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> <channel><title>Digital Business Strategy Marketing Management &#187; General</title> <atom:link href="http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/category/general/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue</link> <description>Business Strategy, Change Management Leadership, Motivational Business Speaker</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:23:01 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>Alan Weiss Interview &#8211; Million Dollar Referrals Book</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2011/11/06/alan-weiss-interview-million-dollar-referrals-book/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2011/11/06/alan-weiss-interview-million-dollar-referrals-book/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:20:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Branding/Buzz/Viral]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business Strategy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/?p=1691</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alan Weiss has written over 45 books. Absorb that for a minute. That is a heck of alot of books. His latest is Million Dollar Referrals (McGraw- Hill). A timely title about one of the most unique marketing art forms, referrals. Why timely? With constant changes in media and the rise of new channels such [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2011/11/06/alan-weiss-interview-million-dollar-referrals-book/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>My Secret Love Affair With a Reusable Coupon</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2009/11/17/my-secret-love-affair-with-a-reusable-coupon/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2009/11/17/my-secret-love-affair-with-a-reusable-coupon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:01:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/?p=1147</guid> <description><![CDATA[OK, There is this little secret love affair that I&#8217;ve been withholding from you. It all started with an innocent visit to my mailbox in late September which included a mailing with the pictured reusuable coupon for a free bagel from Einstein&#8217;s Bagels every Friday before 11AM. Each week since then this coupon has been [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2009/11/17/my-secret-love-affair-with-a-reusable-coupon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Microsoft&#8217;s Shocking Click Fraud Lawsuit (Microsoft v. Lam, et. al.)</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2009/06/16/microsofts-shocking-click-fraud-lawsuit-microsoft-v-lam-et-al/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2009/06/16/microsofts-shocking-click-fraud-lawsuit-microsoft-v-lam-et-al/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:24:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Click fraud]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/?p=937</guid> <description><![CDATA[With the recent launch of Bing, Microsoft has been making alot of promotional fanfare. That was expected. Seemingly almost out of nowhere, after several years of being virtually invisible to the public, click fraud appeared on the pages of the New York Times and Microsoft took on the role of being the white hat with [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2009/06/16/microsofts-shocking-click-fraud-lawsuit-microsoft-v-lam-et-al/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2008: Video Search Engine Optimization</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/12/10/search-engine-strategies-chicago-2008-video-search-engine-optimization/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/12/10/search-engine-strategies-chicago-2008-video-search-engine-optimization/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:41:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/?p=852</guid> <description><![CDATA[Moderator: Anna Maria Virzi, Executive Editor, ClickZ Speakers: Ed Kim, Chief Executive Officer, Red Bricks Media Greg Jarboe, President &#38; Co-founder, SEO-PR Steve Espinosa, Director of Product Development &#38; Management, eLocal Listing, LLC Gregory Markel, Founder/President, Infuse Creative, LLC Barbara C. Coll, CEO, WebMama.com Inc. I didn&#8217;t get to attend this session due to other [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/12/10/search-engine-strategies-chicago-2008-video-search-engine-optimization/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2008: Search Engine Marketing and Consumer Packaged Goods</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/12/10/search-engine-strategies-chicago-2008-search-engine-marketing-and-consumer-packaged-goods/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/12/10/search-engine-strategies-chicago-2008-search-engine-marketing-and-consumer-packaged-goods/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:46:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/?p=849</guid> <description><![CDATA[Moderator: Mark Jackson, Search Engine Watch Expert &#38; President/CEO, VIZION Interactive Internet Marketing Speakers: Brian Lipman, Interactive Marketing, ConAgra Foods Randy Peterson, Search Marketing Innovation Manager, Procter and Gamble Beth Uyenco, Global Research Director, Microsoft&#8217;s Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group Eli Goodman, Search Evangelist, comScore, Inc Matt Wilburn, Senior Director, CPG, Matt WIlburn and Beth [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/12/10/search-engine-strategies-chicago-2008-search-engine-marketing-and-consumer-packaged-goods/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ifbyphone Raises $4.6 Million in New Round of Venture Capital Funding</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/11/17/ifbyphone-raises-46-million-in-new-round-of-venture-capital-funding/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/11/17/ifbyphone-raises-46-million-in-new-round-of-venture-capital-funding/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:55:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/?p=836</guid> <description><![CDATA[Congrats to Irv Shapiro and his team! I&#8217;ve had a close up look at what the ifbyphone is doing and I like what I see. Mike Pruyn at Communicano dropped me this note saying that &#8220;Ifbyphone is a tech start-up that specializes in building elegantly simple telephony-related software applications for SMBs.  