Archive for May, 2008
Ronin Return
I’m back and throwing a punch this week for DYKC’s Friday Night Fights!
From Superman 676, this month. I’m very excited about next month, author James Robinson will be taking over the title and rumor is it’s for close to 2 years. If you’ve ever thought about reading a comic check out Robinson’s run on Starman, [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2008 under Geek Stuff.
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Auction Watch 2008
Follow up to the Social Media Consultant Auction. While checking out the rates I found a similar offer to Golf with Tiger Woods. We’ll call that one an outlier.
Posted: May 29th, 2008 under Great Marketing.
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Sleazy Email
The latest Marketing Over Coffee is up and I run with a continuing theme of spam, relevance and responsibility.
Posted: May 28th, 2008 under Podcasting.
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Social Media Consultants On the Block
I have to give a tip of the hat to Jaffe, Brogan, Livingston, Strout, and Verdino for putting themselves on the block as consultants on eBay. It’s to raise money for charity, but I see it as an indicator of the point in evolution of the Social Media Consultant (in contrast to the critics who [...]
Posted: May 27th, 2008 under Brain Buster.
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All I Want is a Photograph
Some of the shots from last weekend’s adventures in San Jose are up on Flickr, click the photo to check them out. And if you haven’t downloaded PicLens yet, what are you waiting for?
Posted: May 24th, 2008 under Daily Life.
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Copywriting and Other Stuff
The latest Marketing Over Coffee is up, some interesting stuff on copywriting and things to do on the trade show floor:
Posted: May 22nd, 2008 under Podcasting.
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Unlikely Champion – Amazon Unbox
I’ve complained a number of times before about not being able to get the television show Heroes on iTunes anymore. When I got the Tivo up and rolling last week one of the things I was looking forward to was trying out Amazon Unbox. I wasn’t expecting much from the service, I thought it was [...]
Posted: May 19th, 2008 under Brain Buster.
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Now, with more French Maids
This week’s marketing over coffee audio program talks about using sex to sell, among other topics.
Posted: May 15th, 2008 under Podcasting.
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Viral Marketing – May 2008
I had an inquiry come in on viral marketing today. Here are a few things that I’ve taken notice of in the past few months:
Crank dat.
26 million views. MIT Takes notice.
On the other side: GhostRide
Everybody backs out due to safety concerns
Crossfit
Uses online community and video for a demanding workout program
Twitter has spread with no marketing [...]
Posted: May 14th, 2008 under Swipe File.
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It’s Not The M Show
Jeff Cutler decided to take a cut at The M Show since the production schedule has gotten so lazy with the bums over there.
Check it out:
Posted: May 14th, 2008 under Podcasting.
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