Marketing Monster

I saw this in Dave Winer’s FriendFeed stream and thought this was hilarious. Twitter has become so over-hyped in mainstream media these days, that I’m getting used to people responding at its mention in a negative, eye-rolling way. I loved that the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien was able to poke fun at the celebrity [...]

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Ever notice that the more interested you are in a subject and the busier you are, the faster time flies? Well, that would explain how I arrived at March 3rd while feeling like it should be January 15th. Here’s a brief recap of all the great things that happened, in addition to client work (which [...]

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2008 has been a monster year for social media marketing, for my business and for me personally. Though, it’s not been without its challenges.
Heading into the new year, when global economic and political uncertainties have touched so many people, conversations are filled with doom and gloom. Perhaps this holiday season, you’re feeling a little cautious, [...]

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Earlier this month, after the Toronto Tweetup, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby for their Community Divas  podcast. They asked me about video conversation networks and how they can be used to build community. We talked about Seesmic, 12seconds, Phreadz, Utterli and YouTube and some of the features [...]

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In anthropology, the study of humanity has come to rest on YouTube. Dr. Michael Wesch of Kansas State University and his Digital Ethnography working group have been studying the YouTube phenomenom and it’s impact. They’ve reached some profound conclusions.
After introducing the first viral video, Numa Numa, Dr. Wesch commented on the more than 58,000 copycat [...]

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