The company has two [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/11/17/ifbyphone-raises-46-million-in-new-round-of-venture-capital-funding/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Formerly Chicago GSB</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/11/17/the-university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business-formerly-chicago-gsb/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/11/17/the-university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business-formerly-chicago-gsb/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:40:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/?p=833</guid> <description><![CDATA[The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, formerly The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business sent this note earlier this month. I am very pleased to announce a remarkable gift of $300 million to the University of Chicago for the benefit of the Graduate School of Business by University Trustee and alumnus David [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/11/17/the-university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business-formerly-chicago-gsb/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>At SES San Jose / Silicon Valley 2008 Day 1</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/08/18/at-ses-san-jose-silicon-valley-2008-day-1/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/08/18/at-ses-san-jose-silicon-valley-2008-day-1/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:58:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/?p=756</guid> <description><![CDATA[I had a flawless trip in from Chicago on Southwest Airlines (with a bunch of people with Dell computers with flaws &#8211; mostly dvd and hinge problems) and am here staying with my good friend David Temple during Search Engine Strategies San Jose. It&#8217;s a kinda different show this year in both the crowd and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/08/18/at-ses-san-jose-silicon-valley-2008-day-1/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Nokia N81 8GB Review</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/07/05/nokia-n81-8gb-review/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/07/05/nokia-n81-8gb-review/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:06:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nokia N81]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/?p=748</guid> <description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I was sent a Nokia N81 8GB mobile phone. This post will contrast it with Nokia N73 it replaced. Image by tnkgrl via Flickr Positives of the Nokia N81 8GB: - The first thing you notice is new radically different navigation on N-series phones. The green and red call and hang up [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2008/07/05/nokia-n81-8gb-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SES Chicago 2007 : David Isenberg on Net Neutrality</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/12/06/ses-chicago-2007-david-isenberg-on-net-neutrality/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/12/06/ses-chicago-2007-david-isenberg-on-net-neutrality/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:12:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/12/06/ses-chicago-2007-david-isenberg-on-net-neutrality/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to think thank Kevin Ryan for bringing in this marketing speaker and challenging the audience to think about this issue. Marty has a great summary of the session. My follow up question to Kevin is how can the SES community be best utilized to be an activist catalyst for this?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/12/06/ses-chicago-2007-david-isenberg-on-net-neutrality/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Meaning of is is</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/11/21/the-meaning-of-is-is/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/11/21/the-meaning-of-is-is/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:05:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/11/21/the-meaning-of-is-is/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Arrington &#8216;is contemplating the meaning of &#8220;is&#8221;.&#8216; As per a recent Facebook message change (that has now been changed back). This issue of the meaning of &#8220;is&#8221; seems to be a recurring problem in our society. You might recall this statement by former President Clinton: &#8220;It depends on what the meaning of the words [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/11/21/the-meaning-of-is-is/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is My Feed Formatting OK in Your Feed Reader of Choice?</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/01/is-my-feed-formatting-ok-in-your-feed-reader-of-choice/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/01/is-my-feed-formatting-ok-in-your-feed-reader-of-choice/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:09:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/01/is-my-feed-formatting-ok-in-your-feed-reader-of-choice/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Please let me know if it is or if it isn&#8217;t what you are using and what you are seeing. A few people have reported problems in the past 24 hours. Thank you for your time and help in making my feed reading a positive experience.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/09/01/is-my-feed-formatting-ok-in-your-feed-reader-of-choice/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Blogger Hasn&#8217;t Removed Other Blogs Violating Copyright</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/08/16/blogger-hasnt-removed-other-blogs-violating-copyright/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/08/16/blogger-hasnt-removed-other-blogs-violating-copyright/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:38:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/08/16/blogger-hasnt-removed-other-blogs-violating-copyright/</guid> <description><![CDATA[There is a big discussion going on this morning regarding Blogger taking down the Facebook Secrets blog that posted the leaked Facebook code. I&#8217;ve got a better and far more important question, why the major inconsistency in what the Blogger team takes down? On May 11, I wrote a post about a large splog hosted [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/08/16/blogger-hasnt-removed-other-blogs-violating-copyright/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>March 31st is the New April 1st</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/04/02/march-31st-is-the-new-april-1st/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/04/02/march-31st-is-the-new-april-1st/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:57:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/04/02/march-31st-is-the-new-april-1st/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yep. Making a note to block off 48 hours in 2008.