Blogging

How Long is Too Long?

I have been helping a doctor setup a web presence that includes a website a blog and some social media applications.  With new clients, especially those that don’t read blogs let alone blog themselves, I help them understand and train them on how to blog.  In one of our first sessions we discussed frequency, recency [...]

Back up your blog

So the last few days have been a nightmare. While moving some files around on the server, I deleted some files accidentally, and in one fell swoop my blog, my site and a whole bunch of other data and test spaces went poof.
I had the blog backed up on the server – and luckily [...]

Twitter Information Overload

I have been thinking a lot lately about how many times I am engaged in something and I have a blog moment: “This is the post I want to write” and I think it through perfectly in my head – text, visuals and context.  Most times that is the last I remember of it unless [...]

Delta changes flight path after bloggers give feedback

Hot on the heals of the Motrinmoms apology, Delta reversed course on a decision that angered its platinum members.
While not exactly the same as this was a policy decision and not an ad, compare the email each commenter got  from Delta:
We heard you loud and clear.
Since we launched our Coach Choice Seats program that impacted [...]

J&J’s Motrin headache and need for Band-Aid after moms revolt

What an interesting 48 hours.  J&J’s Motrin brand and its advertising became the #1 word on Twitter (#1motrinmoms) and lit up the blogosphere and finally mainstream media with this ad.

More interesting, is that it supposedly was released on September 30 according to David Armano and AdAge.  What is fascinating is that the ad was run online [...]

Ford Mustang 2010 Competition

Scott Monty, my former crayon colleague, is now head of Social Media at Ford.  They have a gem of a site about the Ford Mustang. One of my favorite videos was Father’s Day.  Gotta admit, I shed a tear .  Great piece.
Loved the approach for introducing the 2010 Mustang.  Besides the leaks of images [...]

Social Media Collaboration Age of Conversation 2 Benefits Charity

Today marks the launch of Age of Conversation 2, a collaboration of 237 marketing professionals who blog in the U.S. and 15 other countries.  The submissions are categorized into 5 subjects all referencing the role of  conversation in marketing today.

The brainchild of bloggers Drew McLellan and Gavin Heaton, took off last year after they  invited [...]

The Power of Influencers

Chuck Westbrook is out to help bloggers who write great content reach the audience they deserve.  Writing a blog is not easy.  Finding a voice, finding time to write, formatting, checking and getting your posts to say what you feel and then doing it again and again with no feedback gets old quickly.  And the [...]

Age of Conversation 2 Podcast Discussion with David Armano, Gary Cohen and Jay Ehret

Attached is a link to The Age of Conversation Podcast Episode 3 hosted by Jay Ehret with myself and David Armano.  David and I are 2 of 237 authors in the book each with a one page chapter.  The topic we both chose out of a number of topics was “The Accidental Marketer”.
I have followed [...]

I’ve Been Flock’ed

I am a pretty heavy Firefox user with tons of add-ons that really are pretty awesome. DemoGirl turned me on to Flock it looks very very cool.

I am pretty confident that it is quickly going to be something that will be a major part of my web experience. Hope it lives up to the expectations. [...]