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Blog Moved...

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Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/23/2008

Rise of the Social Media Aggregators...

Fair amount of hullaballoo (at least in the virtual circles in which I run) about the social media...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/17/2008

Brands Worth a Weekend...idea re-blogged

Let me admit upfront. This isn't my idea at all. I'm lifting it wholesale from Virginia Miracle of...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/16/2008

Price vs. Quality Perception...

Do Price and Quality go hand in hand? We know that they don't, but as consumers, we aren't always...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/14/2008

Can Your Brand Survive the Hit?

Let's assume for a minute that you are trying to build a unique 'global micro-brand.' You know that...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/10/2008

Transparency in the Ad Market

If you are buying advertising, how do you know you are getting "a good deal?" There's no market...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/08/2008

Laying down the gauntlet...GOOG v. MSFT

It's been a few years since I read Sun Tzu's the Art of War, but Google's announcement yesterday of...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/08/2008

What are you saying on Twitter?

Make yourself a Tweetcloud (here's mine). Good chance to take a look at HOW you are communicating...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/07/2008

Hypnotic Writing...

If we're truly in the "attention economy," then a book like Hypnotic Writing could definitely be a...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/05/2008

Here's a Story about a CRM product...

Which comes first? The story or the work? The story or the product? Seth Godin raised this...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/04/2008

If it's happening to Hillary, it can happen to anybody.

If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times, no company, no individual can "control the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/03/2008

The Best Time to Look for a Job....

is of course, when you have a job. And, the best time to "work your network" is when you don't...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/03/2008

Comic Relief: Building your brand through word of mouth...

Call out to my cuz, Ben, for this one.

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/03/2008

A Social Media Go-To Market Strategy...

Ok, so let's say you are a brand manager at P&G or a product manager at Microsoft... Or let's...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/02/2008

Building Credibility...

Few things build a person's credibility with me faster than honest feedback. Met Bill from Neudesic...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/01/2008

Being a Social Network "Friend"

Veronica Kennedy is getting married in October. For the past 2 months, I've followed the wedding...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/01/2008

Collaborative Yogurt...

The book Wikinomics offers up the idea that Internet technologies will enable companies to more...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/27/2008

Why I Love Penelope Trunk...

Because she listens. I posted a review of her book, Brazen Careerist, on my personal blog (as well...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/26/2008

Book Review: Brazen Careerist

At first I thought, "another self-help book by a would-be know-it-all." I'd read Penelope...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/26/2008

Blogging is a retail business...

The appeal of blogs to a corporation is the ability for an individual to effectively scale his...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/26/2008

How I measure blog success...

More than one person (Ben Gordon and Mike Fox, for starters) have asked the question of how I...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/23/2008

Recommendations as Relationship Builders...

There's a lot of debate in the blogosphere about the value of a recommendation on LinkedIn. Are they...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/23/2008

Facebook as Outlook Killer?

If you are a power Outlook user, there is still no SaaS/online substitute for what you do. But,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/21/2008

Book: Business Intelligence-the Savvy Manager's Guide

If you read my review of SuperCrunchers and are as convinced as I am about the value of using smart...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/20/2008

Get Rich by Blogging...

Unfortunately, it's not going to happen. Ok, well it might, but the odds are seriously against you....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/20/2008

Is Your Setup Virtual-Enabled?

One of the smartest things I've done in my home PC setup was to install Virtual PC (also a version...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/19/2008

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should

By now, you've been on the receiving end (and perhaps the sending end) of someone's vacation photo...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/18/2008

It's the Headline, Stupid!

And I'm talking to myself on that one. In this attention economy, when the headline of my blog posts...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/17/2008

Go Green, Get Green

   Is doing the right thing for the wrong reason ok? Let's take T-mobile for example. I've...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/16/2008

What makes a good status update?

I know I said that the purpose of a status update is to stimulate conversation, but, I am going to...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/15/2008

What $150 million buys you...

At least one part of the ad inventory that MS has purchased on Facebook seems to be directed at...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/14/2008

Go Where They Are...Touching Your Social Networks...

In a simpler time, I had everything about my contacts in Outlook. My strategy is simple. At a...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2008

A Customer with a Megaphone...

Community marketing in a nutshell: Find the people who are naturally interested in your...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/12/2008

Stimulate Conversation through Content Syndication...

Once you have your status syndicated across multiple social networks, the next thing is to have your...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/11/2008

Outlook/Twitter/Facebook...Starting a Conversation

I'll throw out there that the purpose of a status update is to: stimulate conversation... If you can...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/10/2008

The Attendee Experience...

When planning an in-person marketing event, the first thing I do is put together an "Experience...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/10/2008

New RSS Feed...

I would be honored if you subscribed to the new RSS feed for Igniting the Revolution. Why is it...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2008

Front Page of the New York Times...

My dad used to say to us growing up: "Act as if what you are doing will be on the front page of the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/06/2008

Advice Needed: Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?

Ok, not me, but my blog. And I need your advice, please The question: what are the pros/cons of...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/05/2008

Petty Guidelines for Leaving a Voicemail...

Here are my guidelines. It'll help you build your relationships. Don't drone on REPEAT your phone...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/04/2008

There is no "social networking for business"

I've had a few people ask me to blog on "social networking for business." Thought about this for a...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/03/2008

The 6 Billion Channel Universe...

People often say something to the effect of "networks are dead, we're in a billion channel world...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/03/2008

Getting their Mojo back...

Much has been made around the blogosphere about Starbucks shutting down for 3 hours yesterday....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/27/2008

I am the Absent Blogger...

A few loyal readers (yes, I feel loved) have asked about my blogging whereabouts... Answer: My wife...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/25/2008

Book Review: I Didn't See It Coming...

Let's assume for a moment that corporations are like pyramids and, eventually, you need to move up...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/10/2008

Marketing on One Foot...

There's a parable that a man goes to a famous rabbi and says "can you teach me the Torah on one...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/01/2008

MS con call warm-up routine...

If you've ever been on a Microsoft con call, this will sound familiar...enjoy.

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/30/2008

The Long Tail and Branding...

The BEST analysis I've read thus far of how branding must adapt/evolve to an Internet-enabled world....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/27/2008

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