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/04/02/march-31st-is-the-new-april-1st/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lost a Stack of Business Cards</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/03/26/lost-a-stack-of-business-cards/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/03/26/lost-a-stack-of-business-cards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:11:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/03/26/lost-a-stack-of-business-cards/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was waiting for some folks outside of the Peabody Hotel in Orlando today and while waiting I lost a stack of about 30 business cards. If you gave me a card today please resend your contact information. If you know of anyone that found a bunch of business cards in this location, please have [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/03/26/lost-a-stack-of-business-cards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jonathan Krackehl From Real Magic TV Reenters My Life</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/03/11/jonathan-krackehl-from-real-magic-tv-reenters-my-life/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/03/11/jonathan-krackehl-from-real-magic-tv-reenters-my-life/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:04:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/03/11/jonathan-krackehl-from-real-magic-tv-reenters-my-life/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jonathan Krackehl, a magician and someone I used to talk to almost everyday during the musicfrisk.com era, suddenly reentered my life today after a multiple year absence. It&#8217;s almost surreal that he enters my life again now, when music content is reemerging as an important factor again in my life. I look forward to reconnecting with him [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/03/11/jonathan-krackehl-from-real-magic-tv-reenters-my-life/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Land of Link’in Association (LOLA) &#8211; Chicago Internet Leaders to Gather</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/02/21/land-of-link%e2%80%99in-association-lola-chicago-internet-leaders-to-gather-lolareturnsorg/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/02/21/land-of-link%e2%80%99in-association-lola-chicago-internet-leaders-to-gather-lolareturnsorg/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:58:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/02/21/land-of-link%e2%80%99in-association-lola-chicago-internet-leaders-to-gather-lolareturnsorg/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last week, I met with Jon Morris and some of his crew at the Internet Marketing Initiative about the return of an event called LOLA, with the goal of making it a premier event that will create a collaboration of resources that will enable Chicago Internet future success stories! We shared some potentially exciting ideas [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/02/21/land-of-link%e2%80%99in-association-lola-chicago-internet-leaders-to-gather-lolareturnsorg/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>10 habits of happy couples</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/02/14/10-habits-of-happy-couples/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/02/14/10-habits-of-happy-couples/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:46:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/02/14/10-habits-of-happy-couples/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Keith sent out this good advice today&#8230;.enjoy&#8230;. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Today Dr. Mark Goulston shares with us his new article &#8220;10 Habits of Happy Couples.&#8221; Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day! Keith Ferrazzi &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- 10 Habits of Happy Couples by Dr. Mark Goulston &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Happy couples know that the real relationship begins when the honeymoon is over. Unless you maintain [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/02/14/10-habits-of-happy-couples/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Major Ice Storm Predicted from Dallas Northeast to Saint Louis</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/01/13/major-ice-storm-predicted-from-dallas-northeast-to-saint-louis/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/01/13/major-ice-storm-predicted-from-dallas-northeast-to-saint-louis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:37:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/01/13/major-ice-storm-predicted-from-dallas-northeast-to-saint-louis/</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you know anyone in a line from roughly Dallas to Saint Louis &#8211; please IMMEDIATELY contact them to rush their preparations to completion. If this occurs as predicted, this will be a major event that will paralyze the region for several days, if not weeks. Worse, people will be in an almost complete news [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/01/13/major-ice-storm-predicted-from-dallas-northeast-to-saint-louis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Technology Evangelist Launches Mobile Complaint Site</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/01/08/technology-evangelist-launches-mobile-complaint-site/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/01/08/technology-evangelist-launches-mobile-complaint-site/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:06:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/01/08/technology-evangelist-launches-mobile-complaint-site/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ed Kohler wants you to know that they now have a mobile complaint site.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/01/08/technology-evangelist-launches-mobile-complaint-site/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>I&#8217;m Superman, yet more Green Lantern than Calacanis or Arrington!</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/30/im-superman-yet-more-green-lantern-than-calacanis-or-arrington/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/30/im-superman-yet-more-green-lantern-than-calacanis-or-arrington/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:11:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/30/im-superman-yet-more-green-lantern-than-calacanis-or-arrington/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Historically, I rarely take part in the everybody is taking a survey surveys. Yet this superhero one seemed fun. I seem to rank highly as a superhero, maybe I should try that instead of search engines, mobile search marketing or financial services! Like Steve Rubel, I&#8217;m Superman (apparently)! Yet, I&#8217;m more Green Lantern than either [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/30/im-superman-yet-more-green-lantern-than-calacanis-or-arrington/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Great Last Minute Gift Ideas</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/22/great-last-minute-gift-ideas/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/22/great-last-minute-gift-ideas/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:52:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/22/great-last-minute-gift-ideas/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Never