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I came across the beta for this site today, an interesting effort to merge the best qualities from a site like Squidoo (letting individuals share their expertise) and LinkedIn (letting individuals network with one another).  The interesting angle on this site is that it focuses very narrowly on the niche of professionals who have their … Read more

The Evolution of Marketing

Several weeks ago, a few of my colleagues gave a presentation to our entire office about the field of word of mouth marketing, learnings from the WOMMA conference and what this means for our clients.  After the presentation, several members of our social marketing team commented that this area seemed to be nothing new.  After … Read more

The Olympics and Brand Extensions

I love the Olympics.  I always have – ever since living in Atlanta in 1996.  I moved to Sydney to be there for 2000.  My son was born right in the middle of the 2004 Athens games (appropriately, during the women’s marathon).  And now I am working on planning for a client that’s a Global … Read more

Insights on Targeting Consumers Over 50

I was in Boston yesterday judging the NEDMA awards, I had the chance to see a reprise of Kurt Medina’s intriguing presentation on the 77 truths of marketing to the 50+ "mature market" consumer that he first gave during the DMA conference several months ago.  The talk was full of useful data and insights, but … Read more

Making A Successful Restaurant Website

Like many last minute males, I spent last night searching online for restaurants in the Washington DC area to plan that perfect last minute romantic evening out with my wife for Valentine’s Day. As I surfed online, I recalled my dot-bomb efforts to launch www.dc-restaurants.com almost ten years ago (the design stinks, it hasn’t ever … Read more

BuzzAgent Launches 90 Day Blog Experiment

Leading by example, Buzz Agent is demonstrating it’s position as a leader and pioneer in Word of Mouth Marketing with their new blog about the inner workings of the "central hive."  The Butman Experiment, as they call it, will be a blog written over the course of 90 days by John Butman (Dave Balter’s co-author … Read more

French Maid TV and New Uses for Video Blogging

There aren’t many guys out there that can resist checking out a site as titillatingly titled as French Maid TV.  The only problem is, you better watch out for someone looking over your shoulder.  Especially if you are at work like I am right now.  Of course, my story is that I’m just checking out … Read more

Semapedia Shows the Promise of Mobile Marketing

In this month’s issue, Wired magazine asked several visionary thinkers to assign a new word to the future of the Internet.  Paul McFedries, author of Word Spy, mentioned the term: Infosphere … an apt term for the current state and future potential of the web.  The growth of information resources online has been symbolized by … Read more

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