by Debbie Weil | Aug 27, 2004 | Stuff, Uncategorized
Useful two-part article on business blogs by Alan Chapell, who writes a blog about consumer privacy issues. Part I talks about 3 types of blogs: product, issue or personality-focused. Part II talks about why transparency is important in business blogging. He mentions...
by Debbie Weil | Aug 23, 2004 | In the News, Uncategorized
Jakob Nielsen is still churning out Alertbox, his e-newsletter on Web usability… after 9 years. This is one of those oldies-but-goodies you should definitely be reading. This week’s issue talks about linking directly – and obviously – to...
by Debbie Weil | Aug 17, 2004 | Stuff, Uncategorized
Fun, useful article in today’s MarketingProfs.com by marketing consultant B.L. Ochman. Included in B.L.’s top 10 missed opportunities list: Teva and Tina, the elephant, for whom the company has been designing a line of footwear. (Unfortunately, Tina...
by Debbie Weil | Aug 16, 2004 | In the News, Uncategorized
If you’ve ever gotten an email “from yourself”… and you realized it was spam, then you’ll appreciate why SPF (Sender Policy Framework) and SenderID are the new buzz in anti-spam and email authentication efforts. I do not pretend to be an...
by Debbie Weil | Aug 15, 2004 | Stuff, Uncategorized
Well-written special report about blogging in today’s Washington Times. And a cool front page photo of yours truly taken by Wash Times photographer Nancy Pastor. Kind of a hall of mirrors approach. Do you get it? First she took a close up. Then she put the photo...
by Debbie Weil | Aug 11, 2004 | Stuff, Uncategorized
Just launched. Entrepreneur (Almost) Daily is a good example of a group blog. Unfortunately, they’ve chosen to use blogging software that doesn’t enable either “permanent links” or “categories.” Why is that important? Because other...