Eat Alone Blog (Keith Ferrazzi&#8217;s blog) has numerous good ideas for networkers. I&#8217;ll add one of my own: Give the gift of your personal time to offer to help someone achieve their goals &#8211; that gift is priceless! Networking tip regarding the Cardscan gift idea: When designing a new business card always check [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/22/great-last-minute-gift-ideas/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Networking Insight</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/21/networking-insight/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/21/networking-insight/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:59:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/21/networking-insight/</guid> <description><![CDATA[It was such a great pleasure to see my good friend Jason Jacobsohn at the Chicagoland Entrepreneurship Center holiday party last night. That community does so many positive and good things and I&#8217;m glad I know many of them well. He also launched a new blog this week, &#8220;Networking Insight&#8221; this week which I encourage [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/21/networking-insight/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>My Recent Article in Website Magazine</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/13/my-recent-article-in-website-magazine/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/13/my-recent-article-in-website-magazine/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:34:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/13/my-recent-article-in-website-magazine/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Some of you may find my recent article, &#8220;How to Become a Conference and Networking Influencer&#8220;. Includes quotes from Jeffery Meshel and Keith Ferrazzi. If you have other tips you&#8217;d like to add, please leave a comment, I&#8217;m sure others would like to hear them.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/13/my-recent-article-in-website-magazine/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jason Calacanis Keynote at Chicago SES &#8211; Day 2</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/06/jason-calacanis-keynote-at-chicago-ses-day-2/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/06/jason-calacanis-keynote-at-chicago-ses-day-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:17:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/06/jason-calacanis-keynote-at-chicago-ses-day-2/</guid> <description><![CDATA[It was nice to meet and talk with Jason after his talk, I look forward to learning more about his future ventures when time allows. It was also interesting to learn about his background on the east coast. His speech talked on a number of his views on things &#8211; some of which sparked some [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/06/jason-calacanis-keynote-at-chicago-ses-day-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Chicago SES &#8211; Day 2 &#8211; Duplicate Site Issues</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/06/chicago-ses-day-2-duplicate-site-issues/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/06/chicago-ses-day-2-duplicate-site-issues/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:28:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google (GOOG)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Microsoft (MSFT)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yahoo! (YHOO)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/06/chicago-ses-day-2-duplicate-site-issues/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I came to this session to hear abouts splog and what Google and others were going to do about splog prevention (apparently nothing yet). I was also inerested how feeds affected organic listings as I&#8217;ve personally experienced some problems. What I got instead was a bunch of people developing business sites that needed redesign and/or clean up, certainly necessary, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/06/chicago-ses-day-2-duplicate-site-issues/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SES Chicago &#8211; Day 2 &#8211; Yahoo! Search Marketing Lunchtime Panel</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/06/ses-chicago-day-2-yahoo-search-marketing-lunchtime-panel/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/06/ses-chicago-day-2-yahoo-search-marketing-lunchtime-panel/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:57:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Metrics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yahoo! (YHOO)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/06/ses-chicago-day-2-yahoo-search-marketing-lunchtime-panel/</guid> <description><![CDATA[John Slade speaks to an overflow crowd… Says “Thank You!” to existing customers Thanks people who have been early adopters Web Publishers – everyone is a publisher in some way, even if they don’t think they are. Consumer Context – Keep it in perspective The Four Questions: - How do I reach my desired audience? [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/12/06/ses-chicago-day-2-yahoo-search-marketing-lunchtime-panel/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Forrester Consumer Conference &#8211; NASCAR Presentation</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/25/forrester-consumer-conference-nascar-presentation/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/25/forrester-consumer-conference-nascar-presentation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:18:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Branding/Buzz/Viral]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/25/forrester-consumer-conference-nascar-presentation/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mike Helton, President of NASCAR, was a fascinating marketing keynote speaker. He talked about many things that as someone who was a big NASCAR fan as a kid, I was never even aware of that were amazing to learn. Two things stand out: 1. NASCAR is intensely focused on relationships and partnerships. 2. NASCAR has always [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/25/forrester-consumer-conference-nascar-presentation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to View My Speech at eComXpo</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/24/how-to-view-my-speech-at-ecomxpo/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/24/how-to-view-my-speech-at-ecomxpo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:07:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile Search Marketing]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/24/how-to-view-my-speech-at-ecomxpo/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I would love it if you could take a few moments to log into www.ecomxpo.com - Visit education center - On demand presentations - Click on attend now on my speech after scrolling down Please enter my blogging contest.