Monthly Archives: January 2008

Thursday Means Coffee Time

Posted on January 31, 2008 by john

This week’s Marketing Over Coffee was a solo show with Mr. Penn out sick, I emptied out the voicemail bin talking about social media (big surprise) and some lessons we can learn from how politicians marketing themselves. Go to the … Continue reading →

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The 4 Types of Networking Event Attendees

Posted on January 30, 2008 by john

So tomorrow I am going to a meeting of the Boston Chapter of the American Marketing Association. It’s an informal event that will have a discussion on The Impact of Social Media. I’ve been to one other event with this … Continue reading →

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Fear of the Economy

Posted on January 29, 2008 by john

I got an email today from Gary Fong. He makes astoundingly overpriced pieces of plastic that attach to your camera to diffuse the light coming off your flash. The thing is, they work incredibly well and I’m more than happy … Continue reading →

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Take this job

Posted on January 28, 2008 by john

I’ve never written about it before, but I have a younger brother named Jason. He’s leaving his current job and heading into a new venture. He asked me to dig up this email because he couldn’t find it since it … Continue reading →

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Fake Steve Jobs – Old Media Fear Naught

Posted on January 26, 2008 by john

Last week I attended a signing by Fake Steve Jobs, for his book Option$. Atlas Ventures opened up the bar and invited a large crew to Rocca, a very cool location in the South End of Boston. For those not … Continue reading →

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Ghetto Style De-Duping

Posted on January 25, 2008 by john

Ok, I’ve been getting flack for not having enough marketing stuff… so here’s some Excel Judo for you to work on. You have a list of 8,000 contacts in excel, you need to de-dupe them (remove the duplicates). Here’s a … Continue reading →

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Where’s Coach Bob?

Posted on January 24, 2008 by john

Hey Nike – what happened to Coach Bob? Nike has been expanding their blogging program and there’s been some cool stuff up there. I enjoy reading about shoes, professional runners, and until recently, the Wisdom of Coach Bob. We now … Continue reading →

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Get your coffee here

Posted on January 24, 2008 by john

Some interesting discussion on SEO in this week’s Marketing Over Coffee…

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Wizzard Media on iTunes

Posted on January 23, 2008 by john

This is either new or I missed it in my normal stupor… but Wizzard Media, (what old school podcasters call Libsyn) is listed as one of the featured podcast networks on iTunes. There’s a great list of networks up there, … Continue reading →

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Computer Based Training Ghetto Style

Posted on January 21, 2008 by john

If you’ve ever done any training you know that there’s a point you get to where you are on total autopilot. You’ve given the presentation more than 10 times and you have the material down cold. You know where the … Continue reading →

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