MIMA is holding a blog carnival in advance of its Interactive D.C. summit. One of the questions posed by a speaker: "Where does content start or marketing begin?" That got me thinking... Content begins like the quark. It's attractive. And interactive. It's a...
The Washington Post published a very interesting pair of word clouds recently of the McCain and Obama campaign blogs. The visualizations are stark -- both campaigns talk about Obama a lot, McCain little (his blog) or not at all (Obama's blog). Visualizations...
One of the great things about social media is how one interesting site can lead you to another. Ever since I set up my RSS feed, I've been skimming posts from people as diverse as Interesting conference founder Russell Davies and Harvard Business blogger and...
My IABC/Washington Independents Group had a lively discussion last Friday about word-of-mouth marketing and social networking. We talked for a while about how to use these tools and tactics effectively, a conversation triggered in part by our speaker, who boasts...
My Independent Thinking column on business development Web 2.0 is out: It's a Web 2.0 world. Just this week there have been articles in my local newspaper about start-up news aggregator Mixx honing in on Digg's space, and Google's efforts to enter the social...
"What's becoming clear is that you've got to be there, or you may be left behind." --Ilyce R. Glick & Samuel J. Tamkin, Real Estate Matters. Check out Real Estate Matters in today's Washingon Post. Simple, succinct outline of why...
The trouble with some entrepreneurs is that they have great ideas but little business sense. Instead of importing talent to run their companies, people like Yahoo's Jerry Yang think they can do everything themselves. They can't. Kudos to Powerset co-founder...
I recently uploaded all my bookmarks onto Delicious, which lets me multi-tag items so I can find my Library Resources page whether my brain is processing "reference" or "business." (Of course, just because it's online doesn't mean you shouldn't back up the...
Check out Twittervision and see our world interconnected. While reading random Twitter posts may not be everyone's idea of fun, this mashup demonstrates the potential of new tech tools to enable businesses to connect to their customers in new, fun ways.