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/24/how-to-view-my-speech-at-ecomxpo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Billy Dexter &#8211; MTV&#8217;s Chief Diversity Officer</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/22/billy-dexter-mtvs-chief-diversity-officer/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/22/billy-dexter-mtvs-chief-diversity-officer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2006 05:13:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Chicago GSB]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Recruiting]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/22/billy-dexter-mtvs-chief-diversity-officer/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Billy Dexter is a power networker in Keith Ferrazzi&#8217;s league. I had the priviledge of seeing Billy speak this week at a National Black MBA event here in Chicago. He is dynamic, funny and charming. He currently serves as MTV&#8217;s Chief Diversity Officer, it was not a job he asked for, they asked him. To study [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/22/billy-dexter-mtvs-chief-diversity-officer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>You May Hire Another Candidate</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/19/you-may-hire-another-candidate/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/19/you-may-hire-another-candidate/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:21:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Recruiting]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/19/you-may-hire-another-candidate/</guid> <description><![CDATA[But I may work for your competitor&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/19/you-may-hire-another-candidate/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Susan Bratton&#8217;s New Podcast Series</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/17/susan-brattons-new-podcast-series/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/17/susan-brattons-new-podcast-series/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:33:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/17/susan-brattons-new-podcast-series/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Susan Bratton has a new podcast series, you should check it out!!!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/17/susan-brattons-new-podcast-series/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>An Indeed.com Alternative</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/17/an-indeedcom-alternative/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/17/an-indeedcom-alternative/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:48:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Online Recruiting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Recruiting]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/17/an-indeedcom-alternative/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Getthejob.com is a new job aggregator that differentiates itself from indeed.com in that it doesn&#8217;t pick up  postings from headhunters, third party recruiters or too-good-to-be-true scam jobs. They claim that 70% of the postings can’t be found on commercial job boards. They do have Ladders affiliate ads however, so the option is still there, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/17/an-indeedcom-alternative/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dusty Baker No Longer Cubs Manager</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/02/dusty-baker-no-longer-cubs-manager/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/02/dusty-baker-no-longer-cubs-manager/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:15:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/02/dusty-baker-no-longer-cubs-manager/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Personally, I won&#8217;t miss him, he&#8217;s destroyed pitcher&#8217;s arms, disrepected fans and made inappropriate comments during his tenure. Wait until next year&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/02/dusty-baker-no-longer-cubs-manager/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Upcoming October Conferences</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/01/oct/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/01/oct/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:30:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/01/oct/</guid> <description><![CDATA[HR Technology Conference October 4-6, 2006, Navy Pier Scheduled marketing keynote speaker at eComXpo October 24th-26th, please register for free&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/10/01/oct/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Wanted: Brillant Administrative Assistant</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/24/wanted-brillant-administrative-assistant/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/24/wanted-brillant-administrative-assistant/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:23:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/24/wanted-brillant-administrative-assistant/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Argh, I&#8217;m so behind on indexing my business cards!!! It&#8217;s terrible and I must catch up. I also have tons of correspondance and phone messages to reply to. I need help! At the moment I can&#8217;t offer you cash, only still hypothetical options of some soon to launch companies and the ability to interact with some amazing [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/24/wanted-brillant-administrative-assistant/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Getting noticed in the new word-of-mouth network</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/21/getting-noticed-in-the-new-word-of-mouth-network/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/21/getting-noticed-in-the-new-word-of-mouth-network/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:48:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Branding/Buzz/Viral]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google (GOOG)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Microsoft (MSFT)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/21/getting-noticed-in-the-new-word-of-mouth-network/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Robert Scoble: Keynote Speech: Naked Conversations Talks about history, blogs are best way to get stuff indexed in Google. There is an informal conversation network. Tells the story about how a few people he told that he was leaving Microsoft. How that spread and then a largely unread blog was the one that first posted [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/21/getting-noticed-in-the-new-word-of-mouth-network/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Last Night&#8217;s Blogger Dinner&#8230;</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/21/last-nights-blogger-dinner/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/21/last-nights-blogger-dinner/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:44:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/21/last-nights-blogger-dinner/</guid> <description><![CDATA[What can I say? Jeremiah Rocks! Enough said.