50 Canadian blogs
Since I’m on my “outside-the-U.S.” tear, here’s a good list of Canadian blogs, courtesy of David Forde.
P.S. Note to self: do more short blog entries like this.
read moreEdelman releases two new studies along with highlights of a third – download them here
Edelman recently released two new studies:
1. 3rd Annual New Frontiers in Employee Communcations (download the PDF here)
and
2. A Corporate Guide to the Blogosphere (links to Edelman Europe…
read moreOutside the tourist bubble: what I learned about the intractable problems in the Middle East
Note: what follows is *not* the typical focus of this blog. I try to avoid combustible topics like politics and religion. If you’re not interested in hearing my budding thoughts about Sunnis vs. Shiites,…
Jackie Huba talks about citizen marketing (and her new book) and how it relates to corporate bloggin
A great show with Jackie Huba, co-author of the newly published Citizen Marketers.
Download the Jan. 23, 2007 show as a podcast or sign up for the RSS feed to get it (and future…
The World Economic Forum is “event blogging” to the max
The World Economic Forum kicks off today in Davos with a high-octane meeting of movers and shakers and thinkers. The focus is the Shifting Power Equation. That includes a discussion of how technology…
CEO bloggers and videoblogging at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Take a look at the WEF’s blog page. A handful of CEOs are signed up as official bloggers. Meanwhile Jeff Jarvis of Dell Hell fame, has posted a video to YouTube…
Back from Egypt and the Nile, Jordan and Petra
King Tuthmosis III
Just back from an almost three-week trip with my husband. We steamed up the Nile (jammed with more tourists than I could possibly have imagined) to visit the Ancient…
J.D. Iles of SignsNeverSleep.com on small business blogging: practical, passionate and personal
J.D. Iles is one of the case studies in my book (chapter 6: The New ROI is ROB – Return on Blogging) so it was fun to catch up with him. He runs a custom sign-making shop in Lincoln, N.H. and blogs (almost daily) at…
January 1, 2007
Three quick reads to kick off 2007
The first is the just published Citizen Marketers by Jackie Huba and Ben McConnell. It's a fast, engaging read and extremely well written. In a nutshell, they explain how ordinary citizens are creating media (blogs, podcasts, video, songs, photo) that rival multi-million dollar ad…
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It’s almost 2007. Ya gotta embrace RSS! Don’t sweat the acronym (Really Simple Syndication). Don’t sweat the explanation of how RSS works (via Seth Godin). Just do it!
This blog,
Have you RSS’d yourself? A must-learn (easy) trick for 2007
This little trick goes on your “must do” list for 2007. It’s so easy that my techie friends will laugh at my simple explanation, to follow.
Forget them. This blog is for the un-cool, the rest-of-us, the “real people (who) don’t blog” as my husband called them in the…
read moreLearn Mandarin Chinese with ChinesePod, one of Time’s “Top Ten” podcasts for 2006
Just got an email from Ken Carroll, the brains behind an online podcasting and tutorial service that teaches you Mandarin Chinese. ChinesePod has been named one of the Top Ten Podcasts for 2006 by Time Magazine. Kudos to Ken, who is based in Shanghai, for such a clever…
read moreYa gotta explore Second Life: it’s the next new thing in online marketing
If you've already created your avatar in Second Life and are regularly teleporting yourself from island to island, no need to read on. If you haven't, it's time to take your first step into this virtual reality environment. Yes, there's a business application. The equivalent of US $1 million changed…
read moreExploring Second Life… shopping for clothes, learning to walk (and not waddle), etc.
I spent two hours in Second Life yesterday with Kalisten VanDornan (aka Katin Imes). Quite the gentleman, he took me shopping to find some new clothes.…
Why & how to RSS yourself
RSS-ing yourself is not an exercise in vanity. It's your no-cost, real-time way of monitoring – and engaging with – the blogosphere. Set up keyword searches on your name, company, brand, product or service.…
The Corporate Blogging Book jumps up to an Amazon bestseller (for today)… Happy Holidays!
I’ve learned not to watch Amazon rankings for The Corporate Blogging Book too closely. They tend to move widely up and down.
For whatever reason, today is a good day! My book…
read moreYes Virginia, e-newsletters are still alive and well
E-newsletters are still a great tool for communicating with your customers. But you gotta know how to do it right. You might want to check out my E-newsletter Starter Kit if you plan to take a thinking break over the next few weeks. (Bill…
Have you elfed yourself? Happy holidays!
Have you elfed yourself? Here's how I made a total elf of myself. Happy Holidays to all!
How & why to add video to your blog
Get step-by-step instructions in the
debbie’s dancing elf
Thanks to the ever alert Steve Rubel for putting me on to this. Have you elfed yourself?
Here’s how I made a total elf of myself. Be sure to turn…
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