by Debbie Weil | Jan 7, 2008 | In the News, Social Media, Uncategorized
A brouhaha involving the temporary shutdown of the Facebook account of popular tech blogger Robert Scoble sparked discussion recently of a new issue for 2008: data portability. Scoble tried to export the names, email addresses and birthdays of his close to 5,000...
by Debbie Weil | Dec 20, 2007 | In the News, Social Media, Uncategorized
Office Max is at it (meaning viral marketing) again this season with a microsite, elfyourself.com, where you can turn yourself into a dancing elf. (New this year: you can add three colleagues and create a quartet of dancing elves.) Don’t feel elfish? No worries....
by Debbie Weil | Dec 18, 2007 | In the News, Uncategorized
Loved this article in the New York Times: You Won’t Find Me In My Office, I’m Working. It’s about those of us who choose anywhere except our desk or office to get “real” work done. Real work meaning it involves thinking, writing or being...
by Debbie Weil | Dec 11, 2007 | In the News, Social Media, Uncategorized
Today happens to be my birthday (nope, not telling my age). How do I know? Well, Dec. 11th* is part of my Facebook profile and some of my Facebook “friends” are sending me Happy Birthday messages. I’m not complaining. It’s very nice to get...
by Debbie Weil | Nov 17, 2007 | Events, In the News, Social Media, Uncategorized
I don’t normally write about awards but can’t resist pointing out that Mitch Joel and his team at Twist Image last night won an award for Digital Innovation from the Canadian Marketing Association. I hung out with Mitch and other bloggerati in...
by Debbie Weil | Nov 10, 2007 | In the News, Uncategorized
How to Write a Great Corporate Blog Kudos to the Personal Branding Global Telesummit marking the 10th anniversary of the publication of Tom Peters' now iconic article: The Brand Called You. I led a session on How to Write a Great Business Blog and was one of...
