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Sociable 2.0 Plugin Release Interview: Peter Harkins

By on January 31, 2007 in Branding/Buzz/Viral, Change Management, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurship, Metrics, Recruiting, Reputation, Social Media, Wordpress

Please bookmark as “Sociable 2.0 Interview” – Thanks! I first met Peter Harkins in person at Barcamp Chicago in the Summer of 2006. As I’ve gotten to know him, he knows far more than just coding, as he appreciates and participates constructively in conversations about business strategy and monetization. It’s a winning combination. The response […]

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Making It Easier for Blogs to Link to Blogs Instead of News Sites

By on January 29, 2007 in Change Management, Customer Experience, Google (GOOG), Metrics, Microsoft (MSFT), Social Media, Yahoo! (YHOO)

So Robert Scoble got upset the other day about people linking to major media sites instead of other blogs. It seemed interesting to me. I started to think about the issues involved, mostly because it didn’t seem like natural behavior. But then it hits you like a brick, all of the major search engines have […]

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Interview with Joe Beaulaurier of PR Web

By on January 28, 2007 in Branding/Buzz/Viral, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media

One of the many people I’ve had a pleasure of meeting in person is Joe Beaulaurier, Interactive Marketing Manager at PRWeb, Inc. Joe maintains an interesting personal blog on press release issues (no longer in existence). Question: So a lot is happening these days at PRWeb! Joe: Yes! We have been extremely busy upgrading our […]

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John Edwards Campaign Claims Listening

By on January 17, 2007 in Social Media

Ryan M from the John Edwards campaign claims that the campaign is listening to the blogosphere / social media. Sorry Ryan, but the facts speak otherwise. On January 6th, 2007, I posted “How to Forge a New American Mandate Via Social Media Political Revolution”. There was a listing of the major candidates in one section of the […]

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Bill Hanekamp talk about Microsite.com

By on January 9, 2007 in Branding/Buzz/Viral, Change Management, Customer Experience, Metrics, Social Media

Jason Jacobson at the Chicagoland Entreprenuership Center invited me to see a presentation on Microsite’s this morning by Bill Hanekamp. I left the conversation believing that microsites are an underutilized tool that help enable potentially viral and social media content. They are underutilized most in the B2B world where you do some interesting things to […]

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Podtech A Few Things That Need Adjustment

By on January 6, 2007 in Entrepreneurship, Social Media

I listened to some great Podtech shows this morning by Jennifer Jones and Kamla Bhatt. There is no email contact information for either person on the site at this time. Especially considering Jennifer Jones runs one of the verticals on the top of the site this is surprising as I’d like to reach out to […]

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How to Forge a New American Mandate Via Social Media Political Revolution

By on January 6, 2007 in Branding/Buzz/Viral, Change Management, Customer Experience, Reputation, Social Media

Robert Scoble’s political journey with John Edwards recently bought back memories of when I once worked on a Presidential primary campaign in 1992. It’s hard and one of the most tiring things you could ever volunteer to be a part of! Regardless of your political beliefs (I’m generally a politically interested independent issues driven voter), […]

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