part in the effort. I plan to post a ...
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
I have been hearing about J.C. Hutchins' "7th Son" thriller trilogy for a while, as the author has distributed his books, unconventionally, online via social media. Especially endearing to me, with my history in radio and audio drama productions, was that this was originally distributed as an audio book. I credit friends ...
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
FourSquare- Mayor of Squatville
I have been using FourSquare, the service which lets you alert friends of your whereabouts, a bit lately. I like the utility for nights out and especially for large events where people like to know where the party is. I used it quite a bit in Las Vegas during BlogWorld, for example, ...
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Originally posted at the Slice Blog from SHIFT Communications
I had the good fortune of attending BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas this past weekend, and the honor of taking over a “Lightning Round” session for SHIFT’s principal, Todd Defren, who was unable to attend.
The session was titled “Digital Symbiosis: How Bloggers ...
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
The latest shiny object of communications I am hearing about is "hub and spoke," where spokes of communication are served by a central hub of content.
I like the concept, in that it tries to justify another shiny object I have a hard time caring about; "lifestreaming." If the spokes serve ...
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Just back from BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas, and I have a few observations:
A little history: three years ago, I attended the Podcast and New Media Expo in Ontario, California, which has since merged with ...
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
This week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Integrated Marketing Summit in Kansas City. First of all, thank you to Shawn Elledge and the crew for putting on a great event and being such gracious hosts.
One thing that was refreshing about this event is that I was among ...
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
This post was originally published on Todd Defren's blog, PR-Squared- Todd is Principal at SHIFT Communications, my employer
One of the latest shiny objects, Google’s Sidewiki, intrigues me as a communications professional. Sidewiki, as Google says, lets you “contribute helpful information to any Web page.” Here’s a 1-minute video ...
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Pay for Twitter?
Dan Ziman says yes, and lays out his case. A couple of years ago I said I would pay for Twitter (and Dan's $30/year is in my budget), but I haven't gotten any feeling that paid personal accounts are part of Twitter's model. It brings us back to ...
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
All of a sudden, I'm hitting the conference circuit this autumn. Here is a summary of the upcoming events I will be at (and, I am flattered to say, speaking). While I don't particularly care to toot my own, horn, this is the best place to keep all this information ...
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