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/21/last-nights-blogger-dinner/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Scoble You&#8217;re Cracking Me Up!!!</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/19/scoble-youre-cracking-me-up/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/19/scoble-youre-cracking-me-up/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:14:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Interactive Ads]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Microsoft (MSFT)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yahoo! (YHOO)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/19/scoble-youre-cracking-me-up/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The other day Scoble posted about how video blogs are superior to text and I disagreed. Well two days later he posts this gem about Yahoo!&#8217;s announcement today about slightly lower earnings due to lack of realization of projections and guidance. (Maybe they should take Progressive Insurance&#8217;s stance and not give guidance, now there is [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/19/scoble-youre-cracking-me-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Danny Talks Feeds</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/16/danny-talks-feeds/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/16/danny-talks-feeds/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:15:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/16/danny-talks-feeds/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was unhapy with my current RSS feed reader solutions, especially now that I have multiple access points and also frequently read them offline. So, I recently emailed someone I know that travels&#8230;a ton&#8230;Danny Sullivan and asked him what his current setup was. Based on his blog post, it appears he wasn&#8217;t totally set in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/16/danny-talks-feeds/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Marshall Field&#8217;s Sentiment has Blogosphere Legs</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/10/marshall-fields-sentiment-has-blogosphere-legs/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/10/marshall-fields-sentiment-has-blogosphere-legs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:48:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/10/marshall-fields-sentiment-has-blogosphere-legs/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s loud announcement of a Macy&#8217;s boycott (forward via e-mail to friends) and destruction of new Macy&#8217;s credit cards to loud cheers shows that customers aren&#8217;t satisfied with Macy&#8217;s decision to remove and destroy the Marshall Field&#8217;s (and other) brand name. If Federated&#8217;s CEO Mr. Terry Lundgren and board of directors thinks this strong feelings of people are going [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/10/marshall-fields-sentiment-has-blogosphere-legs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tumi &#8211; Big Thumbs Up!!!</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/08/tumi-big-thumbs-up/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/08/tumi-big-thumbs-up/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:46:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/08/tumi-big-thumbs-up/</guid> <description><![CDATA[My Tumi laptop bag strap wore out recently. I called Tumi&#8217;s 800 number regarding their lifetime guarantee and within a week, a new strap arrived at no charge on a 6 year old item!!! Yes Tumi is more expensive, but the service level justifies it based on their actions after this phone call.   It&#8217;s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/08/tumi-big-thumbs-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jesse Jackson Jr.</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/06/jesse-jackson-jr/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/06/jesse-jackson-jr/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 02:19:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/06/jesse-jackson-jr/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Chicago despereately needs new leadership and an economic revival. I met Jesse earlier this year, he is so different than his Dad. We shared a great conversation earlier this year. I look forward to hearing more about issues and ideas in his &#8220;exploratory campaign&#8221;.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/06/jesse-jackson-jr/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Costco (COST) &#8211; Needs Customer Focused Perspective</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/03/costco-cost-needs-customer-focused-perspective/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/03/costco-cost-needs-customer-focused-perspective/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:36:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/03/costco-cost-needs-customer-focused-perspective/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Before attending yesterday&#8217;s Chicago Cubs game upon a surprise invitation from my friend Pat Cunningham, I went to Costco. Before I talk about that though, the Cubs played the San Francisco Giants and Barry Bonds hit his 728th home run, he is now only 27 shy of Hank Arron&#8217;s record. You will notice that the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/03/costco-cost-needs-customer-focused-perspective/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Upcoming Conferences!</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/01/upcoming-conferences/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/01/upcoming-conferences/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:16:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/01/upcoming-conferences/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Online Recruitment Expo (Onrec) &#8211; Global Summit for Online Recruitment September 12-13 &#8211; Chicago &#8211; See the chicago recruiting speakers list which includes Joel Cheesman and Shally Steckerl. Strategic Public Relations Conference &#8211; September 20-22 &#8211; Chicago   Be sure to attend the pre and post conference sessions! See Robert Scoble, eremiah Owyang and other top [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/01/upcoming-conferences/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>44 Seconds of Youtube for All!