So this was making the rounds this afternoon. Looks to have originally popped up on The Sell! Sell! Blog. It’s a must read. I’ll catch up with you when you’re done. With all the social media, engagement, crowdsourcing, transmedia, and UGC sentiment flying around lately, sometimes we forget that people don’t want to have to [...]

It’s a common in social media to hear: “People are talking! About you! Better listen!”, but I’m wondering if that’s always the case. The entire “People Are Talking” idea certainly makes sense for bigger brands. Sure people are talking about Coca-Cola, and Nike, and Ford, but what about Every Man Jack? What about Optimum Nutrition? [...]

Brevity shows wit and clarity. Length shows intelligence and depth. Make sure you use a little of both.

Lesson of the day: Make sure your market understands you.

My girlfriend (@ashlebo) went to get some cash out of the Wachovia ATM the other day, and the following card popped out with her receipt. If you can’t read the quote, it’s an Irish proverb that says “When we count our blessings, we count you twice.” Pretty nice stuff. And the thing is, how hard [...]

Recently, Technorati has started releasing parts of their State of the Blogosphere 2008. They make a point to show that a big chunk of bloggers are “the kids” as in “Oh, it’s just what the kids are doing nowadays!”. But as Geoff Livingston points out, more than 50% of US bloggers are 35+. That’s a [...]

Let’s look at some of the arguments from both sides. Ready? Go! The case for “Heck yes, it is” -You can have profiles Xbox Live requires you to have a unique handle, or GamerTag (mine is Situation3), to exist on their network. With this profile you can choose an avatar, and edit your name, location, [...]

Via Greg Verdino. Just like AdmCom says with it’s Year of Creativity – All you need is a really cool business card. Create your own here.