Minnesota Monday – Communications Bloggers Posts From Last Week
Interesting posts from Minnesota communications bloggers for the week ending 11/29/09. Culled from the Minnesota Social Media Bloggers FriendFeed room. Pat Hjulberg discusses creative destruction Jen Kane talks Tweetwalls Lee Aase lists the benefits of Twitter chats and how to join or lead them Arik Hanson interviews Lauren Fernandez then ponders the funny things that will get people tweeting John Reinan [...]Persuasion Words
November 29, 2009 · Categories: Conversational Marketing, Language, Online Communication, Video · Comments
Some words to consider when communicating online. Found at YouTube from marketingincltd via Holy Kaw!
Google’s SideWiki – Interview Notes
November 24, 2009 · Categories: Conversational Marketing, Interview Notes, Online Behavior, Online PR, Reputation Management, Technology, Wiki · Comments
Finance & Commerce writer Arundhati Parmar has just published What will Google’s Sidewiki mean for online businesses?. I sent my thoughts about Google’s SideWiki to Arundhati for this piece but as luck would have it, I emailed my thoughts too late for inclusion in the story.
In addition to Parmar’s excellent story, here are my [...]
Minnesota Monday – Communications Bloggers Posts From Last Week
Interesting posts from Minnesota communications bloggers for the week ending 11/22/09. Culled from the Minnesota Social Media Bloggers FriendFeed room. Jon Gordon interviews Christine Greenhow about a U of M study that illustrates benefits of online social networks [MP3] Adam Singer explains why we should use social media for public relations Lisa Foote says, it’s the ecosystem, stupid Robert Stanke [...]Rubbery Objects: A New Computer Interface
NewScientist reports on a Japanese computer interface prototype that has “a touch interface with a squeezy, rubbery feel. The system is based on a large LCD panel built into a tabletop. Users interact with it by moving objects sculpted in transparent rubber over its surface, or by poking or deforming them to produce particular effects.”Yahoo! & Me
November 19, 2009 · Categories: Keepin' It Real, Online Behavior, Online Communication, Product Placement, Technology, Video · Comments
I’ve been thinking about long-term relationships with brands and how they’ve changed over the years as a result of online communications and, specifically, how that has allowed some brands to become integrated into much of our existence.
My relationship with a brand of football cleats is developed when I shop for them and it is reinforced [...]
Microsoft Live Labs’ Pivot Visualization Tool
November 19, 2009 · Categories: Analytics, Mashups, Productivity, Technology, Tools, Video · Comments
ReadWriteWeb reports that Microsoft’s Live Labs has launched Pivot, “a fun, powerful discovery tool, built on Seadragon and powered by Silverlight, that runs in Vista or Windows 7 with IE8. It looks great and allows for truly intuitive exploration of information.”
Here’s a demonstration:
Is Online Networking More Effective Than In-Person Networking? – Interview Notes
November 18, 2009 · Categories: Consumer Generated Media, Conversational Marketing, Direct Marketing, Interview Notes, Lifestreaming, Marketing Trends, Social Networking, Technology, Trends · Comments
This is the response I gave to a reporter’s query this summer about whether or not online social networking was more effective than real-world social networking:
I don’t know that social networking is either more or less effective than in-person marketing so as much as it is different. I would say that it is probably easier [...]
Forrester Research’s Bobby Tulsiani On Online Video
November 17, 2009 · Categories: Advertising, Interviews, Marketing Trends, Online Advertising, Technology, Trends, Video, Video Marketing · Comments
From Beet.tv: Forrester’s Bobby Tulsiani discusses his company’s recent report about online video providers but, more importantly, provides some insight into how online video is being used: Video is now an essential video tool for businesses, and the Forrester report is a guide of representative companies, he says.
In this segment, he talks about TV [...]
How NOT To Pitch A Blogger
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