</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/30/44-seconds-of-youtube-for-all/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/30/44-seconds-of-youtube-for-all/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:46:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/30/44-seconds-of-youtube-for-all/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lee Gomes at the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting article today regarding the usage of Youtube talked Johan Pouwelse, a Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, Anita Elberse, a Harvard Business School professor and Andrew M. Odlyzko, a mathematician who heads the Digital Technology Center at the University of Minnesota. Based on the figure provided of 9305 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/30/44-seconds-of-youtube-for-all/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Guy Kawasaki Interview</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/30/guy-kawasaki-interview/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/30/guy-kawasaki-interview/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:38:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/30/guy-kawasaki-interview/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Thomas Mulready of CoolCleveland.com interviews Guy Kawasaki via podcast as Guy will be visiting Cleveland on September 6th for a speech. Thomas talks to Guy about &#8220;Art of the Start&#8221;: - evangelist &#8211; used more than ever in job sites - Xerox Parc and mouse and graphical user interface - the mass of inertia that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/30/guy-kawasaki-interview/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure
url="http://www.coolcleveland.com/files/audio/GuyKawasaki.mp3" length="14060309" type="audio/mpeg" /> </item> <item><title>Danny Sullivan to leave SES and SEW</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/29/danny-sullivan-to-leave-ses-and-sew/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/29/danny-sullivan-to-leave-ses-and-sew/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:07:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Branding/Buzz/Viral]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/29/danny-sullivan-to-leave-ses-and-sew/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s sad, for now&#8230;Danny Sullivan is leaving SES and SEW. The rumors that he is leaving to build the world&#8217;s largest design firm of flash web sites are unfounded! Please do a blogroll lesson here and update your blogrolls to daggle.com, many people change primary blogs and the blogrollers don&#8217;t follow. For example Robert [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/29/danny-sullivan-to-leave-ses-and-sew/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Thought for the Day</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/29/thought-for-the-day/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/29/thought-for-the-day/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:30:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/29/thought-for-the-day/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sometimes reality can be much stranger than fiction. How true&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/29/thought-for-the-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>dellbatteryprogram.com = poor customer service</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/28/dellbatteryprogramcom-poor-customer-service/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/28/dellbatteryprogramcom-poor-customer-service/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:29:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/28/dellbatteryprogramcom-poor-customer-service/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Shel Israel says Dell warned customers about the Sony hot battery problem. However, I&#8217;ve got to say not good enough here. In fact my Dell laptop does run hot. When I got a recall notice on my car once, they mailed me a letter and notified me directly. What a concept actual communication to the affected customer.  Dell [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/28/dellbatteryprogramcom-poor-customer-service/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Commercializing Software Ideas via Crowd Wisdom</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/27/commercializing-software-ideas-via-crowd-wisdom/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/27/commercializing-software-ideas-via-crowd-wisdom/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:07:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/27/commercializing-software-ideas-via-crowd-wisdom/</guid> <description><![CDATA[My friend Peter Harkins has joined this new place called Cambrian House. They are based in Calgary, I&#8217;d love to do some marketing for these folks as a trip to Banff or Drumheller would be oh so nice! &#8220;Cambrian House&#8217;s mission is to discover and commercialize software ideas through the wisdom and participation of crowds. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/27/commercializing-software-ideas-via-crowd-wisdom/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Management Consulting</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/27/management-consulting/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/27/management-consulting/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:07:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/27/management-consulting/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Fellow Chicago GSB MBA alum Steve Shu recently wrote an interesting post on consulting. If you are seriously considering a career in the space you should become familiar with a book written by Martin Kihn which you can find on Amazon as well.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/27/management-consulting/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AOL Dismisses Three Employees Over Data Leak</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/aol-dismisses-three-employees-over-data-leak/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/aol-dismisses-three-employees-over-data-leak/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:42:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/aol-dismisses-three-employees-over-data-leak/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal and other outlets are reporting that the CTO and two other employees were fired over the recent data incident. If this is an internal control and procedure problem why blame them when the accountibility is ultimately higher than this? This action after a long silence is a cop out and doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/aol-dismisses-three-employees-over-data-leak/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>My Next Big Gig</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/my-next-big-gig/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/my-next-big-gig/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:59:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/my-next-big-gig/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lots