Let me preface this by saying that I live and swear by Wordpress.  It’s useful and reliable.
That said, a lot of people who are unfamiliar with blogging give it a bad rap, because they don’t realize it’s power and how to utilize it.  Maybe they’re too cheap to spend some money on a decent host, […]

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One of the most common calls or complaints I get from folks about whatever service provider is that their site is down for some reason or another.  Although there is shaky hosting out there, it’s actually usually the user (but through no fault of their own); whether it’s a router acting up, a browser hiccup, […]

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Recently, I had a difficult conversation (well maybe for me).
I was talking on the topic of an upcoming event, and the organizers were upset someone had blogged that the event was happening sooner than they had the press release ready.  The blog post wasn’t incorrect; but it was limited in information.
Google news went ahead and […]

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Let’s tell a little story.
According to Ars Technica, Metallica’s management Q Prime decided to “outreach” to the blogging community by inviting some bloggers to listen to a pre-release version of their upcoming album.
Bestill the heart, bloggers do what bloggers do - and blog about the album and the experience.  And the band management decided it […]

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Saw a report today from the USC School of Business around social media and online initiatives - and the information was great.
All in all, the biggest reason why there isn’t an embrace of new media yet is that they don’t understand it… not to mention new media is still levels the playing field because the […]

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Was talking around the shop the other day about some of the challenges we see folks face - and one of them is when they select the wrong team for the job, and what projects we know we need to turn down.
I’ll be the first to tell you that we’re the wrong guys to hire […]

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.com, .net, .org, .tv… brandable, keyword rich… which one is best to select?
The not-so-easy answer is - it depends.  It depends on your niche, what is available, and what is brandable.
However, there is one thing you shoudn’t do - create alphabet soup.
We two weeks ago talked to someone who was convinced that the initials of […]

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An interesting thing that I run into very often is people who want all kinds of video content, esp. long form items.  And sometimes, it really works and is good.
However, there are a lot of times where audio outperforms video by factors of anywhere from 2-4 to one.  Long format content, especially when there aren’t […]

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It’s important to be very careful when working with any sort of ad network that your brand get placed with something that meets your brand standards.
Frankly, when it comes to ad networks, even the mighty Google gets it wrong - and a lot. Of course, with this sort of automated bid system, it’s almost […]

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So I’ve been twittering a bit - and I like Twitter. It has turned into a pretty good way to keep up with folks without having to do a lot of work. It’s got some value - not sure what yet, outside of being a cool tool to keep up with folks.
However, as […]

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