I’ve been using CoComment lately to track my blogosphere conversations. The service is great – I always used to find myself wondering what blog writers would think of my comments, and if they would respond. And of course, I would never remember where I had left my digital breadcrumbs, and so was destined for...
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Imagine. You are a woman with a young child in the jungles of Ecuador. It’s 1956 or so. Your husband and four of his fellow missionaries have just been murdered by a vicious tribe known for murdering others at the slightest provocation. Do you flee – go home? Do you run to the city?...
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In complete and slavish (but very flattering) imitation of Liz Straus’ SOB program, I am (somewhat) proudly announcing the SLOB top blogs awards: for startlingly loquacious & outstanding bloggers. (Cue assorting clapping, cheering, plus a couple of boos from the peanut gallery.) See the newly inaugurated SLOB hall of fame right here. (This being...
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Liz Strauss has named me an official SOB. Successful and outstanding blogger, that is. (Check an explanation of the term and its genesis.) I display this badge with pride: Thanks, Liz! Great site, by the way. I noticed, as I crawled around her sites, that her purpose in blogging and in creating the SOB...
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Want to know if something is popular? The indexers of the social web know. Google Trends knows. Alexa knows. And Flickr knows too. Apparently, savvy web 2-ish relatively wealthier photohounds prefer Coke. All you have to do is check the TagFight: Here’s a handy place to start: FlickrTagFight. (Thanks Steve Rubel for the link.)...
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As I evolve professionally, this blog is evolving as well. And one of the things I’ll be talking more about is marketing in the social media we now live and communicate in. I believe marketing isn’t going to be something you do as much as you are, and allow, and foster, and enhance. One...
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Viewing your blog’s links and ranking on Technorati is often a bewildering experience. I was reminded of this when I read this post, claiming that Technorati is broken, on WeBreakDigg. There are a number of things about Technorati that I don’t understand: Numbers weirdness 72 blogs link to your site, which is more than...
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Apparently I am too stupid...
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Flock was behaving rather naughtily for me yesterday … when I dragged a browser window around it would snap to odd places on my screen. After it happened a few times I thought I’d take a movie of it, and here it is. I’m dragging it to the left, and when it moves to...
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The discussion about Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail has been absolutely fascinating. The book makes the claim that in markets where physical inventory is not an issue and transaction costs are minimal, goods that are not top-sellers can be a very significant portion of sales, when taken in aggregate. So, for instance, the bottom...
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OK, this is just horrible: the Fish & Flush toilet. But my daughter loves it … and you have to admit, it is completely cool in a horrible, nasty, kitschy way. fish, toilet, kitsch, fun, john koetsier
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This is a little off-topic for bizhack, but I thought it was insightful and important enough to post: After reviewing extensive research from the Saratoga Institute, Leigh Branham determined that people leave their employers because the employer is not meeting one or more basic human needs. In his book The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees...
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I’m working on a social media (blogs, podcasts, and wikis) presentation for a business. While I’m still in the initial stages, here are some links, quotes, and perspectives that have been helpful so far. Let me know if there’s something else I should be looking at as well … Research A Cymfony study on...
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Sometimes people who buy from you can communicate what you do far better than you can yourself. Case in point: Notice how it’s fairly hard, if not impossible, to understand what the company does if you just read the letters in black? And how easy it is when you just read the letters in...
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In case you didn’t realize it, having to work two jobs in order to pay the rent is now referred to as “portfolio diversification:” Firefighters who want to live in high-priced cities can work two jobs, said W. Michael Cox, chief economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. “I think it’s great,â€? he...
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