of people ask me for details of what my next leadership role would look like. They want to know my ideas for using traditional sales, marketing and business development in conjuction with strategies to build passionate users and use attendance of events, networking with influencers and blogging about the events themselves to put focus [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/my-next-big-gig/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Contact #2300 &#8211; Contextweb CEO Anand Subramanian</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/outlook-contact-2300-contextweb-ceo-anand-subramanian/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/outlook-contact-2300-contextweb-ceo-anand-subramanian/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:54:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Interactive Ads]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/outlook-contact-2300-contextweb-ceo-anand-subramanian/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anand and I recently shared a great conversation. Contextweb&#8217;s ContextAd is the only true REAL-TIME marketplace for buying and selling ads using patent pending Contextual Targeting technology (Patent Publication No.: US-2002-0123912-A1). You can learn more details here.  Anand is extremely interesting to talk to and I appreciate his views on a wide variety of issues. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/outlook-contact-2300-contextweb-ceo-anand-subramanian/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Outlook Contact #2250 &#8211; Michael Miller &#8211; Avenue A Razorfish</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/outlook-contact-2250-michael-miller-avenue-a-razorfish/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/outlook-contact-2250-michael-miller-avenue-a-razorfish/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:32:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/outlook-contact-2250-michael-miller-avenue-a-razorfish/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finally catching up on my indexing of business cards. At ad:tech, there was a panel at lunch that was hosted by Avenue A &#124; Razorfish. I&#8217;ve interacted with the company several times now and I like the organization because: 1) They truly seem to customize their solutions for each client and situation. 2) During this session, they gave vivid [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/outlook-contact-2250-michael-miller-avenue-a-razorfish/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>7 Reasons Crazy Egg Will Be Successful</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/7-reasons-crazy-egg-will-be-successful/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/7-reasons-crazy-egg-will-be-successful/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:17:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/7-reasons-crazy-egg-will-be-successful/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The eagerly anticipated launch of Crazy Egg (or do you say Crazyegg?) is here! Crazy Egg allows you to &#8220;Visualize Your Visitors&#8221; and gives you a clear picture of where your visitors are clicking and allows you to enhance your site&#8217;s results. By inserting a simple few lines of code, Crazy Egg allows you to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/21/7-reasons-crazy-egg-will-be-successful/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SES San Jose Day 4 &#8211; API (new session)</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/20/ses-san-jose-day-4-api-new-session/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/20/ses-san-jose-day-4-api-new-session/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google (GOOG)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Microsoft (MSFT)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile Search Marketing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yahoo! (YHOO)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/20/ses-san-jose-day-4-api-new-session/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rustybrick wrote an amazing post on the new SES API session &#8211; my PC was in dead battery mode and no plug available mode during this session. Please enjoy his post. He did mis Erynn B. Petersen&#8217;s of Microsoft because they accidently went to questions before she gave her speech, which was an awkward moment [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/20/ses-san-jose-day-4-api-new-session/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SES San Jose Day 3 &#8211; Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, Press Conference</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/20/ses-san-jose-day-3-eric-schmidt-ceo-of-google-press-conference/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/20/ses-san-jose-day-3-eric-schmidt-ceo-of-google-press-conference/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:14:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google (GOOG)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Microsoft (MSFT)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yahoo! (YHOO)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/20/ses-san-jose-day-3-eric-schmidt-ceo-of-google-press-conference/</guid> <description><![CDATA[After Eric Schmidt was interviewed by Danny Sullivan, he held a press conference. But first Eric stopped in the restroom and shook my hand shortly thereafter without washing his hands per reports of an SES attendee (it&#8217;s weird learning things like that 2 days later). Learnings from this experience: Bring your business card, ask a specific [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/20/ses-san-jose-day-3-eric-schmidt-ceo-of-google-press-conference/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SES Day 3 San Jose &#8211; VP’s of Search Engine Marketing</title><link>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/20/ses-day-3-san-jose-vp%e2%80%99s-of-search-engine-marketing/</link> <comments>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/20/ses-day-3-san-jose-vp%e2%80%99s-of-search-engine-marketing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:15:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Dalka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/20/ses-day-3-san-jose-vp%e2%80%99s-of-search-engine-marketing/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Abhilash Patel Who needs a VP Search? - Anyone with offline media budgets - If you separate Sales and Marketing – you need a VP Search How big should a company be that deserves a VP? How big is the SEM budget? Are you prepared to go after 70-80% of search traffic. What does the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/08/20/ses-day-3-san-jose-vp%e2%80%99s-of-search-engine-marketing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>